1:16 AM ET LOS ANGELES — Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook spent eight seasons as teammates on the Oklahoma City Thunder — and thousands of hours practicing together through the years — so the pair knows each other’s respective games very well. That’s one of the main reasons Durant had to smile when asked what
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9:36 PM ET Associated Press CLEVELAND — All-Star point guard Darius Garland was watching the scoreboard but not his individual statistics on Sunday night. He received a pleasant surprise. Garland poured in a career-high 51 points — 27 of them in the fourth quarter — and made a career-best 10 3-pointers as the Cleveland Cavaliers
9:30 PM ET LOS ANGELES — Brooklyn Nets swingman Ben Simmons did not play Sunday night against the Los Angeles Lakers because of left knee soreness. Simmons missed four games last week because of the same issue and has struggled to find a rhythm since the start of the season. The news of Simmons’ late
12:57 AM ET DALLAS — Luka Doncic, who admitted fatigue following a pair of off games during the Dallas Mavericks‘ 0-2 road trip this week, reported for work Saturday night reinvigorated. He attributed his energy to a great recovery day and “two, three, four” shots of pregame espresso as well as a Red Bull. The
3:29 PM ET LOS ANGELES — Brooklyn Nets star Kevin Durant and his teammates still aren’t sure when Kyrie Irving will return to the team, but Durant says he’s been in communication with Irving recently and his spirits are “high.” “Looking forward to playing the game, you know Ky, he’s a gamer, he loves to
4:42 PM ET Charlotte Hornets guard LaMelo Ball made his regular-season debut vs. the Miami Heat on Saturday night in a 132-115 loss. Ball had missed the Hornets’ first 13 games this season with a left ankle sprain he suffered in a preseason game back on Oct. 10. He had 15 points, six rebounds and
6:40 PM ET Eric WoodyardESPN Cade Cunningham won’t be suiting up on Saturday night when the Detroit Pistons host the Boston Celtics at Little Caesars Arena. The Pistons announced the second-year guard will miss at least the next four games with left shin soreness. He will be reevaluated in a week. Cunningham also was inactive
Nov 11, 2022 Andre SnellingsESPN It was last season, during the first round of the playoffs, when I realized that Desmond Bane was a star. After having started 17 of 68 games and averaging 9.2 PPG as a rookie, Bane had begun last season in a battle with 10th overall draft pick rookie Ziaire Williams
2:54 AM ET Kendra AndrewsESPN SAN FRANCISCO — Golden State Warriors coach Steve Kerr has run out of words to describe the play of Stephen Curry to start the season. Earlier this week, he said Curry was “breathtaking.” After Friday night’s 106-101 win over the Cleveland Cavaliers, Kerr used “spectacular.” Curry scored 40 points against
7:43 PM ET Miami-Dade County and the Miami Heat are ending their arena naming rights deal with bankrupt cryptocurrency firm FTX. The county, which owns the arena, signed a 19-year, $135 million deal for the bayfront Heat homecourt’s name in 2021. After an initial balloon payment of $14 million, FTX was scheduled to make a