8:00 AM ET Tim BontempsESPN For a generation, being a quality Eastern Conference team has meant guaranteed passage into the NBA postseason. Unlike its Western counterpart, where good teams routinely have been left out of the playoff picture, the East — since the Charlotte Hornets reentered the league in 2004, bringing the NBA to its
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9:14 AM ET MILWAUKEE, Wis. — The Brooklyn Nets want Ben Simmons to shoot the ball more. Nets coach Steve Nash has been making that clear by preaching for more aggression from Simmons, but Nets point guard Kyrie Irving took those pleas to a new level Wednesday night. 1 Related With just over nine minutes
8:00 AM ET HIGH ABOVE THE Bay of Naples, Paul George stood in his white paisley tuxedo jacket and black pants with the breathtaking Amalfi Coast behind him. As Daniela Rajic, George’s bride, walked down the aisle past a star-studded NBA guest list that included Kawhi Leonard, Ivica Zubac, Karl-Anthony Towns, Patrick Beverley and Lou
2:55 AM ET DENVER — With the Los Angeles Lakers‘ 0-4 start being the first time his team has lost four straight games to begin a season since he was a rookie nearly 20 years ago, LeBron James vowed to tweak his personal approach moving forward. “I wasn’t aggressive enough in a lot of my
12:15 AM ET ESPN News Services PORTLAND, Ore. — Damian Lillard left the Portland Trail Blazers‘ 119-98 loss to the Miami Heat on Wednesday night because of a strained right calf. Lillard, a six-time All-Star, came up limping with just over five minutes to go in the third quarter and headed straight for the locker
6:26 PM ET Russell Westbrook was not be available for the Los Angeles Lakers on Wednesday night against the Nuggets in Denver because of left hamstring soreness, coach Darvin Ham said. Ham declined to say whether Westbrook would miss more games, saying only that the team would take it day by day. “We all came
10:11 PM ET MILWAUKEE — Brooklyn Nets coach Steve Nash was ejected for the first time in his coaching career during the third quarter of Wednesday night’s 110-99 loss to the Milwaukee Bucks. Nash seemed frustrated by several calls throughout the night, but his frustration boiled over with 4:24 left in the third. He said
7:01 PM ET Associated Press CLEVELAND — All-Star point guard Darius Garland participated in the Cleveland Cavaliers‘ shootaround Wednesday, but missed his third straight game with a left eye injury. Garland performed shooting drills during the morning practice while wearing goggles. Coach J.B. Bickerstaff said the 6-foot-1, 192-pounder will continue to wear the protection until
3:03 PM ET Denver Nuggets forward Michael Porter Jr. was ruled out for Wednesday night’s game against the Los Angeles Lakers. The team did not specify an injury, but sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski that Denver was holding Porter out because of lumbar management. There is optimism he could be back for Friday’s game against
9:03 PM ET Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Memphis Grizzlies wing Ziaire Williams will miss another four to six weeks because of patellar tendinitis in his right knee. The Grizzlies updated Williams’ status Wednesday night. Williams had more tests with continuing soreness in his knee. The second-year small forward, who was the 10th overall pick