7:41 AM ET Associated Press USA Basketball will play all its games at next year’s World Cup in Manila and won’t need to travel during the tournament, assuming the American men qualify for the event. FIBA, the sport’s governing body, made the announcement Monday. The World Cup is being contested in the Philippines, Indonesia and
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11:21 PM ET DETROIT — If not for an Austin Reaves 3-pointer with 12.1 seconds remaining, the Los Angeles Lakers might have dropped the final leg of their six-game road trip Sunday against the Pistons. Instead, L.A. completed a 124-117 win against a Detroit team with the worst record in the league at 7-22 to
10:04 PM ET Andrew LopezESPN NEW ORLEANS — There weren’t any fireworks on Sunday afternoon. No dustups after the buzzer. The New Orleans Pelicans and Phoenix Suns left all of that behind after Friday night’s contest. Sunday’s game did take more time to decide though. Suns guard Chris Paul sent the game into overtime with
9:09 PM ET ESPN News Services PHILADELPHIA — Joel Embiid had 53 points and 11 rebounds, leading the Philadelphia 76ers to a 131-113 win over the Charlotte Hornets on Sunday night. Embiid became the third player in Sixers history to have multiple 50-point games in the same season, joining Allen Iverson (2000-01 and 2004-05) and
2:15 PM ET ESPN News Services Basketball taught Paul Silas how to be patient. As a player, he waited 10 years before winning his first championship. As a coach, he waited 15 years for a second chance at running a team. As a father, he waited 20 years before seeing his son get a chance
3:13 PM ET ESPN News Services NEW ORLEANS — The Phoenix Suns scratched guard and leading scorer Devin Booker from Sunday’s game against the New Orleans Pelicans because of tightness in his left hamstring. Booker played 36 minutes during Friday night’s 128-117 loss in New Orleans, scoring 14 points, or about half of his per-game
4:17 PM ET Victor Wembanyama, a 7-foot-4 NBA draft prospect, keeps displaying why he is a force to be reckoned with. 1 Related The 18-year-old star is is projected to go No. 1 overall in next year’s draft — and for good reason. Wembanyama has an eight-foot wingspan that aids his defensive output. He is
1:25 AM ET Kendra AndrewsESPN SAN FRANCISCO — In their first matchup since Game 6 of the 2022 NBA Finals, the Warriors beat the Boston Celtics 123-107 on Saturday night in Golden State’s best and most complete game of the season. Entering the contest, the Celtics were considered the better of the two teams with
11:18 PM ET Associated Press WASHINGTON — John Wall stole the ball and then sank a jumper, and although he was a member of the visiting team now, the fans in Washington still sounded impressed. So he egged them on a bit by yelling something he revealed after the game. “Still my city,” he said.
7:45 PM ET SAN FRANCISCO — Golden State Warriors president of basketball operations Bob Myers — architect of four NBA championships in the past eight years — is entering into the final months of his contract and remains without a new deal, sources told ESPN. Golden State ownership and Myers — a two-time NBA Executive