11:58 PM ET Eric WoodyardESPN CHICAGO — Coby White could let his hair down Sunday night — literally. With 33 points in the Chicago Bulls‘ 126-117 victory over the Washington Wizards, the Chicago guard became the first rookie in NBA history to score 30 points in consecutive contests while coming off the bench. That scoring
12:09 AM ET Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. — Carmelo Anthony scored a season-high 32 points, including a key basket in crunch time, and CJ McCollum had 41 points, a career-high 12 assists and nine rebounds as the Portland Trail Blazers rallied to beat the Detroit Pistons 107-104 on Sunday night. It was the first time
11:28 PM ET Eric WoodyardESPN CHICAGO — After back-to-back losses to Central Division teams, Washington Wizards coach Scott Brooks was fed up following Sunday’s 126-117 defeat to the Bulls. “Well, we’re playing soft. That’s pretty simple; we’re playing soft, and we’re playing — just comfortable. And it’s disappointing,” Brooks animatedly said to reporters following the
10:33 PM ET The Milwaukee Bucks have clinched the earliest playoff berth in at least 15 years, according to Elias Sports Bureau research. The NBA postseason is not set to begin for another 55 days. The Bucks clinched Sunday despite not playing because the Washington Wizards lost to the Chicago Bulls. Milwaukee is 48-8 and
9:28 AM ET Watch a replay of Monday’s Ariel Helwani MMA show on ESPN+. When Tyson Fury weighed in on Friday night in Las Vegas for the biggest fight of his career — his rematch against Deontay Wilder — the boxing world collectively gasped when Fury tipped the scales at 273 pounds. Fury insisted that
10:03 PM ET Associated Press LAS VEGAS — Chase Briscoe won the rain-delayed Xfinity Series race on Sunday at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. NASCAR was able to complete 50 of the 200 laps Saturday before rain washed out the event and pushed its conclusion to after the Cup race Sunday, which was won by Joey
9:08 PM ET Associated Press GOODYEAR, Ariz. — Shogo Akiyama gave Cincinnati Reds fans a small taste of what he can provide at the top of the batting order and in the outfield Sunday in his first spring training game with the team. Akiyama, hitting leadoff and playing center field, lined the second pitch he
9:12 PM ET Associated Press SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Arizona Diamondbacks left-hander Madison Bumgarner has been competing in rodeo events under the alias Mason Saunders and even won $26,560 in a team-roping competition in December, according to a story published Sunday by The Athletic. Bumgarner told the website he has discretely competed in rodeos for a
9:16 PM ET LOS ANGELES — Two tentpole franchises that were languishing in a cultural malaise just one year ago waged intense basketball warfare on Sunday afternoon at Staples Center, with the Los Angeles Lakers eking out a 114-112 win over the Boston Celtics. LeBron James drained the decisive field goal, a high-arcing fallaway jumper
9:47 PM ET LOS ANGELES — LeBron James might have made the go-ahead turnaround jumper with 30.4 seconds left in the Los Angeles Lakers‘ 114-112 win over the Boston Celtics on Sunday, but he worked the defense the first 47½ minutes before that to get that shot. “I had been setting him up all night