3:01 AM ET PORTLAND, Ore. — Facing a team below them in the standings that was playing with a patchwork roster, the Los Angeles Lakers still managed to find a way to lose to the Trail Blazers on Wednesday, 107-105, to fall four games under .500 for the first time this season. Afterward, LeBron James
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10:55 PM ET Andrew LopezESPN New Orleans Pelicans forward Larry Nance Jr. will undergo right knee surgery on Friday and is expected to miss up to six weeks, sources told ESPN. Nance, whom the Pelicans acquired from the Portland Trail Blazers on Tuesday in the deal that also sent CJ McCollum and Tony Snell to
2:50 AM ET The second edition of the Basketball Africa League [BAL] is set to tip off in Dakar, Senegal, on March 5, with the 12 competing teams confirmed and defending champions Zamalek returning. The group phase will take place in Dakar (Sahara Conference – March 5-15th) and in Cairo (Nile Conference – April 9-19th)
9:22 PM ET PORTLAND — Los Angeles Lakers guard Russell Westbrook will not play in Wednesday night’s game against the Portland Trail Blazers because of tightness in his lower back, the team announced. It will be the first game Westbrook has missed all season. Westbrook felt the same tightness in his back in Tuesday night’s
5:56 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — James Harden will miss a fourth straight game Thursday when Brooklyn visits the Washington Wizards — assuming he is still on the Nets. Coach Steve Nash has said the Nets won’t trade the All-Star guard before the trade deadline on Thursday afternoon, though there continues to be
2:47 PM ET The Utah Jazz have agreed to trade injured veteran forward Joe Ingles in a three-team deal in which the Western Conference contender will land promising third-year guard Nickeil Alexander-Walker, sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. The Jazz will acquire Alexander-Walker from the Portland Trail Blazers and reserve forward Juancho Hernangomez from the San
5:11 PM ET How did I get here? Already two cups of coffee in at 5:06 a.m. Managing three points-league squads. Me… the former avowed roto proponent. Lover of efficiency. Gaming out the benefits of post-deadline possibilities of Russell Westbrook, who has averaged 18.3 PPG, 7.8 RPG, 7.6 APG…43.5 FG%, 66.5 FT%, 29.8 3PT%, 50.3
10:09 AM ET Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS — The NBA 2K League is relocating its in-person competition to Indianapolis, leaving behind the New York City studio that had been its primary home since launching five years ago. Much of the league’s early action was hosted at the 115-seat venue in Long Island City, with occasional tournaments
3:42 AM ET LOS ANGELES — A troubling loss to the defending champion Milwaukee Bucks on Tuesday night led to an uneasy admission within the Los Angeles Lakers‘ locker room: The roster is not working, and something must be done to get the team back on course with Thursday’s trade deadline fast approaching. The suspicion
10:27 PM ET LA Clippers forward Marcus Morris Sr. was ejected in the third quarter against the Memphis Grizzlies following a flagrant foul two on All-Star Ja Morant. Morant, who would get up and remain in the game after the foul, was flying toward the rim at high speed when Morris took the Grizzlies’ star