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Associated Press Jan 8, 2025, 02:50 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NEW ORLEANS — New Orleans Pelicans forward Zion Williamson has been ruled out for Wednesday night’s game against the Portland Trail Blazers as he continues his comeback from a left hamstring strain. Williamson returned Tuesday night following a 27-game absence and scored 22 points

Shams Charania, Senior NBA InsiderJan 8, 2025, 01:28 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Magic star Paolo Banchero is expected to return to action in one of Orlando’s back-to-back home games Thursday against Minnesota or Friday against Milwaukee, sources told ESPN. Banchero has been out since Oct. 30 due to a torn oblique after a monster

Andre Snellings, ESPNJan 8, 2025, 03:12 PM ET Open Extended Reactions As the calendar flips to 2025 and the NBA season heat up, so too do the races for the league’s biggest awards. The competition is fierce and even slight changes can swing the betting odds dramatically. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Nikola Jokic are the favorites

Open Extended Reactions FOR 24 MINUTES, the Golden State Warriors had hung with the NBA’s best team. It was Dec. 30 inside San Francisco’s Chase Center, and after a meandering opening half for the Warriors and the then-27-4 Cleveland Cavaliers, Golden State cut its deficit to five points with an and-1 by forward Trayce Jackson-Davis

NBA Insiders Jan 8, 2025, 08:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions All eyes will be on Wednesday’s big matchup (and a possible NBA Finals preview) between the Oklahoma City Thunder and the Cleveland Cavaliers in a clash between the league’s top two teams. Both boast the best records in their conferences and both are riding

Brian Windhorst, ESPN Senior WriterJan 8, 2025, 06:24 AM ET Close ESPN.com NBA writer since 2010 Covered Cleveland Cavs for seven years Author of two books Open Extended Reactions Phoenix Suns guard Bradley Beal and his agent have had no talks about waiving his no-trade clause and his only focus is helping the team climb

Ohm Youngmisuk, ESPN Staff WriterJan 8, 2025, 03:07 AM ET Close Ohm Youngmisuk has covered the Giants, Jets and the NFL since 2006. Prior to that, he covered the Nets, Knicks and the NBA for nearly a decade. He joined ESPNNewYork.com after working at the New York Daily News for almost 12 years and is

ESPN News Services Jan 7, 2025, 11:25 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NEW ORLEANS — Zion Williamson scored 22 points to go along with six rebounds, four assists, three steals and a block in his return from a 27-game absence due to a left hamstring strain. Williamson played 27 minutes on Tuesday in a 104-97

Dave McMenamin, ESPN Staff WriterJan 8, 2025, 12:19 AM ET Close Lakers and NBA reporter for ESPN. Covered the Lakers and NBA for ESPNLosAngeles.com from 2009-14, the Cavaliers from 2014-18 for ESPN.com and the NBA for NBA.com from 2005-09. Open Extended Reactions DALLAS — The Los Angeles Lakers‘ growing momentum came to a screeching halt

Jan 7, 2025, 09:08 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Denver Nuggets superstar center Nikola Jokic has been ruled out for Tuesday night’s home game against the Boston Celtics. Jokic popped up on the injury report with an illness earlier Tuesday and was downgraded from probable to questionable before eventually being ruled out. For the Celtics,