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Dec 27, 2024, 11:19 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NEW ORLEANS — Ja Morant scored 25 points before leaving with what appeared to be a minor right shoulder injury during the Memphis Grizzlies‘ 132-124 win over the slumping New Orleans Pelicans on Friday night. Morant was knocked from the game when he was flattened by

ESPN News Services Dec 27, 2024, 09:05 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NEW YORK — Philadelphia 76ers center Joel Embiid was fined $75,000 by the NBA on Friday for making obscene gestures during the first half of his club’s 118-114 road victory over the Boston Celtics on Wednesday. The fine comes nearly two months after

Dec 27, 2024, 05:05 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The Sacramento Kings have fired third-year head coach Mike Brown, sources told ESPN’s Shams Charania on Friday. The decision to fire Brown comes as the Kings are mired in a five-game losing streak — their longest since January 2022 — with all five loses coming at

ESPN News Services Dec 27, 2024, 05:24 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The Heat said Friday that Jimmy Butler will remain in Miami for the final two games of their road trip before rejoining the team next week. Miami visits the Atlanta Hawks on Saturday and then the Houston Rockets on Sunday. They’ll be back

Shams Charania Tim MacMahon Close Tim MacMahon ESPN Staff Writer Joined ESPNDallas.com in September 2009 Covers the Dallas Cowboys and Dallas Mavericks Appears regularly on ESPN Dallas 103.3 FM Dec 27, 2024, 12:59 AM ET Dallas Mavericks All-NBA guard Luka Doncic will be reevaluated in one month after sustaining a left calf strain in Wednesday’s

ESPN News Services Dec 26, 2024, 10:30 PM ET Open Extended Reactions INDIANAPOLIS — Shai Gilgeous-Alexander tied his career high with 45 points to lead the Oklahoma City Thunder to a 120-114 victory over the Indiana Pacers on Thursday night. Gilgeous-Alexander hit 15 of 22 shots and all 11 free throws in Oklahoma City’s ninth

ESPN News Services Dec 26, 2024, 11:26 PM ET Open Extended Reactions MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Jaren Jackson Jr. had 21 points, 11 rebounds and three blocks, Zach Edey also scored 21 points and grabbed 16 rebounds, and the Memphis Grizzlies set a franchise-scoring record in blowing out the skidding Toronto Raptors 155-126 on Thursday night.

Ohm Youngmisuk, ESPN Staff WriterDec 26, 2024, 08:25 PM 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 Dec 26, 2024, 08:42 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Pacers forward Obi Toppin suffered a sprained left ankle in the first quarter of Indiana’s home game against the Oklahoma City Thunder on Thursday night and will not return. Toppin was injured when he slipped while trying to pull up for an elbow

Anthony Gharib, ESPNDec 26, 2024, 10:42 PM ET Open Extended Reactions If its last-second 89-88 victory over the Orlando Magic on Thursday wasn’t enough, the Miami Heat made sure to troll their in-state rival afterward. Editor’s Picks 1 Related Miami faced a one-point deficit with 4.2 seconds left after Orlando center Goga Bitadze made a