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Associated Press Nov 20, 2024, 06:00 PM ET Open Extended Reactions LOS ANGELES — LeBron James says he’s taking a break from social media. The NBA’s all-time leading scorer and Los Angeles Lakers star posted on X and Instagram on Wednesday to announce that he’s stepping away from his pages. James has 159 million followers

NBA Insiders Nov 20, 2024, 08:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions We’re one month into the 2024-25 NBA season, and in just a few weeks a lot has unfolded in both conferences. The second edition of the NBA Cup kicked off last week, once again unveiling some flashy courts. Group stage games will end Dec.

Tim Bontemps, ESPNNov 19, 2024, 09:33 PM ET Open Extended Reactions BOSTON — Before the Cleveland Cavaliers put their perfect 15-0 start to the season to the test Tuesday night at TD Garden against the defending NBA champion Celtics, Cavaliers coach Kenny Atkinson was asked what he hoped to get out of the game. “We

Shams Charania, ESPNNov 19, 2024, 12:01 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Amid a 2-11 start that has them in last place in the Eastern Conference, and with their star trio of Joel Embiid, Paul George and Tyrese Maxey yet to play a game together, the Philadelphia 76ers held a team meeting following Monday night’s 106-89

NBA Insiders Nov 19, 2024, 08:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions The first month of the 2024-25 NBA season is nearly done and we are getting early glimpses of which teams are built to make a deep run in the playoffs. It was no surprise that the Boston Celtics were going to be near the

Associated Press Nov 19, 2024, 12:50 AM ET Open Extended Reactions MILWAUKEE — Damian Lillard has dealt with all kinds of injuries through his 13 seasons in the NBA, but he’d never had to worry about recovering from a concussion before. His return from concussion protocol put the Milwaukee Bucks guard in a much more

Associated Press Nov 18, 2024, 03:33 PM ET Open Extended Reactions EL SEGUNDO, Calif. — The Los Angeles Lakers will honor former coach Pat Riley with a statue outside their downtown arena. The Lakers announced Monday that they have commissioned a statue to stand in Star Plaza immortalizing the coach who won four championships with

Brian Windhorst, ESPN Senior WriterNov 18, 2024, 08:00 AM ET Close ESPN.com NBA writer since 2010 Covered Cleveland Cavs for seven years Author of two books Open Extended Reactions WITH TWO MINUTES left in the fourth quarter Friday night, Cleveland Cavaliers guard Caris LeVert nailed a 3-pointer from the left corner to give his team

ESPN News Services Nov 17, 2024, 09:19 PM ET Open Extended Reactions CLEVELAND — Darius Garland scored 25 points, Ty Jerome matched his career-high with 24 in place of Donovan Mitchell, and the Cleveland Cavaliers stayed unbeaten with a 128-114 win over the Charlotte Hornets on Sunday night. The Cavs are the fourth team to

Associated Press Nov 17, 2024, 05:06 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NEW YORK — Jayson Tatum traveled moments before making the deciding 3-pointer at the overtime buzzer to give the Boston Celtics a 126-123 victory over the Toronto Raptors on Saturday night, the NBA said. Tatum moved his pivot foot with 3.4 seconds left in

Kendra Andrews, ESPNNov 17, 2024, 02:14 AM ET Open Extended Reactions SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Sacramento Kings guard De’Aaron Fox could tell he was hot in the first quarter of the 121-117 win over the Utah Jazz on Saturday night. He didn’t miss a shot in the first 12 minutes. And as he continued to keep

ESPN News Services Nov 16, 2024, 06:39 PM ET Open Extended Reactions CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Milwaukee coach Doc Rivers criticized referees for calling a foul on Giannis Antetokounmpo against LaMelo Ball with 7.3 seconds left in the Bucks’ 115-114 loss to the Charlotte Hornets on Saturday. With the Hornets trailing by one, Ball drove the

Nov 16, 2024, 03:31 PM ET Open Extended Reactions A transition take foul by Draymond Green on rookie Zach Edey that the Memphis Grizzlies took exception to after Friday’s loss to the Golden State Warriors has been upgraded to a flagrant 1 following league review. The foul occurred with 7:06 remaining in the third quarter

ESPN News Services Nov 15, 2024, 10:30 PM ET Open Extended Reactions CLEVELAND — Donovan Mitchell scored a season-high 37 points, Darius Garland had 29 and the Cleveland Cavaliers continued one of the best starts in league history, improving to 14-0 with a 144-126 win over the Chicago Bulls on Friday night in an NBA

ESPN News Services Nov 16, 2024, 01:32 AM ET Open Extended Reactions SACRAMENTO, Calif. — When De’Aaron Fox saw that he had 48 points in the fourth quarter in Friday’s 130-126 overtime loss to the Minnesota Timberwolves, teammate Malik Monk told him, “You might as well go get 60.” The Kings’ guard had 26 points

Tim MacMahon, ESPN Staff WriterNov 15, 2024, 08:00 AM ET Close Joined ESPNDallas.com in September 2009 Covers the Dallas Cowboys and Dallas Mavericks Appears regularly on ESPN Dallas 103.3 FM Open Extended Reactions JA MORANT DROVE the length of the court, kissed a hanging floater off the glass over a couple of Los Angeles Lakers

Associated Press Nov 14, 2024, 09:30 PM ET Open Extended Reactions SALT LAKE CITY — Dallas guard Kyrie Irving sat out the Mavericks’ game Thursday night against the Utah Jazz because of a strained right shoulder. Irving is averaging 25.2 points, 4.9 assists and 4.6 rebounds in 11 games this season. He’s shooting 54.5% from

Kendra Andrews, ESPNNov 14, 2024, 04:40 PM ET Open Extended Reactions SAN FRANCISCO — Golden State Warriors guard De’Anthony Melton has suffered an ACL sprain, the team announced Thursday. The injury will hold him out of Friday’s game against the Memphis Grizzlies, and he will undergo further testing to determine a full recovery timeline. Editor’s