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Andrew Lopez, ESPNMar 1, 2024, 12:55 AM ET Open Extended Reactions SAN ANTONIO — In front of their home fans for the first time in 26 days, the San Antonio Spurs and rookie Victor Wembanyama put on quite the show. After giving up a 12-point third-quarter lead and falling behind in the fourth, the Spurs

Kendra Andrews, ESPNFeb 29, 2024, 08:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions WHEN THE Golden State Warriors celebrated inside the home locker room following Stephen Curry‘s latest heroics, Klay Thompson sat alone at his locker with a towel draped over his head. It was Feb. 10, and Curry had just hit a last-second, game-winning 3-pointer to

ESPN News Services Feb 28, 2024, 10:39 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Luka Doncic had 30 points, 16 assists and 11 rebounds on his 25th birthday for his 11th triple-double of the season and the Dallas Mavericks beat the host Toronto Raptors 136-125 on Wednesday night. Doncic, the NBA’s leading scorer, is the first player

Dave McMenamin, ESPN Staff WriterFeb 29, 2024, 03:33 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 LOS ANGELES — LeBron James authored a 21-point fourth-quarter comeback by the Lakers

Field Level Media Feb 28, 2024, 04:32 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The NBA on Wednesday denied the game protest lodged by the New York Knicks in the aftermath of their 105-103 loss at the Houston Rockets earlier this month. The Knicks filed the protest with the league to dispute the Feb. 12 loss, citing

Feb 28, 2024, 08:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions With less than two months left in the 2023-24 NBA regular season and coming out of All-Star Weekend, teams are zeroing in on their playoff aspirations. And the stakes are rising each night. The postseason race in the Eastern Conference is heating up, with the Cleveland

ESPN News Services Feb 27, 2024, 10:10 PM ET Open Extended Reactions CLEVELAND — Max Strus drilled a 59-footer as time expired, his fifth made 3-pointer in the final four minutes, to give the Cleveland Cavaliers a wild 121-119 win over the Dallas Mavericks on Tuesday night. After the Mavericks took the lead on P.J.

Associated Press Feb 27, 2024, 08:28 PM ET Open Extended Reactions CHICAGO — Detroit Pistons coach Monty Williams wasn’t exactly backing down a day after ripping the officials for missing a critical call near the end of a loss to the New York Knicks. Williams seemed to take little solace Tuesday in the crew chief

Tim Bontemps Kevin Pelton Close Kevin Pelton ESPN Senior Writer Co-author, Pro Basketball Prospectus series Formerly a consultant with the Indiana Pacers Developed WARP rating and SCHOENE system Feb 27, 2024, 08:17 AM ET Open Extended Reactions THE NBA IS in the middle of an offensive explosion. Scoring averages this season are the highest since

Tim Bontemps, ESPNFeb 26, 2024, 11:59 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NEW YORK — After the New York Knicks escaped with a 113-111 victory over the Detroit Pistons on Monday night — in large part because of an obvious missed call with 8.5 seconds left when Knicks guard Donte DiVincenzo plowed into Pistons forward Ausar

Kendra Andrews, ESPNFeb 26, 2024, 02:03 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Golden State Warriors guard Chris Paul is slated to return to game action Tuesday when the Warriors face the Wizards in Washington. Paul has not played since Jan. 5 after fracturing his left hand. He had surgery to repair the fracture. The 19-year-veteran suffered

Open Extended Reactions Only a few months after Steve Ballmer purchased the LA Clippers in 2014, he and his staff began reconsidering everything about the franchise: where it should play, what its logo should look like, what colors it should use, even the name “Clippers” itself. They hired outside consultants to craft fan surveys asking

Dave McMenamin, ESPN Staff WriterFeb 25, 2024, 10:11 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 PHOENIX — All LeBron James could do was laugh Sunday when asked about

Andrew Lopez, ESPNFeb 25, 2024, 02:33 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Miami Heat forward Jimmy Butler is among five players suspended without pay for their roles in Friday night’s on-court altercation with the New Orleans Pelicans. Butler and Pelicans forward Naji Marshall were suspended one game for “instigating and engaging in” an on-court altercation, the

Jamal Collier, ESPNFeb 25, 2024, 08:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions AS DOC RIVERS sat on the sidelines at Ball Arena in Denver on Jan. 29, watching the Milwaukee Bucks up close for the first time as their new coach, he had an idea for a playcall. In the two days since he was formally

Tim Bontemps, ESPNFeb 25, 2024, 12:51 AM ET Open Extended Reactions NEW YORK — After the Boston Celtics claimed their season-best eighth straight victory Saturday night, defeating the New York Knicks 116-102 at Madison Square Garden, Boston now has an eight-game cushion over the second-place Cleveland Cavaliers atop the Eastern Conference. That is a bigger

Associated Press Feb 24, 2024, 08:11 PM ET Open Extended Reactions MINNEAPOLIS — Minnesota Timberwolves center Rudy Gobert was ruled out for Saturday’s home game against the Brooklyn Nets with a left ankle sprain. Gobert injured his ankle in the third quarter of Friday’s 112-107 loss to the Milwaukee Bucks. Saturday marks just the second

Tim Bontemps, ESPNFeb 24, 2024, 08:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions EXACTLY ONE YEAR after his tumultuous 3½-year tenure with the Brooklyn Nets came to a close, Kyrie Irving returned to Barclays Center. It was Feb. 6, and Irving was in town with the Dallas Mavericks, less than a week after his former Nets running