11:39 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — For the second time in six games of this Eastern Conference semifinal series, the Boston Celtics failed to deliver a knockout blow to the Toronto Raptors. But after Toronto’s heartstopping, 125-122 double-overtime victory over Boston in Game 6 on Wednesday night, Celtics guard Kemba Walker
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10:14 PM ET Five-time NBA All-Star Chauncey Billups has emerged as a candidate in the Indiana Pacers‘ coaching search, sources told ESPN. As the Pacers begin preliminary interviews with a number of candidates, Billups and team officials have recently engaged and are planning to talk further about the job, sources said Wednesday. Billups, 43, fits
7:30 PM ET LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — The Los Angeles Lakers will have an earlier tipoff time for Game 4 of the Western Conference semifinals on Thursday, a schedule change that couldn’t come soon enough for L.A. The Lakers will play the Houston Rockets at 7 p.m. ET, a welcome adjustment after having their
9:46 AM ET Houston Rockets forward Robert Covington passed a concussion protocol test and does not have a broken nose, a source told ESPN. Covington left Tuesday’s Game 3 loss after a collision with Los Angeles Lakers forward Anthony Davis. Covington is expected to be available for Game 4 on Thursday, the source said Wednesday.
1:57 PM ET Associated Press Doris Burke will reach another milestone later this month when she calls the conference finals and NBA Finals for ESPN Radio, becoming the first woman to serve as a game analyst on a network television or radio broadcast this deep into the postseason. “Doris is a trailblazer who continues to
12:25 PM ET San Antonio Spurs assistant coach Becky Hammon and former Sacramento Kings and Memphis Grizzlies coach Dave Joerger are among more than a dozen candidates who are expected to participate in a first round of virtual interviews for the Indiana Pacers coaching job, sources told ESPN. The Pacers are embarking on a wide-ranging
2:30 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN Newly hired Brooklyn Nets coach Steve Nash said criticism that he “skipped the line” and got the opportunity to coach a presumed NBA championship contender was fair, but that his 18-season Hall of Fame career as a point guard positioned him to have success as a first-time head coach. “Well,
4:07 PM ET LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — The NBA is targeting Nov. 18 as a new date for the 2020 draft, pending discussions with league owners and general managers in separate meetings on Thursday and Friday, according to a memo obtained by ESPN. The NBA and National Basketball Players Association negotiated what the memo
2:37 AM ET LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — No player in NBA history has more playoff victories to his name than LeBron James does after the Los Angeles Lakers‘ 112-102 Game 3 win over the Houston Rockets on Tuesday. The win put L.A. up 2-1 on Houston in their Western Conference semifinals series and pushed
12:58 AM ET Houston Rockets forward Robert Covington exited Tuesday’s Game 3 loss early due to a facial injury after colliding with Los Angeles Lakers power forward Anthony Davis. “I think he got hit in the nose, and he was bleeding pretty good,” said Rockets coach Mike D’Antoni, who did not yet know the severity