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2:41 PM ET Andrew LopezESPN The Portland Trail Blazers and Oklahoma City Thunder are both planning to travel later Wednesday afternoon for games set to be played in other cities on Wednesday night. After meeting Tuesday night in Oklahoma City, both the Blazers and Thunder had issues leaving because of snow in the area. The
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1:26 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN Quin Snyder of the Utah Jazz will coach the Western Conference entry in next month’s All-Star Game, sources told ESPN. While the league has not officially announced the game is taking place March 7, if it holds to its typical timeline of selecting the coach of the team with the
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8:41 AM ET ESPN News Services MADISON, Wis. — Democrat Alex Lasry, a 33-year-old Milwaukee Bucks executive and son of a billionaire, announced Wednesday that he’s running for the U.S. Senate in 2022 for the seat currently held by Republican Ron Johnson. Lasry made the announcement with a YouTube video, saying “we need a new
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7:25 AM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — – NBA All-Star Chris Paul has an off-court project in the works: His first book. Paul’s “Sixty-One: Life Lessons from Papa, On and Off the Court” will come out in September, St. Martin’s Press announced Wednesday. Co-written with journalist and ESPN broadcaster Michael Wilbon, the memoir by
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10:00 AM ET The Utah Jazz are on a remarkable run against the point spread. Entering Wednesday’s game at the Los Angeles Clippers, the Jazz have covered the spread in eight straight games and 18 of their last 20 overall, with one push. Utah’s 18-1-1 against the spread (ATS) is the second-best mark during a
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1:03 AM ET Eric WoodyardESPN The mood inside the Milwaukee Bucks‘ locker room was “kind of quiet,” according to newcomer Bobby Portis, following a 124-113 loss to the visiting Toronto Raptors on Tuesday night. But although reigning back-to-back MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo acknowledged some frustration after the Bucks’ fourth straight loss, he said there’s no reason
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1:06 AM ET The Brooklyn Nets are the NBA’s latest superteam, an offensive juggernaut featuring two former MVPs in Kevin Durant and James Harden and the owner of one of the biggest shots in NBA Finals history in Kyrie Irving, who also is widely considered to have the best handles the sport has seen. But
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11:10 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN BOSTON — After Nikola Jokic scored 43 of Denver’s 99 points in what ultimately was a 112-99 loss to the Boston Celtics at TD Garden, Nuggets coach Mike Malone said Jokic’s teammates need to do more to support their superstar center. “It’s not running out of gas,” Malone said, referring
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