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12:21 AM ET ESPN News Services Devin Booker torched the Chicago Bulls for a season-high 51 points in just three quarters as the Phoenix Suns stretched their winning streak to six games with a 132-113 victory on Wednesday night. Booker scored 25 points in the first half and had 26 more in a sublime third

8:00 AM ET EVAN MOBLEY CROUCHES his thin frame into a defensive stance on the perimeter, a place few 7-footers have ever been as comfortable as the Cleveland Cavaliers‘ 21-year-old franchise cornerstone. It’s midway through the first quarter of the Cavs’ season opener, and on this play, Toronto Raptors forward Pascal Siakam gets a step

8:00 AM ET There’s no way around it, the Boston Celtics are the hottest team in the NBA. Four straight wins and nine wins out of their last 10 games have been enough for Boston to claim the best record in the league at 17-4. But while the Celtics and the Milwaukee Bucks are in

12:33 AM ET DALLAS — The full list of 40-point triple-doubles in the NBA this season: Luka Doncic 3, the rest of the league 0. “It’s getting boring,” Dallas Mavericks coach Jason Kidd said after Doncic’s 41-point, 12-rebound, 12-assist performance in Tuesday’s 116-113 win over the Golden State Warriors. “I mean, let’s see something different.

1:48 PM ET Minnesota Timberwolves All-Star forward Karl-Anthony Towns is out indefinitely with a right calf strain, the team announced Tuesday. Sources told ESPN that Towns is expected to miss four to six weeks with the injury. After initial fears of a significant injury when he left Monday night’s 142-127 loss to Washington in the

8:00 AM ET Brian Windhorst and a team of ESPN’s Insiders sort out life and the news from in and around the NBA world. One of the most famous hands in televised poker history took place in 2007 on a show called “High Stakes Poker,” which featured high-end cash games. In the heat of play,

9:11 PM ET Minnesota Timberwolves All-Star forward Karl-Anthony Towns will undergo an MRI on his right calf on Tuesday, but there is early optimism that he might have avoided a substantial injury to his lower right leg, sources told ESPN on Monday night. Towns suffered a noncontact injury turning to run down the floor on

9:04 AM ET The Dallas Mavericks intend to sign veteran guard Kemba Walker to address their glaring need for another creator in Luka Doncic‘s supporting cast, sources confirmed to ESPN. Dallas will waive reserve point guard Facundo Campazzo, whose contract is nonguaranteed, to create an open roster spot for Walker, sources said. Walker, 32, a

8:00 AM ET After the Indiana Pacers play the Los Angeles Lakers on Monday at Crypto.com Arena and continue on the road to Sacramento, center Myles Turner might have mixed feelings about boarding the team plane instead of staying in L.A. Last month, after trade talks between the Pacers and Lakers fizzled just before training

9:23 PM ET Kendra AndrewsESPN MINNEAPOLIS — Warriors forward Draymond Green was not happy when he got slapped with a technical foul in the waning seconds of Golden State’s 137-114 win over the Minnesota Timberwolves on Sunday evening. Green, who finished the game with 19 points and 11 assists for his first double-double of the

2:02 AM ET SAN ANTONIO — Russell Westbrook had blood covering his face after taking a flagrant foul to his forehead when LeBron James intervened to pull the Los Angeles Lakers point guard away from the fray and cover the cut with a towel in the third quarter Saturday. It wasn’t the flashiest sequence the

7:31 PM ET SAN ANTONIO — The Los Angeles Lakers expect star big man Anthony Davis to return Monday night against Indiana, sources told ESPN. The eight-time All-Star sat out the 143-138 win Saturday night over the San Antonio Spurs because of a left calf contusion. “He was kicked at some point in the second

Nov 26, 2022 NBA draft prospect Victor Wembanyama has captivated the sports world with his incredible physique and exceptional basketball skills. So it’s no surprise the 7-foot-4 forward is projected to go No. 1 overall in next year’s draft. 1 Related Wembanyama was back in action on Saturday, as his Paris-based Metropolitans 92 team faced

11:35 PM ET Charlotte Hornets forward Gordon Hayward has been diagnosed with a fractured left shoulder and his timeline for a return will be on a week-to-week evaluation, his agent Mark Bartelstein of Priority Sports told ESPN on Friday night. Hayward missed eight consecutive games with what was believed to be a shoulder bruise earlier

7:14 PM ET SAN ANTONIO — Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James returned Friday night against the San Antonio Spurs following a five-game absence because of a left groin strain and teamed with Anthony Davis to take control in the fourth quarter. “The fourth quarter has always been my favorite quarter,” James said after scoring

11:33 PM ET LOS ANGELES — The LA Clippers will continue to be without Kawhi Leonard and Paul George through at least Sunday. Clippers head coach Ty Lue said Leonard, George and Luke Kennard remain out for Sunday’s game against Indiana due to injuries. Lue, though, added that he doesn’t believe the Clippers will be

11:55 AM ET INDIANAPOLIS — As Kevin Durant continues working his way up the all-time scoring list, he does so with a greater appreciation for what LeBron James is accomplishing as he approaches the NBA’s scoring record. “To be the No. 1 in anything, there’s 8 billion people in the world, we just figured that

8:00 AM ET EVERY MORNING, BEFORE Lonnie Walker IV reports to one of the biggest pressure cookers in all of pro sports — a Los Angeles Lakers team determined to atone for last season’s disaster and salvage the twilight of LeBron James‘ career — he meditates with a mantra. “Dominate the day.” There’s a sanctuary-like