2:55 AM ET Tim BontempsESPN SAN FRANCISCO — So many things went in the Boston Celtics‘ favor in Game 5 of the NBA Finals. Golden State Warriors superstar Stephen Curry didn’t make a 3 for the first time in a postseason game. After struggling with his shot all series long, Jayson Tatum had a good
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10:08 PM ET Charlotte Hornets forward Montrezl Harrell is facing a felony drug charge after police in Richmond, Kentucky, say they found “three pounds of marijuana” in Harrell’s car last month, according to a police report obtained by multiple outlets. Harrell was pulled over by a Kentucky state trooper on the morning of May 12
12:12 AM ET SAN FRANCISCO — The NBA Finals allow for the slimmest margins of error. Opponents are too elite and opportunities too precious to squander in a seven-game series. For the Boston Celtics, sins of commission in Game 5 were too numerous to overcome a Golden State Warriors team with a championship pedigree on
4:45 PM ET Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO — NBA commissioner Adam Silver canceled plans to attend Game 5 of the NBA Finals between the Golden State Warriors and Boston Celtics on Monday night because of the league’s health and safety protocols. Silver typically attends all Finals games. The league did not say if Silver had
5:35 PM ET The Atlanta Hawks are promoting assistant GM Landry Fields to the title of general manager, sources told ESPN on Monday. Fields, 33, will continue to work under president of basketball operations Travis Schlenk in the Hawks’ front office. The promotion will become effective July 1, sources said. Fields has ascended quickly in
2:05 PM ET Memphis Grizzlies coach Taylor Jenkins has agreed to a multiyear contract extension, sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. Jenkins finished second in the league’s Coach of the Year voting and led the Grizzlies to the second-best regular-season record in the NBA. Memphis is securing key individuals to its bright future. Jaren Jackson Jr.
2:30 PM ET Projected 2023 draft top-10 picks Amen and Ausar Thompson will be part of a team sports media company Overtime is sending to compete in The Basketball Tournament, marking the first time NBA draft-eligible prospects will participate in the TBT. The winner of TBT, a 64-team single-elimination tournament that runs from July 16
12:29 PM ET Canadian high school recruit Leonard Miller is withdrawing from the NBA draft and will sign with the NBA’s G League Ignite program, he told ESPN. The NBA draft withdrawal deadline is Monday at 5 p.m. ET, and mostly applies to international players since the NCAA withdrawal deadline for those intending on maintaining
12:49 PM ET The Denver Nuggets are trading forward JaMychal Green and a protected 2027 first-round pick to the Oklahoma City Thunder for the 30th pick in this month’s NBA draft, and two future second-round picks, sources told ESPN on Monday. The Thunder still have the Nos. 2, 12 and 34 picks in this year’s
8:20 PM ET Kendra AndrewsESPN SAN FRANCISCO — Klay Thompson is stressing about staying in the moment. After Sunday’s practice, the Golden State Warriors star barely even wanted to look ahead to Monday’s pivotal Game 5 of the NBA Finals against the Boston Celtics. Instead, he tried to stay locked in on what treatment needed