12:10 PM ET Andrew LopezESPN Toronto Raptors forward Serge Ibaka was wearing a protective boot on his left ankle Tuesday morning and said he doesn’t know whether he’ll play in Wednesday’s Game 6 against the Boston Celtics. Ibaka injured the ankle in Monday’s Game 5 blowout loss to the Celtics. “I’m just trying to see
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4:41 PM ET Associated Press BOSTON — The Boston Celtics and their charitable arm, the Boston Celtics Shamrock Foundation, are committing $25 million over the next 10 years for initiatives to address racial injustice and social inequities in the greater Boston area. The commitment will include $20 million in cash and $5 million in media
10:17 AM ET LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — NBA coaches and staff have been approved to bring guests into the bubble for the start of the respective conference finals, according to a memo obtained by ESPN. Each team — including head coaches, front office and staff — can bring no more than 10 guests to
1:15 PM ET Dave McMenamin Close ESPN Staff Writer Lakers and NBA reporter for ESPN. Covered the Lakers and NBA for ESPNLosAngeles.com from 2009-14, the Cavaliers from 2014-18 for ESPN.com and the NBA for NBA.com from 2005-09. Tim MacMahon Close ESPN Staff Writer Joined ESPNDallas.com in September 2009 Covers the Dallas Cowboys and Dallas Mavericks
1:29 PM ET Earlier this summer, on one of the many conference calls between NBA players and National Basketball Players Association officials about how the league’s impending Orlando bubble reboot would work, one player posed a question that caught officials off guard. The player hailed from a team that was likely to contend for a
7:15 AM ET JAMES HARDEN CROUCHED, waiting for referee Ed Malloy to release the ball into the air. Dallas Mavericks forward Kristaps Porzingis stood three feet away across the center circle. The Houston Rockets‘ superstar is 6-foot-5. Porzingis is one of the tallest and longest players in the league, listed at 7-foot-3. Something didn’t add
2:20 AM ET Jamal Murray saw an opening, drove and lifted off, cocking his arm back for a monster dunk only to run into Kawhi Leonard‘s massive left hand. More specifically, Murray and the ball were rejected by Leonard’s left middle finger with just under two minutes left in a six-point game. For much of
1:28 AM ET The LA Clippers took a 2-1 series lead over the Denver Nuggets on Monday, overcoming a dominant 32-point, 12-rebound, 8-assist game from Nikola Jokic. Jokic’s primary defender, Ivica Zubac, fouled out in 22 minutes, as he struggled to handle Jokic’s combination of size and skill, but Clippers guard Patrick Beverley pointed to
2:23 AM ET Kawhi Leonard‘s middle finger already had a storied history before it was the lone instrument used to block a power dunk attempt by Jamal Murray on Monday. That finger is engraved on the underside of Leonard’s Toronto Raptors championship ring, a piece of symbolism that needs no interpretation. Then there’s the federal
10:13 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — After the Boston Celtics dropped Game 4 of their Eastern Conference semifinals series against the Toronto Raptors, they said they had to play better, smarter and harder to regain control of the series in Game 5. The Celtics then proceeded to go out and do