6:48 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — After he likely coached his final game with the Philadelphia 76ers, coach Brett Brown said he has never gotten a chance to show his full potential as a coach over his seven years with the franchise because of the numerous injuries that have cropped up
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3:29 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — Philadelphia 76ers forward Tobias Harris returned to Sunday’s playoff game against the Boston Celtics after a scary fall that saw him land head-first on the floor. Harris was coming down the lane when he jumped in the air and got tangled up with Celtics forward
7:26 PM ET Luka Doncic wasn’t even supposed to play in Game 4 of the Western Conference quarterfinals series between his No. 7 Dallas Mavericks and the No. 2 LA Clippers. But down 2-1 in the series, Doncic suited up despite spraining his left ankle in Game 3 — and his top scoring teammate Kristaps
1:05 PM ET The NBA and sports worlds are paying tribute to Kobe Bryant on what would have been the Basketball Hall of Famer’s 42nd birthday. Bryant and his daughter Gianna were among nine people killed in a helicopter crash in Calabasas, California on Jan. 26. On Sunday, Vanessa Bryant delivered a personal and heartfelt
6:00 AM ET Eric WoodyardESPN Joe Ingles is the NBA’s model of consistency. The Utah Jazz swingman has played a league-high 379 consecutive games, and he has done so while rarely changing his shoes. While other NBA players rip through sneakers — sometimes changing three or four times in the same game — Ingles once
1:36 AM ET At halftime of Saturday’s 116-108 playoff loss to the Los Angeles Lakers, the Portland Trail Blazers held a four-point lead. But when it came to free throw attempts, the Trail Blazers were actually in a steep hole against the top-seeded team in the Western Conference, trailing the Lakers 31-8. “As far as
12:19 AM ET Down two points with 24 seconds left and on the precipice of a dreaded 3-0 series deficit, the Oklahoma City Thunder had the ball in the best place it could be. Chris Paul had it, top of the key some 30 feet from the basket, ready to run pick-and-roll. There has been
1:21 AM ET Over his 17 seasons in the NBA, LeBron James has developed a system to prepare for the playoffs. There is a ramp up at some point in the last third of the NBA season. A handful of games where he pushes himself to play more minutes than most observers would probably like
2:51 AM ET LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — As LeBron James sat in front of a video conference screen following the Los Angeles Lakers‘ Game 3 win on Saturday, a falsetto voice could be heard off camera saying, “Oooh, LeBron,” as James was asked about passing Tim Duncan for No. 2 on the all-time playoff
11:11 PM ET Oklahoma City Thunder guard Chris Paul wasn’t shy about shouldering the blame for his team’s 2-0 hole entering a critical Game 3. He said he had to show up. And that’s what he did on Saturday, putting the Thunder back in the first-round NBA playoff series with a 119-107 overtime victory over