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10:22 AM ET Tim BontempsESPN WHEN WILL HARDY first saw Boston Celtics center Luke Kornet‘s weird trick to contest 3-pointers, he was bemused. “I thought it was absolutely f—ing hilarious,” Hardy, who spent last season as an assistant with the Celtics before becoming head coach of the Utah Jazz this summer, told ESPN. “‘You’re 20

1:11 AM ET ESPN News Services PORTLAND, Ore. — Damian Lillard tied his own regular-season franchise record by making 11 3-pointers and finished with 38 points, leading the Portland Trail Blazers over the Minnesota Timberwolves 133-112 on Monday night. Lillard shot 11-for-17 from long range, and he didn’t play in the fourth quarter. The Blazers

5:58 PM ET Detroit Pistons guard Cade Cunningham — the No. 1 overall pick in the 2021 NBA draft — plans to have season-ending surgery on his left shin, sources told ESPN on Monday. Cunningham, who has been sidelined since Nov. 9, consulted with multiple doctors in recent weeks and ultimately decided with the Pistons

8:00 AM ET HOW DOES A 6-foot-2 point guard whose self-described weight is “175 soaking wet” rank right up there with the NBA’s best big men in paint scoring? “Because motherf—ers can’t stay in front of me,” Ja Morant told ESPN after pondering the question for about as long as it takes him to get

11:21 PM ET DETROIT — If not for an Austin Reaves 3-pointer with 12.1 seconds remaining, the Los Angeles Lakers might have dropped the final leg of their six-game road trip Sunday against the Pistons. Instead, L.A. completed a 124-117 win against a Detroit team with the worst record in the league at 7-22 to

2:15 PM ET ESPN News Services Basketball taught Paul Silas how to be patient. As a player, he waited 10 years before winning his first championship. As a coach, he waited 15 years for a second chance at running a team. As a father, he waited 20 years before seeing his son get a chance

Dec 10, 2022 Kendra AndrewsESPN IT’S NOV. 20 AND the Golden State Warriors are in the middle of a surprisingly competitive tilt against the 3-13 Houston Rockets. On paper, the Warriors should be running away with this game, against a much younger, less experienced, much happier to lose team. With 4:46 left in the first

1:25 AM ET Kendra AndrewsESPN SAN FRANCISCO — In their first matchup since Game 6 of the 2022 NBA Finals, the Warriors beat the Boston Celtics 123-107 on Saturday night in Golden State’s best and most complete game of the season. Entering the contest, the Celtics were considered the better of the two teams with

7:45 PM ET SAN FRANCISCO — Golden State Warriors president of basketball operations Bob Myers — architect of four NBA championships in the past eight years — is entering into the final months of his contract and remains without a new deal, sources told ESPN. Golden State ownership and Myers — a two-time NBA Executive

8:00 AM ET WHEN THE NBA released its 2022-23 schedule in August, John Wall immediately scanned the page until he got to Dec. 10. LA Clippers at Washington Wizards. 7 p.m. Capital One Arena. Since the day he was traded for Russell Westbrook in a deal between the Wizards and Houston Rockets on Dec. 2,

1:15 AM ET Tim BontempsESPN PHILADELPHIA — Shortly after his 76ers escaped with a 133-122 overtime victory over the Lakers, coach Doc Rivers eased into a chair before the news conference and, before he could answer a question, summed up how his night played out. “I thought we would start this about 15 minutes ago,”

6:12 PM ET John Wall has been looking forward to playing in front of fans again in Washington, D.C., and he will do that while likely making his first start for the LA Clippers. Wall is in line to make his first start of the season on Saturday against his former Washington Wizards team after

3:55 PM ET The New York Knicks will be without forward Obi Toppin for the next two to three weeks because of an injury to his right leg, the team said Thursday. The Knicks said Toppin, who underwent an MRI on Thursday, suffered a non-displaced fracture to his right tibia head. Toppin appeared to injure

6:49 PM ET Rudy Gobert, who hoped to make Utah home for his entire NBA career, eagerly anticipates returning to Vivint Arena for the first time as a member of the visiting team when his Minnesota Timberwolves play the Jazz on Friday night. “There’s probably going to be a lot of emotions, but I just

6:49 PM ET Associated Press ATLANTA — Hawks guard Dejounte Murray is expected to miss about two weeks because of a sprained left ankle, the third Atlanta starter to go down with an injury in the past week. Murray was hurt Wednesday night early in the first quarter of a 113-89 loss to the New

8:00 AM ET Andrew LopezESPN NEW ORLEANS — WITH the trio of Brandon Ingram, CJ McCollum and Zion Williamson, the New Orleans Pelicans were thought to have one of the best offenses in the league entering 2022-23. Ingram averaged nearly 24 points per game during his first two seasons in New Orleans and was at

1:37 AM ET Kendra AndrewsESPN SALT LAKE CITY — The Golden State Warriors held a four-point lead over the Utah Jazz with 13.3 seconds remaining in the game. They had clawed their way back after trailing by 12 in the third quarter and did so without Stephen Curry, Draymond Green and Andrew Wiggins. But what

4:02 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN Suns star Chris Paul will return for the first time in a month when Phoenix hosts the Boston Celtics on Wednesday night. Paul, who has been out since Nov. 7 when he suffered a heel injury that forced him to leave a loss to the Philadelphia 76ers, was initially listed