3:38 AM ET LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — As Jacob Blake Sr. remembers it, barely any time had passed from the time the Milwaukee Bucks decided not to play their game Wednesday in protest of the shooting of his son by the police to when his phone rang and the Bucks were on the line.
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1:21 AM ET Portland Trail Blazers forward Carmelo Anthony isn’t done yet. The 36-year-old Anthony, who had spent more than a year out of the NBA — after sour endings in Oklahoma City and Houston — before signing with the Trail Blazers last season, expects to return to the league next season. “In my mind,
9:13 PM ET Eric WoodyardESPN News of the police shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wisconsin, on Sunday didn’t reach reigning MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo until days later with the Milwaukee Bucks star, who is on a social media blackout for the postseason. Once he became informed that Blake, who is Black, was shot seven times
8:51 PM ET Royce Young Close ESPN Staff Writer Covers the Oklahoma City Thunder for ESPN.com Tim MacMahon Close ESPN Staff Writer Joined ESPNDallas.com in September 2009 Covers the Dallas Cowboys and Dallas Mavericks Appears regularly on ESPN Dallas 103.3 FM Houston Rockets forward P.J. Tucker and Oklahoma City Thunder guard Dennis Schroder were ejected
12:27 AM ET WITH 7:16 REMAINING in the third quarter of Game 4 of their opening-round series against the Los Angeles Lakers, the Portland Trail Blazers‘ season ended. Not officially, of course. There were still 19 minutes to play and another 48 to go on Saturday, but the moment Damian Lillard‘s knee buckled on a
7:28 PM ET Jamal Murray had a pair of Adidas shoes with Breonna Taylor’s and George Floyd’s likeness on each shoe placed in front a Zoom camera. For exactly two minutes, the pair of shoes sat on a stool before Murray sat down in front of the camera. “My skin color should not determine whether
5:33 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — Boston Celtics forward Jaylen Brown says he’s skeptical that NBA owners will back up their pledges to support NBA players in their push for social justice. “I’m not sure,” Brown said on a Zoom conference call Saturday afternoon. “I can’t speak for everybody. I can
5:30 PM ET After an emotional Wednesday meeting in which they left thinking the season could be over, the LA Clippers return to the court and play Game 6 on Sunday feeling closer than they were the last time they faced the Dallas Mavericks. “Absolutely,” Clippers star Paul George said of the events of the
3:37 PM ET Eric WoodyardESPN Milwaukee Bucks wing Wesley Matthews said the team is not “apologetic” for boycotting Game 5 of their first-round series against the Orlando Magic Wednesday, a decision he said the team made organically. “I feel like we did what any team would’ve done in that situation. And we’re not apologetic for
1:03 PM ET Andrew LopezESPN Toronto Raptors guard Kyle Lowry is listed as questionable for Sunday’s Game 1 against the Boston Celtics with a sprained left ankle. Lowry practiced Saturday morning, with Raptors coach Nick Nurse saying Lowry “looked OK.” Game 1 between Toronto and Boston will be at 1 p.m. ET (ESPN). Lowry turned