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Associated Press Dec 19, 2024, 11:45 PM ET Open Extended Reactions BOSTON — Celtics forward Jaylen Brown took issue with back-to-back technical fouls called on coach Joe Mazzulla and himself late in the fourth quarter of Boston’s 117-108 loss to the Chicago Bulls on Thursday night. Boston led 86-82 before Chicago opened the final period

Associated Press Dec 19, 2024, 05:25 PM ET Open Extended Reactions SPRINGFIELD, Mass. — Carmelo Anthony might go into the Basketball Hall of Fame twice next year. The Hall of Fame released its list of candidates for the Class of 2025 on Thursday, with the list of first-time nominees including Anthony and fellow retired NBA

Associated Press Dec 19, 2024, 08:06 PM ET Open Extended Reactions DALLAS — Mavericks guard Luka Doncic is starting his own foundation, saying his primary goal is to ensure that children learning how to play basketball are doing so the right way and within a positive environment. The Luka Doncic Foundation will be formally launched

Associated Press Dec 19, 2024, 02:05 PM ET Open Extended Reactions CLEVELAND — The Cavaliers will be without forward Isaac Okoro for several weeks after he suffered a sprained right shoulder. The Cavaliers, who have the NBA’s best record at 23-4, said Thursday that Okoro sustained a sprain to his right AC joint during the

Associated Press Dec 19, 2024, 04:05 PM ET Open Extended Reactions PHILADELPHIA — The Philadelphia 76ers won city council approval on Thursday for a $1.3 billion downtown arena despite vocal opposition from nearby Chinatown residents and other activists. Council voted 12-5 to approve the project at a packed meeting at City Hall. Owners of the

Jamal Collier, ESPNDec 19, 2024, 02:20 PM ET Open Extended Reactions MINNEAPOLIS — Karl-Anthony Towns said he got a “warm feeling” entering the Target Center again on Thursday morning, but that still didn’t mask how strange it was for him to be entering the arena he called home for nine seasons as a visiting player

Field Level Media Dec 19, 2024, 02:25 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Giannis Antetokounmpo anchored the 2024 NBA Cup all-tournament team, announced Thursday, after leading the Milwaukee Bucks to the championship. Antetokounmpo was a unanimous selection by all 20 media members on the voting panel, as was Oklahoma City’s Shai Gilgeous-Alexander. The Bucks defeated the

Chris Herring, ESPN Senior WriterDec 19, 2024, 08:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions IN OCTOBER, after the New York Knicks blew a 13-point second-half lead to drop a winnable game to the Cleveland Cavaliers, the home locker room was eerily quiet. Some of that was the nature of the defeat; the Cavs had shown more

Field Level Media Dec 19, 2024, 01:11 AM ET Open Extended Reactions The NBA, where a big three combination of players often proves successful on the court, has a big three in terms of franchise value, too. The Golden State Warriors, New York Knicks and Los Angeles Lakers are the league’s most valuable franchises by

ESPN News Services Dec 18, 2024, 04:17 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The NBA All-Star Game’s new format has been greeted with skepticism from some of the league’s biggest stars — most notably Kevin Durant. “I hate it; I absolutely hate it,” Durant said Tuesday, minutes after the league announced the changes to its midseason