1:27 AM ET LA Clippers forward Marcus Morris Sr. adamantly denied that he intentionally stepped on Dallas Mavericks star Luka Doncic‘s sprained left ankle during Tuesday night’s Game 5. After a made basket by the Clippers early in the third quarter, Morris jogged from the left wing toward Doncic, who was awaiting an inbounds. Morris’
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11:06 PM ET The Denver Nuggets trailed by 15 and were down to possibly the final 21 minutes of their season when Jamal Murray came to life and saved Denver’s season on Tuesday. Burying a variety of step-back jumpers and converting a dazzling spinning layup over Rudy Gobert, Murray made 14-of-18 shots and scored 33
4:03 PM ET Malika Andrews Close ESPN Staff Writer Staff Writer Joined ESPN in 2018 Appears regularly on ESPN Chicago 1000 Tim Bontemps LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — The Toronto Raptors held a team meeting before Tuesday’s practice to discuss how they could respond to the shooting of Jacob Blake by police in Wisconsin —
6:45 AM ET 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 Kevin Pelton Close ESPN Senior Writer Co-author, Pro Basketball Prospectus series Formerly a consultant with the Indiana Pacers Developed WARP rating and SCHOENE system We hear you,
5:00 PM ET The Philadelphia 76ers have fired coach Brett Brown, the team announced Monday. Brown’s dismissal is expected to be a precursor for more upheaval for the 76ers, whose senior leadership — including general manager Elton Brand — will begin exploring changes in the front office structure, sources said. The franchise’s plan is that
1:18 PM ET The Toronto Raptors say that Kyle Lowry has been diagnosed with a left ankle sprain and that his condition will be updated as appropriate. Toronto’s Eastern Conference semifinal series against the Boston Celtics begins on Thursday. With just a little more than three minutes left in the first quarter of Sunday’s Game
3:35 PM ET Dallas Mavericks big man Kristaps Porzingis is listed as questionable for Tuesday’s Game 5 against the LA Clippers due to the right knee soreness that caused him to be a late scratch for Game 4. Coach Rick Carlisle said Porzingis’ status could be a game-time decision. “Look, a lot of this is
4:23 PM ET As teammates encourage Paul George to get out of his own head and block out all the negative chatter surrounding his three-game slump, Doc Rivers wants the LA Clippers guard to shoot the ball “20-plus times.” Entering a pivotal Game 5 between the Clippers and Mavericks, Rivers and some of his players
3:40 PM ET Inside Staples Center, Kobe Bryant’s Nos. 8 and 24 have hung from the rafters since 2017. And now outside Staples Center, a portion of Figueroa Street will be renamed in the former Los Angeles Lakers star’s honor. Figueroa Street will be unveiled as Kobe Bryant Boulevard between Olympic Boulevard and Martin Luther
1:40 PM ET Eric WoodyardESPN More than 1,000 miles outside the NBA bubble in Florida, protests have erupted in Wisconsin following the police shooting of a Black man identified as Jacob Blake. As the Milwaukee Bucks prepared for Game 4 of their first-round playoff series against Orlando, Coach Mike Budenholzer addressed the situation ahead of