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Associated Pressd Apr 6, 2024, 12:11 PM ET Open Extended Reactions GLENDALE, Ariz. – Vince Carter wowed the basketball world with his high-flying dunks for more than two decades. Chauncey Billups was a clutch guard and Finals MVP for the Detroit Pistons. Two icons from the 2000s era of basketball are headed to the Naismith

Jamal Collier, ESPNApr 5, 2024, 08:00 PM ET Open Extended Reactions CHICAGO — Knicks guard OG Anunoby is in the starting lineup for Friday’s game against the Chicago Bulls, returning for his first game since March 16. Anunoby had missed the last nine games with lingering discomfort in his right elbow. The Knicks are 15-2

Associated Press Apr 5, 2024, 08:19 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NEW ORLEANS — Zion Williamson, New Orleans’ leading scorer, missed the Pelicans’ game against the San Antonio Spurs on Friday night because of a bruised left finger. Williamson, averaging 22.8 points, 5.8 rebounds and 5.0 assists this season, injured the hand while trying to

Tim Bontemps, ESPNApr 5, 2024, 01:30 AM ET Open Extended Reactions MIAMI — The Philadelphia 76ers began this week firmly entrenched in eighth place in the East and unsure when Joel Embiid would return. Now, after pulling off a dramatic comeback and beating the Miami Heat 109-105 on Thursday night at Kaseya Center, winning a

Tim MacMahon, ESPN Staff WriterApr 5, 2024, 10:00 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 SABRINA IONESCU COULDN’T wait for the start of the NBA season. Specifically, the WNBA All-Star circled the Boston Celtics‘ season opener as

Kendra Andrews, ESPNApr 5, 2024, 12:56 AM ET Open Extended Reactions HOUSTON — Golden State Warriors players Draymond Green and Klay Thompson stood, faced the crowd in Houston, and yelled “Warrrriors, come out to play!” The phrase was the same one Rockets forward Tari Eason wore on his shirt pregame. But after the Warriors beat

Adrian Wojnarowski, ESPNApr 4, 2024, 10:46 AM ET Open Extended Reactions After two months of rehabilitation to attempt a return to the New York Knicks, All-NBA forward Julius Randle will undergo season-ending right shoulder surgery, the team announced Thursday. Randle, who has been out since dislocating his shoulder on Jan. 27, had been relentlessly rehabilitating

Dave McMenamin, ESPN Staff WriterApr 4, 2024, 12:57 AM ET Close Lakers and NBA reporter for ESPN. Covered the Lakers and NBA for ESPNLosAngeles.com from 2009-14, the Cavaliers from 2014-18 for ESPN.com and the NBA for NBA.com from 2005-09. Open Extended Reactions WASHINGTON — Count LeBron James among the scores of viewers tuning into the

ESPN News Services Apr 3, 2024, 10:40 PM ET Open Extended Reactions BOSTON — Kristaps Porzingis had 27 points, 12 rebounds and five blocks, helping the Boston Celtics power past the Oklahoma City Thunder 135-100 on Wednesday night to secure the best record in the NBA and home-court advantage throughout the playoffs. Boston, which won

Brianna Williams, ESPNApr 3, 2024, 09:19 AM ET Open Extended Reactions The Oklahoma City Thunder entered the season as the NBA’s second youngest and least experienced team with an average age of 24.12 years and 2.22 seasons. Editor’s Picks 1 Related Despite that, they have competed with the Boston Celtics, Denver Nuggets and Minnesota Timberwolves

Apr 3, 2024, 10:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions We’re less than two weeks away from the conclusion of the 2023-24 NBA regular season, and a myriad of possibilities still remain in the West and East playoff seeding. In the Western Conference, the Oklahoma City Thunder, Denver Nuggets and Minnesota Timberwolves have each locked up

Apr 2, 2024, 07:03 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Philadelphia 76ers star center Joel Embiid is in the starting lineup for the first time since Jan. 30 for Tuesday’s game against the Oklahoma City Thunder. Embiid has been rehabbing from left meniscus surgery and returns with seven games left in the Sixers’ regular season. Philadelphia

Baxter Holmes, ESPN Senior WriterApr 2, 2024, 08:12 AM ET Close Baxter Holmes (@Baxter) is a senior writer for ESPN Digital and Print, focusing on the NBA. He has covered the Lakers, the Celtics and previously worked for The Boston Globe and Los Angeles Times. Open Extended Reactions JUST AFTER 9 A.M. on Feb. 9,

Andrew Lopez, ESPNApr 2, 2024, 12:25 AM ET Open Extended Reactions NEW ORLEANS — More than an hour after Monday’s game ended, Devin Booker‘s night still wasn’t done. With more than 40 friends and family on hand from Booker’s hometown of Moss Point, Mississippi, less than a two-hour drive from New Orleans, Booker stood near

Dan Hajducky, ESPNApr 1, 2024, 11:27 AM ET Close Hajducky is an associate editor for ESPN. He has an MFA in creative writing from Fairfield University and played on the men’s soccer teams at Fordham and Southern Connecticut State universities. Open Extended Reactions Over the weekend, a ring from the Los Angeles Lakers‘ 2000 NBA

Adrian Wojnarowski, ESPNApr 1, 2024, 10:31 AM ET Open Extended Reactions The return of Philadelphia 76ers star Joel Embiid is imminent and could come as soon as Tuesday night against the Oklahoma City Thunder, sources told ESPN on Monday. Embiid, who has been out since Jan. 30, has been delivering the final preparations for his

Dave McMenamin, ESPN Staff WriterMar 31, 2024, 11:38 PM ET Close Lakers and NBA reporter for ESPN. Covered the Lakers and NBA for ESPNLosAngeles.com from 2009-14, the Cavaliers from 2014-18 for ESPN.com and the NBA for NBA.com from 2005-09. Open Extended Reactions NEW YORK — Few players have played basketball as long as LeBron James

Tim Bontemps, ESPNMar 31, 2024, 11:38 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NEW YORK — After Oklahoma City Thunder star Shai Gilgeous-Alexander broke the New York Knicks‘ hearts with a jumper with 1.8 seconds remaining to lift the Thunder to a 113-112 victory here at Madison Square Garden Sunday night, forward Josh Hart delivered another blow