11:30 PM ET ESPN News Services DENVER — For the second time this week, a Denver Nuggets game was delayed because of a crooked rim. Officials stopped play with 11:22 left in the fourth quarter Friday night with the Nuggets leading Cleveland 96-82 when Cavaliers players noticed the same rim that caused a 35-minute delay
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12:27 AM ET NEW ORLEANS — Despite finishing with a 7-for-22 shooting night, Kyrie Irving couldn’t help but smile as he walked off the floor following a 108-102 win over the Pelicans on Friday at Smoothie King Center. As has been the case throughout his star-crossed career, the 30-year-old hit the biggest shot of the
11:00 PM ET ESPN News Services MILWAUKEE — Terry Rozier scored a season-high 39 points, and the Charlotte Hornets matched an NBA record with 51 in the first quarter of a 138-109 rout of the Milwaukee Bucks on Friday night. Charlotte’s 51-point outburst tied the NBA mark for a first quarter set by the Golden
8:14 PM ET Kendra AndrewsESPN SAN FRANCISCO — Golden State Warriors forward Andre Iguodala will make his season debut on Saturday against the Orlando Magic. The Warriors and Iguodala have been targeting a return for the second half of the season since training camp, but Saturday — which will be the Warriors’ 40th game of
11:51 AM ET DALLAS — The Mavericks are waiving guard Kemba Walker a day before the four-time All-Star’s salary would have become guaranteed for the rest of the season, the team announced Friday morning. Walker, 32, averaged 8.0 points and 2.1 assists in nine games with the Mavericks. He signed for the veteran’s minimum in
8:41 AM ET ESPN.com Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print Steven Adams knows honesty is the best policy and more from our NBA quotes of the week. “We’re holding Luka under 50, quote me.” San Antonio Spurs coach Gregg Popovich, on Dallas Mavericks forward Luka Doncic “He’s just a beautiful basketball player.” Popovich, on
7:32 AM ET Kevin Durant is still standing as a member of the Brooklyn Nets. After a tumultuous summer, and an even rougher start to the season, the superstar who requested a trade some seven months ago enters Friday’s game against the New Orleans Pelicans (7:30 p.m. ET, ESPN) playing arguably the best basketball of
11:26 PM ET Associated Press HOUSTON — Lauri Markkanen scored a career-high 49 points to lead the Utah Jazz to a 131-114 victory over the Houston Rockets on Thursday night that snapped a five-game skid. Markkanen got out to a quick start with 18 points in the first quarter to help the Jazz to an
6:34 PM ET San Antonio Spurs guard Devin Vassell will undergo an arthroscopic procedure on his left knee next week and is out indefinitely, the team announced Thursday. Vassell has been dealing with knee soreness that kept him out of three of the Spurs’ past four games. He’s set to undergo surgery on Jan. 11
6:46 PM ET Detroit Pistons forward Marvin Bagley III underwent surgery on his right hand Thursday and will be sidelined for approximately six weeks, the team said in a statement. The surgery repaired a fracture of the third and fourth metacarpals in Bagley’s right hand. He suffered the injury in Monday’s 135-106 loss to Portland.