12:48 AM ET Fresh off a 111-96 loss to the New York Knicks in which the Los Angeles Lakers committed a season-high 25 turnovers, point guard Dennis Schroder was asked about his team’s mounting miscues. “Thank you,” Schroder said sarcastically when a reporter mentioned L.A. ranking dead last in the league in turnovers per game.
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10:33 PM ET SAN FRANCISCO — Stephen Curry is the all-time points leader in Golden State Warriors history, passing Wilt Chamberlain‘s previous record of 17,783. Curry’s record-setting basket came on a driving layup with 1:40 left in the first quarter of Monday’s game against the Denver Nuggets. Needing just 19 to surpass Chamberlain, Curry finished
11:21 PM ET DALLAS — Count Dallas Mavericks superstar Luka Doncic among the critics of the NBA’s play-in tournament concept. “I don’t understand the idea of a play-in,” Doncic said Monday after a 113-95 loss to the visiting Philadelphia 76ers, the Mavs’ third defeat in four games. “You play 72 games to get into the
9:49 PM ET SAN FRANCISCO — Golden State Warriors center James Wiseman has a meniscus injury and is still being evaluated by multiple medical experts to determine the severity, coach Steve Kerr said Monday. ESPN.com’s Adrian Wojnarowski reported Sunday that Wiseman suffered a tear to the meniscus in his right knee and could miss the
5:23 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Sacramento guard De’Aaron Fox was fined $20,000 on Monday for criticizing the officiating following the Kings’ 128-112 loss to the Utah Jazz on Saturday night. Jazz guard Donovan Mitchell kept Fox from going after the officials following the game in Salt Lake City. The Kings guard had
7:00 AM ET This story was originally published on April 11, 2016. Monday is the anniversary of Kobe Bryant tearing his Achilles tendon and staying in the game to make two free throws before walking off the court. ANTAWN JAMISON FEARED for his teammate, who was slumped over in the locker to his right, whose
7:00 AM ET Even Stephen Curry can’t believe he’s on the verge of surpassing a record held by the great Wilt Chamberlain. “That’s surreal to be honest,” Curry said after a loss to the Atlanta Hawks last week, after which he sat 129 points behind the Warriors’ all-time lead. “[Chamberlain has] got a lot of
7:00 AM ET Let the battle for the Eastern Conference begin in the NBA. With Kevin Durant back after missing nearly two months with a hamstring injury, the star-studded Brooklyn Nets are getting whole again — just in time for an epic matchup with the Philadelphia 76ers on Wednesday night (7 ET on ESPN). In
8:55 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN Late in the third quarter of Sunday afternoon’s game between the Denver Nuggets and Boston Celtics, things were going according to plan for the NBA’s hottest team. Denver, which had won eight straight since acquiring Aaron Gordon at the NBA’s trade deadline last month, led by 10 when Nikola Jokic
5:55 PM ET NEW YORK — Kyrie Irving will not play in the Brooklyn Nets‘ game against the Minnesota Timberwolves on Monday. He is out due to personal reasons, the team announced. The Nets will also be without LaMarcus Aldridge, who is listed as out for a non-coronavirus-related illness. James Harden was diagnosed with a
3:33 PM ET Golden State Warriors rookie center James Wiseman suffered a tear to the meniscus in his right knee and could miss the rest of the season, sources told ESPN. Wiseman, the No. 2 overall pick in the 2020 NBA draft, underwent imaging Sunday for an injury suffered on Saturday night. Further consultation with
9:14 AM ET Forward Alize Johnson has agreed to a multi-year deal with the Brooklyn Nets worth up to $4.1 million, his agent George Langberg told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. Johnson’s productivity parlayed two consecutive 10-day contracts into the new deal with the Nets. Johnson had his choice of a bit more guaranteed money elsewhere, but
2:06 AM ET It was a potential NBA Finals preview, albeit with superstars on both squads sidelined with injuries. Nevertheless, Los Angeles Lakers guard Dennis Schroder called L.A.’s 126-101 beatdown of the Brooklyn Nets on Saturday “the best win of the year.” The Lakers were playing without stars LeBron James and Anthony Davis as well
1:40 AM ET ESPN News Services SALT LAKE CITY — NBA games are usually full of chatter on the court. But some of the things the Sacramento Kings said to Joe Ingles made Donovan Mitchell take notice. Ingles can talk trash with the best of them, and it gets him going, but Mitchell turned his
1:06 AM ET ESPN News Services PORTLAND, Ore. — Enes Kanter had 24 points and a franchise-record 30 rebounds, and the Portland Trail Blazers routed the Detroit Pistons 118-103 on Saturday night. Kanter bested Sidney Wicks’ Portland record of 27 rebounds set in 1975. Each time Kanter added to the record Saturday, the Blazers’ bench
11:54 PM ET SAN FRANCISCO — Golden State Warriors rookie center James Wiseman left Saturday night’s 125-109 win over the Houston Rockets with a right knee injury and did not return. Wiseman will undergo an MRI on the knee either Saturday night or Sunday, head coach Steve Kerr said. The injury occurred early in the
10:47 PM ET Kyrie Irving, a 10-year veteran, and Dennis Schroder, an eight-year pro, came into Saturday’s prime-time matchup between the Los Angeles Lakers and Brooklyn Nets having each played more than 500 career games without an ejection. That changed for both of them in the third quarter. The pair of point guards exchanged words
9:08 PM ET Los Angeles Lakers superstar Anthony Davis will be re-evaluated by team doctors in L.A. this week and could return to play in the next 10 to 14 days and LeBron James could be right behind him, sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. Davis, out since Feb. 14 with a calf strain and tendinosis