8:00 AM ET Kawhi Leonard brought the ball up the Crypto.com Arena floor before stopping and popping a 3-pointer on a backpedaling Jaylen Brown. Seconds later, Leonard snatched a one-handed rebound in traffic before going down the court and sinking a short driving hook shot. In the span of 30 seconds, Leonard gave the Boston
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12:33 AM ET TORONTO — Kyrie Irving knocked down the first buzzer-beating game winner of his NBA career in a thrilling 119-116 win over the Toronto Raptors on Friday night. Irving shook off Raptors guard Fred VanVleet as the final seconds ticked off the clock, stepped behind the 3-point line and nailed the clutch shot
12:12 AM ET LOS ANGELES — Lakers star big man Anthony Davis suffered a right foot injury in Friday night’s 126-108 win over the Denver Nuggets and did not return after halftime. Davis appeared to tweak his right foot after his lower leg collided with Nikola Jokic‘s leg while the two were in midair near
7:28 PM ET Andrew LopezESPN The Miami Heat listed all 16 of their players on the injury report ahead of the Saturday game against the San Antonio Spurs in Mexico City. The injury update came just hours after the Heat were fined $25,000 by the NBA for violating the league’s injury reporting rules. According to
3:32 PM ET Marc J. Spears WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — Chris Paul is now a college graduate. The Phoenix Suns guard graduated from Winston-Salem State University on Friday at Winston-Salem Fairgrounds Annex. Paul earned a bachelor’s degree in mass communications. Paul originally attended Wake Forest, where he starred as a basketball player from 2003 to 2005
2:46 PM ET Tyrell Terry, a guard selected by the Dallas Mavericks with the No. 31 overall pick in the 2020 draft, cited overwhelming anxiety in an Instagram post announcing his retirement from the game. “I decided to let go of the game that has formed a large part of my identity,” Terry wrote. “Something
8:00 AM ET WESTWOOD, Calif. — Kyle Kuzma stepped off the Washington Wizards‘ chartered plane, some 2,700 miles West and 25 degrees warmer than his new home in the nation’s capital and couldn’t help but share his excitement with his million-plus Twitter followers. “Nothing like getting off the plane and that California breeze hit you,”
5:27 PM ET Eric GomezMexico writer A record 120 international players from 40 countries helped the NBA tip off the 2022-23 season. Nudging that global surge along are four NBA academies tasked with developing high school-aged talent in Australia, India, Senegal and Mexico — host of Saturday’s regular-season game between the Miami Heat and San
1:40 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN PHILADELPHIA — Golden State Warriors superstar Stephen Curry says he was relieved when surgery was taken off the table as a possible course of action for his left shoulder injury. “One hundred percent,” Curry said after the Warriors’ shootaround Friday morning. “That changed the whole dynamic of the conversation, both
1:33 PM ET After nearly 10 months of rehabilitation on a torn left ACL, Milwaukee Bucks forward Joe Ingles is targeting his return against the New Orleans Pelicans on Monday, sources told ESPN on Friday. Once Ingles successfully completes a final 5-on-5 workout Saturday, that’ll be considered the last hurdle in his comeback and will