Month: March 2022

8:00 AM ET NOT LONG AFTER Tyronn Lue had been doused with cold water by his team after matching the second-largest NBA comeback since 1996, his cellphone was ringing. On the other end, Lue heard a familiar, distinct and drawn voice. “So you just going to keep getting down 25, come back and win, huh?”
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12:57 AM ET CLEVELAND — With the Los Angeles Lakers‘ flat-lining season experiencing a bit of blip with Monday’s 131-120 win over the Cleveland Cavaliers, LeBron James says he still has something left to play for. “I’m literally having the time of my life right now,” James said after the Lakers finished their four-game road
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12:07 AM ET Tim BontempsESPN PHILADELPHIA — Before Monday night’s game between the 76ers and Heat, Joel Embiid — who, along with James Harden, would be sitting out against East-leading Miami — told second-year guard Tyrese Maxey to get Philadelphia a win in his absence. “I told him I got him,” Maxey said. Maxey wasn’t
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3:41 PM ET South Carolina and Chattanooga coach Lamont Paris have finalized a five-year deal to make him the school’s next head coach, sources told ESPN on Monday. The deal still requires the formality of board approval later this week. Paris has been at Chattanooga for five seasons, going 87-72 over that span. After struggling
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8:00 PM ET The Carolina Hurricanes acquired Columbus Blue Jackets forward Max Domi on Monday in a complicated three-way trade that also involved the Florida Panthers. The Jackets traded Domi, 27, to the Panthers along with a 2022 sixth-round pick that was originally owned by the Toronto Maple Leafs. In exchange, the Panthers sent NCAA
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9:00 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN Jamal Crawford announced on Twitter Monday that his 20-year NBA career had come to a close. “Goodbye to the game, all the spoils the adrenaline rush,” Crawford wrote. “Thank you basketball, I owe you everything.” Crawford played for nine teams across his 20-year NBA career, establishing himself as one of
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7:27 PM ET Jamal CollierESPN CHICAGO — The Bulls are going to “pull back” the rehab process on guard Lonzo Ball‘s left knee for the next 10 days, coach Billy Donovan said prior to Monday’s game against the Toronto Raptors. Ball will continue strength training, but will not continue his running program after hitting a
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