3:22 AM ET SAN FRANCISCO — Following a 31-point loss to the Los Angeles Lakers on Monday night, Warriors star guard Stephen Curry expressed frustration with his team’s recent play, acknowledging it’s time for Golden State to stop having “embarrassing” performances. “We’ve got to play better,” Curry told reporters after the 128-97 defeat. “We have
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12:25 AM ET SAN FRANCISCO — Don Nelson still can’t believe his luck. The Hall of Fame coach remembers sitting at the 2009 NIT quarterfinals at St. Mary’s College watching a young Davidson guard named Stephen Curry move up and down the floor. While the rest of the world seemed to focus on Curry’s shooting
1:47 AM ET One night after saying he was very concerned about the LA Clippers‘ inconsistent play, Kawhi Leonard made sure his team did not lose back-to-back games for the first time this season. Leonard logged 40 minutes on the second night of a back-to-back and had 22 points, eight rebounds, seven assists and four
12:27 AM ET Tim BontempsESPN New York Knicks forward Julius Randle had to be held back by his teammates from confronting Scott Foster after the veteran referee called a travel on him in the final seconds of New York’s 117-112 road loss to the Brooklyn Nets Monday night. “It was a conversation but I think
10:29 PM ET Sacramento Kings forward Marvin Bagley III suffered a fractured left hand in the first half of Monday’s game against the Charlotte Hornets, the team announced. The third-year big man exited the game with 2:59 remaining in the first half having already registered 12 points on 6-for-9 shooting, three rebounds and one blocked
7:53 PM ET Portland Trail Blazers guard CJ McCollum is set to return from a left foot fracture on Tuesday against the New Orleans Pelicans. McCollum, who has missed two months with the injury, was not on the team’s injury report for Tuesday’s game. McCollum had gotten off to a blistering start to the season
8:22 PM ET The LA Clippers ruled Serge Ibaka out of Monday’s game against the Dallas Mavericks while he deals with lower back tightness. The Clippers will play the first of consecutive games in Dallas without two starters, as Patrick Beverley (knee soreness) did not make the trip. Ibaka did not return after leaving in
3:10 PM ET The NBA and Utah Jazz‘s joint investigation into allegations by former player Elijah Millsap found no evidence to support a claim that team executive Dennis Lindsey made a racially insensitive comment in an April 2015 meeting, the league said Monday in a statement. “The investigation was unable to establish that the alleged
6:56 AM ET We’re 10 days away from the NBA trade deadline. Which contenders will make a splash heading into March 25? One of the season’s biggest moves has already been made, with the Brooklyn Nets signing Blake Griffin last week after the former All-Star forward agreed to a buyout with the Detroit Pistons. The
1:44 AM ET After the LA Clippers failed to respond and were routed by a more aggressive and hungrier New Orleans Pelicans squad on Sunday night, Kawhi Leonard said his team’s lack of consistency is “very concerning.” The Clippers never led and trailed by as much as 33 before falling 135-115 to the up-and-down Pelicans
1:28 AM ET ESPN News Services MINNEAPOLIS — Anthony Edwards scored a career-high 34 points and threw down another monster dunk as the short-handed Minnesota Timberwolves held on to beat the Portland Trail Blazers 114-112 on Sunday. At 19 years and 221 days old, Edwards became the youngest player in Timberwolves history with a 30-point
5:53 PM ET SAN FRANCISCO — Golden State Warriors swingman Klay Thompson acknowledged that 2020 was “the worst year of my life” and is hopeful he’ll be ready for the start of next season as he continues to recover from a torn right Achilles. Speaking to the media for the first time since suffering the
12:33 PM ET Andrew LopezESPN Dozens of eligible members of the New Orleans Pelicans organization, including multiple players, received their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine on Saturday, the team announced. The Pelicans received their vaccines through a partnership with a local hospital and in consultation with team doctors and officials. On Tuesday, Louisiana Governor
3:04 AM ET Eric WoodyardESPN In his first game since undergoing surgery to remove a cancerous mass on his kidney, Caris LeVert made his Indiana Pacers debut with 13 points and six rebounds in 27 minutes to help his team defeat the Phoenix Suns 122-111 on Saturday. LeVert admitted to feeling “heavy legs” while struggling
12:05 AM ET ESPN News Services Portland’s Carmelo Anthony moved into 11th place on the NBA’s all-time scoring list, passing Hall-of-Famer Hakeem Olajuwon by hitting a pull-up jumper with 9 minutes, 46 seconds left in the fourth quarter of the Trail Blazers’ 125-121 win over the Minnesota Timberwolves on Saturday night. Olajuwon, a two-time NBA
10:49 PM ET NEW YORK — James Harden has passed Larry Bird on the NBA’s all-time scoring list and now sits at 34th overall. Harden reached the milestone by scoring 24 points on Saturday night in the Brooklyn Nets‘ 100-95 win over the Detroit Pistons. “We all know how good Larry was and the things
9:52 PM ET The Los Angeles Lakers will be without starting center Marc Gasol for at least two more games as the big man continues to be away from the team because of the league’s health and safety protocols, coach Frank Vogel said Saturday. Gasol has already missed three games, spanning back to before the
8:20 AM ET Philadelphia 76ers star Joel Embiid‘s MRI showed no structural damage to his left knee, just a bone bruise, sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski and Ramona Shelburne. Embiid’s ACL and meniscus are fine, sources said, but there is no timeline yet on a return. He is still expected to miss time with the