6:59 PM ET BOSTON — As Brooklyn Nets guard Kyrie Irving waits for New York City Mayor Eric Adams to roll back the city’s vaccination mandate so that he will be allowed to play in home games once again, he does so believing that Adams is “on my side.” “Shoutout Eric Adams, man,” Irving said
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8:56 PM ET ESPN News Services WASHINGTON — Kristaps Porzingis finally made his debut for the Washington Wizards — and didn’t need much time to make a big impact. Porzingis scored 25 points in his first game for Washington, and the Wizards beat the Indiana Pacers 133-123 on Sunday night. Porzingis returned from a right
6:33 PM ET BOSTON — Brooklyn Nets star forward Kevin Durant became just the 23rd player in NBA history to hit the 25,000-point mark during Sunday’s 126-120 loss to the Boston Celtics. Durant, who finished with a team-high 37 points, offered an honest assessment of his latest record after the game. “It’s pretty cool,” Durant
4:48 PM ET Associated Press BOSTON — Jayson Tatum scored a season-high 54 points — 34 of them in the second half — and the Boston Celtics overcame a rare appearance of both Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving in the Nets lineup, beating Brooklyn 126-120 on Sunday. Durant played in his second game since mid-January
5:28 PM ET Associated Press MIAMI — Victor Oladipo is questionable. After three years of dealing with rehab and challenges, that’s a breakthrough. The Miami Heat are listing Oladipo as questionable for their Monday night game against the Houston Rockets. Officially, that means there’s a 50-50 chance of the two-time All-Star playing for the first
4:37 PM ET Associated Press Knicks forward Julius Randle was fined $50,000 by the NBA on Sunday for shoving Phoenix Suns forward Cameron Johnson, making contact with a referee who was trying to break up the altercation and refusing to participate in its ensuing investigation. Randle and Johnson were both called for technical fouls after
2:40 AM ET LOS ANGELES — Stephen Curry and the Golden State Warriors played the foil in the most notable bounceback of LeBron James‘ career back in the 2016 NBA Finals. On Saturday, they were subjected to another classic “desperation” performance by James. James scored 56 points, his highest-scoring game ever with the Los Angeles
1:15 AM ET Kendra AndrewsESPN LOS ANGELES — The Golden State Warriors have dug themselves into a deep hole — their 124-116 loss to the Los Angeles Lakers being the latest shovel full of issues. They’ve lost four games in a row for the first time this season. They’ve dropped eight of their past 10
6:05 PM ET NEW YORK — As the Brooklyn Nets wait for Ben Simmons to recover from a back issue that he is dealing with as he prepares to play in an NBA game again for the first time in nine months, veteran guard Patty Mills remains convinced that Simmons will be able to help
8:25 PM ET There has been an increasing push among many in the Los Angeles Lakers organization to demote nine-time All-Star guard Russell Westbrook from the starting lineup, but so far coach Frank Vogel has resisted bringing him off the bench, sources told ESPN. The coaching staff and Westbrook have had differing visions on how