8:06 PM ET Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY — Joe Ingles entered the NBA’s health and safety protocols on Tuesday, the first Utah Jazz player to be added to that list this season. The Jazz had been the only NBA team yet to have a player in protocols this season. All 29 other teams had
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10:22 AM ET With Kyrie Irving on the verge of making his 2021-22 season debut, Brooklyn Nets and New York Liberty owners Joe Tsai and Clara Wu Tsai are looking forward to the star point guard joining the team on the court. “I’m glad that we were able to reach a decision together,” Wu Tsai
10:38 AM ET After missing four games in the NBA’s COVID-19 protocols, Phoenix Suns coach Monty Williams has been cleared and will join the team for Tuesday’s game against the New Orleans Pelicans, sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. The Suns, at 28-8, have the second-best record in the league. Williams entered the league’s health and
10:22 AM ET With Kyrie Irving on the verge of making his 2021-22 season debut, Brooklyn Nets and New York Liberty owners Joe Tsai and Clara Wu Tsai are looking forward to the star point guard joining the team on the court. “I’m glad that we were able to reach a decision together,” Wu Tsai
12:27 AM ET Tim BontempsESPN NEW YORK — Memphis Grizzlies guard Desmond Bane has heard the chatter about whether his backcourt mate, Ja Morant, should make his first All-Star Game this season. But after Morant’s latest dominant performance — 36 points, 6 rebounds, 8 assists and a game-high plus-24 in 33 minutes of a 118-104
1:31 AM ET ESPN News Services PORTLAND, Ore. — Atlanta Hawks star point guard Trae Young scored an NBA season-best 56 points in a 136-131 loss to the Portland Trail Blazers on Monday night. Young shot 17-for-26 from the field, 7-for-12 from 3-point distance and 15-for-15 from the line for his career-high scoring total, and
12:16 AM ET SAN FRANCISCO — The Miami Heat ruled forward Jimmy Butler out with a right ankle injury not long after he needed help to get off the floor and into the locker room late in the third quarter against the Golden State Warriors on Monday. Butler sustained the injury when he went to
8:40 PM ET Jamal Collier CHICAGO — Bulls guard Javonte Green will miss two to four weeks with a strained groin, coach Billy Donovan said Monday before Chicago’s game against the Orlando Magic. Green has carved out a role for himself as a solid contributor to Chicago’s success this season. He was inserted into the
6:21 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN The NBA announced Monday that 11 games have been rescheduled in response to the wave of postponements that have taken place over the past several weeks due to the recent surge of COVID-19. A total of 21 games were impacted: 11 that were previously postponed, another eight future games that
4:41 PM ET Associated Press CLEVELAND — Cleveland Cavaliers forward Isaac Okoro could miss three weeks with a sprained left elbow suffered in Sunday’s win over the Indiana Pacers. Okoro, who was out earlier this season with a hamstring injury and recently in the league’s health and safety protocols, got hurt when he ran into