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10:18 PM ET NEW YORK — Julius Randle scored a career-high 57 points, but that wasn’t enough to save the New York Knicks from a disappointing 140-134 loss to the Minnesota Timberwolves on Monday night at Madison Square Garden. Randle’s dominance was apparent throughout the first three quarters of a defenseless showcase in which the

7:37 AM ET Ohm Youngmisuk Close Ohm Youngmisuk ESPN Staff Writer Ohm Youngmisuk has covered the Giants, Jets and the NFL since 2006. Prior to that, he covered the Nets, Knicks and the NBA for nearly a decade. He joined ESPNNewYork.com after working at the New York Daily News for almost 12 years and is

2:01 AM ET LOS ANGELES — Starting the day out of the playoff picture with only 11 games remaining in the regular season, the Los Angeles Lakers got a jolt from a player whose all-out approach matched what the team’s situation required. Austin Reaves scored a career-high 35 points — including the Lakers’ last 10

9:59 PM ET LOS ANGELES — Three weeks to the day since LeBron James suffered a tendon injury in his right foot, and with exactly three weeks remaining in the regular season, Los Angeles Lakers coach Darvin Ham offered the most encouraging update on James’ status to date. “We anticipate him coming back at some

9:08 PM ET ESPN News Services SAN ANTONIO — Keldon Johnson and Devin Vassell had 29 points each, and the San Antonio Spurs rallied from a 24-point deficit to beat the Atlanta Hawks 126-118 on Sunday, spoiling Dejounte Murray‘s homecoming. Murray had 22 points, eight assists and six rebounds in his first game in San

5:17 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN NEW YORK — After the Denver Nuggets struggled down the stretch of a 116-110 loss to the New York Knicks on Saturday afternoon, giving the Western Conference leaders a fifth loss in their last six games, Nikola Jokic declared Denver needs to be concerned about how it’s currently playing. “It

5:47 PM ET Minnesota Timberwolves All-Star guard Anthony Edwards will miss his first game of the season Saturday against the Toronto Raptors as he continues to deal with a right ankle sprain. Edwards suffered the injury in Friday night’s loss to the Chicago Bulls; he landed awkwardly and collapsed after leaving his feet to deliver

7:22 PM ET LOS ANGELES — Russell Westbrook took the blame for the LA Clippers‘ four-game winning streak coming to a halt against the Orlando Magic and was already looking forward to redeeming himself in Portland on Sunday. After the Clippers surrendered 39 points in the fourth quarter and were stunned 113-108 by the Magic

3:12 AM ET LOS ANGELES — Over and over again, sitting in front of his locker after the game, Lakers star Anthony Davis repeated how tough it was to stomach Friday night’s 111-110 loss to the Mavericks at the buzzer. Tough because his closeout wasn’t enough of a deterrent to stop Mavericks forward Maxi Kleber

11:13 PM ET ESPN News Services SAN ANTONIO — Jaren Jackson Jr. scored 28 points and the Memphis Grizzlies completed the largest comeback in the NBA this season, rallying from a 29-point deficit in the third quarter to beat the San Antonio Spurs 126-120 in overtime Friday night. Memphis faced a nine-point deficit in the

6:57 PM ET The Golden State Warriors and Los Angeles Lakers combined to pay more than $88 million in revenue sharing receipts to smaller-market teams for the 2021-2022 season, according to a memo obtained by ESPN on Friday. Eight more larger-market teams — including New York, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Philadelphia, Miami, the LA Clippers and

6:53 PM ET Charlotte Hornets owner Michael Jordan is engaged in serious talks to sell a majority stake in the franchise to a group led by Hornets minority owner Gabe Plotkin and Atlanta Hawks minority owner Rick Schnall, sources told ESPN on Thursday. No deal is imminent, but there’s significant momentum on a sale that

12:15 AM ET Tim BontempsESPN NEW YORK — As the final seconds ebbed away in the Sacramento Kings‘ 101-96 victory over the Brooklyn Nets at Barclays Center on Thursday night, Kings fans began a loud “Light The Beam!” chant. It was a celebratory night on a few levels. The victory was Sacramento’s eighth in its

4:43 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN Exactly one month ago, ESPN released its second of three straw polls tracking the NBA’s Most Valuable Player race for the 2022-23 season, and it had a very clear result: Denver Nuggets center Nikola Jokic as the heavy favorite to claim his third straight award. Thursday saw Las Vegas tell

12:25 PM ET The betting odds to win MVP of the NBA regular season moved dramatically this week at sportsbooks, with 76ers star Joel Embiid catching Denver‘s Nikola Jokic, the longtime favorite, in what’s turning out to be a close race. Embiid moved from a 2-1 underdog to an odds-on favorite Wednesday. Jokic had been

11:49 PM ET ESPN News Services CLEVELAND — Joel Embiid went from fouling out to staying in. And the Cleveland Cavaliers were none too happy about it. Philadelphia’s All-Star had 36 points and 18 rebounds and played the final 4:12 after a charging call for his sixth foul was overturned, leading the 76ers to their

6:42 PM ET Memphis Grizzlies superstar Ja Morant, in an interview Wednesday, said he realized how much he is risking with his pattern of poor off-court decisions during the week and a half since the incident that resulted in his eight-game suspension from the NBA. Hours after the Grizzlies played the Nuggets in Denver on

7:35 AM ET It’s crunch time in the NBA regular season, as players on contenders fight through late-season fatigue to put their teams in the best position possible for the playoffs. The Eastern Conference is currently a three-team race at the top between the Milwaukee Bucks, Boston Celtics and Philadelphia 76ers, with the young postseason