7:17 PM ET Associated Press Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print NEW YORK — Utah Jazz guard Jordan Clarkson was fined $25,000 by the NBA on Friday for making contact with a game official Thursday night in the Jazz’s 106-95 home loss to the Phoenix Suns. The incident occurred early in the second quarter.
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11:17 AM ET Denver Nuggets forward Michael Porter Jr. is expected to miss multiple games because of the NBA’s health and safety protocols related to COVID-19, according to multiple reports. The Athletic first reported that Porter will miss Friday’s game against the Phoenix Suns as the Nuggets conduct contact tracing. The Denver Post reported that
2:02 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — The NBA fined three players a total of $85,000 on Friday for their roles in a dustup during a game between Charlotte and Dallas. The Mavericks’ James Johnson was fined $40,000. For the Hornets, Cody Martin lost $25,000 and Caleb Martin $20,000. The commotion happened with about
2:32 PM ET Orlando Magic forward Chuma Okeke is expected to miss several weeks with a bone bruise on his left knee, sources tell ESPN. Okeke missed his entire rookie season with the Magic rehabilitating a torn ACL in the same knee, but this injury has showed no damage to his ligaments, sources said. Okeke,
11:44 PM ET John Wall had problems sleeping the night before, as his heart and mind raced in anticipation of his Houston Rockets debut, a comeback from a two-year injury layoff that was delayed another week by an NBA-mandated quarantine due to COVID-19 protocols. It had been 735 days, as Wall precisely pointed out after
11:36 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN The Toronto Raptors benched All-Star forward Pascal Siakam for Thursday night’s year-ending 100-83 victory over the New York Knicks in Tampa, Florida. “It was a discipline thing for an internal matter,” Raptors coach Nick Nurse said after his team won its first game of the season. “That’s the decision we
6:32 PM ET ESPN News Services Indiana Pacers forward T.J. Warren will undergo surgery to repair a stress fracture in his left foot and will be out indefinitely, sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski on Thursday. Warren has averaged 15.5 points and 3.5 rebounds points in four games this season after a breakout performance in the
5:23 PM ET Associated Press ATLANTA — Atlanta Hawks guard Kris Dunn will rest his right ankle for two weeks after having arthroscopic surgery to remove loose cartilage. Dunn, who has not played this season, will be placed in a walking boot, and his status will be updated after the two weeks. The Hawks said
5:35 PM ET The NBA is placing a significant emphasis on team officials to monitor and mete out discipline in cases of COVID-19 protocol violations among players and staff, the league told teams on Thursday in a memo obtained by ESPN. The memo comes on a day when four Chicago Bulls players — Lauri Markkanen,
5:08 PM ET ESPN News Services WASHINGTON — The Chicago Bulls, playing without four players who were in the NBA health and safety protocol, beat the winless Washington Wizards 133-130 on Thursday. The Bulls played without forwards Lauri Markkanen and Chandler Hutchison and guards Ryan Arcidiacono and Tomas Satoransky. Markkanen, the team’s second-leading scorer and