2:42 PM ET MINNEAPOLIS — The Los Angeles Lakers are planning to bring Russell Westbrook off the bench Friday against the Minnesota Timberwolves, sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski, and will continue to feature him in a reserve role for the foreseeable future. Westbrook missed L.A.’s loss to the Denver Nuggets on Wednesday with left hamstring
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9:00 AM ET Devin Booker has to hand it to the Warriors and more from our NBA quotes of the week. “They have four rings, repeated over and over, and they do, and they did.” Phoenix Suns guard Devin Booker, on what Golden State Warriors guard Klay Thompson said to him before Thompson’s ejection in
12:43 AM ET Tim BontempsESPN NEW YORK — As the final seconds of regulation ticked down Thursday night with the score tied between the Dallas Mavericks and Brooklyn Nets, the entire Brooklyn defense converged on Mavericks star Luka Doncic, clearly convinced he’d try to win the game himself. But with two guys on him, and
5:25 PM ET ESPN News Services Trail Blazers guard Damian Lillard has a Grade 1 strain of his right calf and will be reevaluated in 1-2 weeks, the team announced Thursday. An MRI taken Thursday confirmed the strain. Lillard suffered the injury with just over five minutes remaining in the third quarter of Wednesday’s loss
3:11 PM ET Andrew LopezESPN METAIRIE, La. — New Orleans Pelicans coach Willie Green says Zion Williamson and Herb Jones will be questionable for Friday’s game against the Phoenix Suns, but Brandon Ingram will not be on the upcoming three-game road trip because of his concussion. Additionally, guard CJ McCollum (finger), Jose Alvarado (low back
6:43 PM ET The NBA 2K League has indefinitely disqualified six players and a coach from any league activity for violating gambling and fantasy rules, it was announced Thursday. An investigation found that Christopher Lafanette, Dorian Earl Miller and Robert Nastasi of Blazer5 Gaming, Kimanni Ingram of Jazz Gaming, and Zekirri Dennis of Mavs Gaming
6:46 PM ET ESPN news services NEW YORK — Hall of Fame broadcaster Mike Breen will receive the Vin Scully Award for Excellence in Sports Broadcasting, becoming just the second Fordham alumnus to receive the honor given by the university’s media station. Breen, in his 30th year calling New York Knicks games and the lead
1:44 PM ET Washington Wizards guard Delon Wright, the team’s best perimeter defender, is expected to miss six to eight weeks with a right hamstring injury, sources told ESPN on Thursday. The Wizards said Wright suffered a Grade 2 strain of his right hamstring during the fourth quarter of Tuesday’s victory against the Detroit Pistons.
3:11 PM ET Andrew LopezESPN METAIRIE, La. — New Orleans Pelicans coach Willie Green says Zion Williamson and Herb Jones will be questionable for Friday’s game against the Phoenix Suns, but Brandon Ingram will not be on the upcoming three-game road trip because of his concussion. Green said Williamson and Jones each went through portions
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