7:00 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — The Memphis Grizzlies, having already lost their first three games inside the NBA’s bubble at the Walt Disney World Resort, were dealt a significant blow to their playoff hopes Tuesday when promising young forward Jaren Jackson Jr. was ruled out for the remainder of the
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6:12 PM ET LA Clippers guard Patrick Beverley injured his left calf in the first quarter and did not return against the Phoenix Suns on Tuesday in Lake Buena Vista, Florida. Beverley, who started the game, left with 3 minutes, 54 seconds remaining in the first quarter with what the team called soreness in the
5:52 PM ET The Brooklyn Nets just shocked the bubble with the largest NBA upset point spread-wise since 1993. The Nets, who closed as consensus 19-point underdogs, defeated the Milwaukee Bucks 119-116 on Tuesday in Lake Buena Vista, Florida. According to ESPN Stats & Information research, it’s the largest upset point spreadwise since the Dallas
3:15 PM ET Jamal Crawford finally made his long-awaited debut for the Brooklyn Nets on Tuesday, but he had to leave the game against the Milwaukee Bucks after just six minutes of play because of a left hamstring injury. The Nets announced that Crawford will not return to the game. The 40-year-old guard, who signed
5:39 PM ET WNBA players are wearing “Vote Warnock” T-shirts to games this week to support Rev. Raphael Warnock, who is challenging Atlanta Dream co-owner Kelly Loeffler (R-Ga.) for her Senate seat. Last month Loeffler wrote a letter to WNBA commissioner Cathy Engelbert objecting to the league’s promotion of Black Lives Matter — which is
7:20 AM ET When the Miami Heat promoted Erik Spoelstra out of the video room and into an assistant coaching position, there was one problem: Spoelstra owned no suits. The league’s dress code for coaches, codified in a memo sent before the season, mandates every coach wear a dress shirt (or “dress sweater”) and sport
9:41 PM ET Michael Porter Jr. texted Michael Malone three times over the past few days, telling him he can do better and pleading with the Denver Nuggets coach to stick with the talented rookie. “I said, ‘Michael, I’m not going anywhere,'” Malone texted back. “I’m gonna stay with you.” Porter rewarded Malone and reminded
11:09 PM ET Andrew LopezESPN New Orleans rookie Zion Williamson made it clear what it felt like to be on the floor at the end of the Pelicans’ 109-99 win over the Memphis Grizzlies on Monday night. “I felt alive again,” Williamson told ESPN’s Malika Andrews. “My competitive spirit was there, and I’m glad Coach
1:14 AM ET Tim BontempsESPN LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — For the second straight game, the Philadelphia 76ers appeared to have a game in hand through three quarters. Then the fourth quarter happened. After giving up 46 points in the final period and losing in stunning fashion to the Indiana Pacers in their first game
3:21 AM ET LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — LeBron James arrived at the Los Angeles Lakers‘ 116-108 win over the Utah Jazz on Monday — a game that clinched the franchise’s first No. 1 seed in the Western Conference in a decade — in a black T-shirt meant to address a message bigger than basketball.