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12:47 PM ET Isaiah Thomas is signing a 10-day contract with Charlotte, a source told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. The veteran point guard has played in five games this season with the Los Angeles Lakers and Dallas Mavericks, signing 10-day deals with each team during the height of the league’s COVID-19 outbreak this season. Thomas averaged

11:17 PM ET ESPN News Services MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Memphis Grizzlies star Ja Morant threw down a massive dunk over 7-footer Jakob Poeltl, knocked down a buzzer-beater without touching the ground and then broke his own franchise record for points in a regular-season game just two days after setting it. Morant scored 52 points on

10:01 PM ET ESPN News Services ORLANDO, Fla. — Markelle Fultz had 10 points and six assists in 16 minutes in his first game for Orlando in almost 14 months as the Magic beat the visiting Indiana Pacers 119-103 on Monday night. Fultz had been out since tearing his left ACL during a game against

8:01 PM ET The Philadelphia 76ers are emerging as front-runners to acquire center DeAndre Jordan either as a waiver claim or a free-agent signing, sources told ESPN on Monday. The Sixers have been aggressive in pursuit of a backup center since including Andre Drummond in the trade-deadline deal to acquire James Harden from the Brooklyn

7:36 PM ET NEW YORK — Brooklyn Nets coach Steve Nash said Monday that Ben Simmons still has not been cleared for practice as he recovers from the back soreness that he’s been dealing with as he prepares to return to game action for the first time in almost nine months. Simmons will not practice

6:23 PM ET ESPN News Services WASHINGTON — The Washington Wizards signed guard Tomas Satoransky on Monday. The Wizards announced the move after Satoransky was waived by the San Antonio Spurs on Saturday. The 6-foot-7 Satoransky returns to the team that he spent his first three NBA seasons with from 2016 to ’19. He was

1:00 PM ET The ESPN fantasy and betting cheat sheet is your pregame destination for our best intel and data to help you make smart fantasy and wagering decisions. NBA game odds are provided by Caesars Sportsbook and fantasy advice is based on ESPN 10-team leagues. Jump ahead: Game of the night | Picks and

11:14 AM ET New York City Mayor Eric Adams said Monday that he wants to see Kyrie Irving playing home games at Barclays Center but making an exception for the unvaccinated Brooklyn Nets star guard “would send the wrong message” to the rest of the city. Adams made his comments to CNBC and added that

8:00 AM ET What happens when you pair a former NBA MVP with the current favorite to win this season’s award? Well, you get the latest version of the Philadelphia 76ers, who have looked unguardable since James Harden‘s debut alongside Joel Embiid on Friday night. In two games — on the road against the Minnesota

2:51 AM ET LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Lakers season found a new low on Sunday, with their 123-95 loss to the New Orleans Pelicans being met by a chorus of boos from the Crypto.com Arena crowd throughout the night. Russell Westbrook, the L.A. native whom the franchise completely overhauled its roster to acquire

12:31 AM ET Kendra AndrewsESPN SAN FRANCISCO — Heading into the fourth quarter of the Warriors‘ game against the Mavericks on Sunday night, all arrows pointed toward an easy Golden State victory. For three quarters, the Warriors’ defense had been stifling. Their offense was in its classic free-flowing form. They built up a 21-point lead

6:28 PM ET Denver Nuggets forward Michael Porter Jr. is progressing to be cleared for on-court contact within the next week, freeing a path for him to return to the lineup sometime in March, his agent, Mark Bartelstein of Priority Sports, told ESPN on Sunday. Porter underwent lumbar spine surgery three months ago, a procedure

5:47 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN NEW YORK — After two games playing alongside James Harden, it took a single word for Joel Embiid to describe how he felt about the way the two superstars are fitting together in the Philadelphia 76ers‘ offense. “Unstoppable,” Embiid said with a smile after finishing with 37 points — including

3:21 PM ET Associated Press WASHINGTON — Langston Galloway scored 16 points and seven-time NBA All-Star Joe Johnson added 14 to lift the United States to an 89-67 win over Mexico in FIBA Basketball World Cup qualifying Sunday. The Americans (3-1) avenged their lone loss of this qualifying round, routing the previously unbeaten Mexican team

1:44 AM ET MILWAUKEE — Brooklyn Nets guard Kyrie Irving said he can finally see “light at the end of the tunnel” after playing the best game of his truncated season in Saturday’s surprising 126-123 win over the Milwaukee Bucks. The star guard scored a season-high 38 points to lead his undermanned team down the

11:30 PM ET ESPN News Services CHICAGO —Memphis Grizzlies star Ja Morant broke the franchise record for most points in a regular-season game with 46 on Saturday night as he powered his team to a 116-110 victory over the Bulls. Morant broke Mike Miller‘s previous record (45 points) set in 2007. The third-year guard set

7:41 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Knicks rookie Quentin Grimes will miss at least two weeks with a right knee injury. Grimes was hurt Friday night in a 115-100 loss to Miami after it appeared he banged knees with another player along the baseline. The Knicks said the injury was a subluxation of