11:57 AM ET NEW YORK — Kyrie Irving‘s eight-game suspension is over. The Brooklyn Nets guard has been cleared to play and will start Sunday night against the Memphis Grizzlies. It will mark his first game since he was suspended Nov. 3 for “harmful impact of his conduct” relating to social media posts around a
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5:55 PM ET NEW YORK — Brooklyn Nets guard Kyrie Irving gave his most formal apology to date in a video published Saturday, saying clearly he is “not antisemitic” and that he wanted to “apologize deeply” for his social media post around a book and movie featuring antisemitic ideas. “I’m not antisemitic,” Irving said in
12:04 AM ET LOS ANGELES — After burying five 3-pointers in the first half for the LA Clippers, Paul George was ruled out for the remainder of the second half against the San Antonio Spurs due to right knee soreness. George was off to a hot start Saturday night, hitting 8 of 12 shots, including
4:40 PM ET Memphis Grizzlies guard Ja Morant has been diagnosed with a Grade 1 left ankle sprain and is “week-to-week,” the team announced on Saturday. Morant suffered the injury late in Friday’s win over the Oklahoma City Thunder after getting his foot tangled with Thunder guard Lu Dort. Morant went down in immediate pain
4:23 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN Emerging Philadelphia 76ers star Tyrese Maxey suffered a small fracture in his left foot during Friday night’s 110-102 win over the Milwaukee Bucks that will cause him to miss the next three to four weeks, sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. After X-rays came back negative Friday, an MRI Saturday revealed
3:29 PM ET Andrew LopezESPN METAIRIE, La. — New Orleans Pelicans forward Zion Williamson said he expects to play Monday night when the team hosts the Golden State Warriors. Williamson has missed three consecutive games after suffering a right foot contusion last Saturday against the Houston Rockets. Speaking after practice Saturday, Williamson said his foot
4:29 PM ET Associated Press CLEVELAND — Cavaliers forward Kevin Love could miss some games after suffering a hairline fracture to his right thumb in Friday’s double-overtime win against the Hornets. The five-time All-Star was injured in the third quarter. Love scored six points and had seven rebounds in 24 minutes for Cleveland, which blew
1:40 AM ET Tim BontempsESPN PHILADELPHIA — Following Milwaukee’s 110-102 loss to Philadelphia at Wells Fargo Center on Friday night, a strange scene unfolded between Bucks superstar Giannis Antetokounmpo, 76ers reserve center Montrezl Harrell and a ladder, culminating with Antetokounmpo pushing a 12-foot ladder out of his way and having it skid a few feet
8:00 AM ET ANTHONY EDWARDS AND Rudy Gobert, the two players left in the FedEx Forum locker room, have just struck up a conversation. It’s Nov. 11, and the Minnesota Timberwolves‘ had just suffered their sixth loss in seven games, this night’s coming on the road against the Memphis Grizzlies, the team that last season
10:59 PM ET Dallas Mavericks superstar Luka Doncic beat Los Angeles Lakers legend Magic Johnson to the 50 triple-double milestone by a game. Doncic’s 33-point, 12-rebound, 11-assist performance in Friday’s 127-99 win over the visiting Denver Nuggets made him the 10th player in NBA history to record 50 career triple-doubles. Doncic accomplished the feat in