7:10 AM ET Here are 10 things I like and don’t like from the NBA restart: 1. The champs’ defense: the most exciting nerd thing in the NBA Nick Nurse’s funky zones get the attention, but Toronto’s base defense is one of the best night-to-night shows in the NBA. The Raptors in full flight are
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12:12 AM ET NBA Insiders The first eight days of NBA seeding games have given us a lot of highlights — and not from the stars alone. We asked our writers to identify the up-and-coming players who have caught their eye over the first week-plus. Some of these players have been mainstays already this season,
11:18 PM ET With four games remaining before the postseason begins, Doc Rivers hasn’t been able to see the LA Clippers at full strength in the NBA bubble, which has been consistent with an annoying theme for the title contender all season. Without Montrezl Harrell and Patrick Beverley and with multiple guards on a minutes
12:45 AM ET Back in late May, before the NBA’s bubble plan was official, before the restart format was known, Portland Trail Blazers guard Damian Lillard made it clear: He wasn’t coming unless he had a chance. Four games into the restart, he’s showing why. With a 125-115 win over the Denver Nuggets on Thursday
1:21 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — Philadelphia 76ers coach Brett Brown did his best to put on a brave face as he spoke to the media Thursday afternoon. But in the wake of learning that All-Star Ben Simmons would be out indefinitely with a subluxation of his left patella, Brown couldn’t
6:01 PM ET ESPN Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print The Utah Jazz will be without three starters when they take on the San Antonio Spurs on Friday, the first night of an important back-to-back for the team. Mike Conley (right knee soreness), Rudy Gobert (rest) and Donovan Mitchell (left peroneal strain) will all
2:02 PM ET LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James is out for Thursday’s game against the Houston Rockets because of his right groin, the team announced. James, 35, missed 27 games last season because of a groin injury suffered Christmas Day. This season, he sat out games in December and
3:24 PM ET Miami Heat All-Star swingman Jimmy Butler will not play in Thursday’s game against the Milwaukee Bucks because of a sore right foot. It is the second straight game Butler has missed. Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said prior to Thursday’s game that Butler has had both an MRI and an X-ray on the
7:32 PM ET Tim Bontemps LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — After the Milwaukee Bucks came back from a 23-point deficit against the Miami Heat on Thursday to claim a 130-116 victory and clinch the No. 1 seed in the Eastern Conference, Giannis Antetokounmpo was asked whether Miami was the biggest threat to stop the Bucks
6:35 AM ET The NBA bubble is in full swing. The race for the No. 8 seed in the Western Conference looks loaded, and Toronto Raptors are reminding people not to sleep on the defending champs. Now that we are one week into this grand experiment in Lake Buena Vista, Florida, let’s take a look