2:46 AM ET Andrew LopezESPN Portland Trail Blazers guard Damian Lillard sat down for his post-game availability with his right hand wrapped in ice and sporting a Marvelous Marvin Hagler sweatshirt. Lillard, perhaps the NBA’s biggest boxing fan, looked like he just gone through a 12-round fight Tuesday night. And while it looked like the
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12:40 AM ET Philadelphia 76ers swingman Tobias Harris believes he should have been an All-Star this season. The 28-year-old is trying to let his play back up his case, evidenced by the 30 points he poured in during Tuesday night’s 99-96 come-from-behind win over the New York Knicks in Philadelphia. But he’s also offering other
Mar 15, 2021 Tony Bennett’s five fellow NBA alumni coaching in the 2021 NCAA tournament can only hope Bennett has started a trend. When his Virginia Cavaliers became college basketball’s most recent national champions in April 2019, the ex-Charlotte Hornet Bennett became just the fifth person to both play minutes in a meaningful NBA game
7:08 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN Boston Celtics coach Brad Stevens said Tuesday that he’s flattered by being mentioned as a candidate for the head-coaching opening at Indiana University but that he’s “extremely grateful” to be the coach of the Celtics. “It means a lot,” Stevens said of the groundswell of support for him to return
6:53 AM ET Tim BontempsESPN The NBA trade market had been quiet in 2021, but the unofficial tipoff to deadline season arrived last week. The Detroit Pistons sent Svi Mykhailiuk and a 2027 second-round pick to the Oklahoma City Thunder in exchange for Hamidou Diallo. Two lottery-bound teams swapping bench players headed for restricted free
3:22 AM ET SAN FRANCISCO — Following a 31-point loss to the Los Angeles Lakers on Monday night, Warriors star guard Stephen Curry expressed frustration with his team’s recent play, acknowledging it’s time for Golden State to stop having “embarrassing” performances. “We’ve got to play better,” Curry told reporters after the 128-97 defeat. “We have
10:29 PM ET Sacramento Kings forward Marvin Bagley III suffered a fractured left hand in the first half of Monday’s game against the Charlotte Hornets, the team announced. The third-year big man exited the game with 2:59 remaining in the first half having already registered 12 points on 6-for-9 shooting, three rebounds and one blocked
12:27 AM ET Tim BontempsESPN New York Knicks forward Julius Randle had to be held back by his teammates from confronting Scott Foster after the veteran referee called a travel on him in the final seconds of New York’s 117-112 road loss to the Brooklyn Nets Monday night. “It was a conversation but I think
1:47 AM ET One night after saying he was very concerned about the LA Clippers‘ inconsistent play, Kawhi Leonard made sure his team did not lose back-to-back games for the first time this season. Leonard logged 40 minutes on the second night of a back-to-back and had 22 points, eight rebounds, seven assists and four
7:53 PM ET Portland Trail Blazers guard CJ McCollum is set to return from a left foot fracture on Tuesday against the New Orleans Pelicans. McCollum, who has missed two months with the injury, was not on the team’s injury report for Tuesday’s game. McCollum had gotten off to a blistering start to the season