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1:07 AM ET Golden State Warriors star guard Stephen Curry dropped 37 points in a 114-106 win over the New York Knicks on Tuesday night, delivering a scoring performance that has become a commonplace in a career defined by big nights. But this particular performance was even more impressive given that it came just days

11:37 PM ET The Brooklyn Nets are waiving three players — Noah Vonleh, Iman Shumpert and Andre Roberson — ahead of the deadline to guarantee deals for the season, sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. Brooklyn then plans to re-sign guards Shumpert and Roberson to 10-day contracts, as well as add forward Tyler Cook on a

12:11 AM ET DALLAS — The Dallas Mavericks had lost an 11-point lead and all the momentum, having gone almost three minutes without scoring, before Luka Doncic delivered one of the most spectacular clutch shooting displays in recent NBA memory. Doncic twice drained tightly contested, stepback 3-pointers to give the Mavs the lead on their

8:31 PM ET NEW YORK — Brooklyn Nets coach Steve Nash said he expects Kevin Durant, who has missed five consecutive games with a strained hamstring, to return before the NBA All-Star break. “We’re just trying to monitor and be cautious,” Nash said before Tuesday’s game against the Sacramento Kings. “We definitely have kind of

7:21 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN The NBA announced the reserve selections for next month’s All-Star Game in Atlanta Tuesday night, a list headlined by Brooklyn Nets star James Harden, as well as center Rudy Gobert and guard Donovan Mitchell from the league-leading Utah Jazz. Harden, the NBA’s Most Valuable Player in 2018, is representing Brooklyn

2:24 PM ET Eric WoodyardESPN The initial reaction from Karl-Anthony Towns when he learned that Chris Finch would replace Ryan Saunders as head coach of the Minnesota Timberwolves was “shock.” Like the rest of the world, Towns found out Sunday through the media following the team’s loss in New York to the Knicks, its fourth

11:58 AM ET ESPN News Services Pau Gasol is returning to Spain to play for Barcelona, with the team announcing that his deal runs through June 30. The 40-year-old big man began his professional basketball career with Barcelona in 1998-99, spending three Liga ACB seasons with the club and playing with the team in the

9:26 AM ET The Houston Rockets will waive DeMarcus Cousins, a source confirmed to ESPN. Cousins, whos is coming back from multiple significant injuries, is averaging career lows of 9.6 points and 7.6 rebounds a game in his first season with Houston. A four-time All-Star, the 6-foot-10 big man has bounced around the league the

3:06 AM ET LOS ANGELES — After logging 40-plus minutes for the fourth time this month only to see the Los Angeles Lakers lose 127-124 in overtime to the Washington Wizards on Monday night, LeBron James insisted he can handle the workload that’s being asked of him. “I think this whole narrative of ‘LeBron needs

7:50 PM ET Eric WoodyardESPN The “diverse experience” of newly hired Minnesota Timberwolves coach Chris Finch is what intrigued president of basketball operations Gersson Rosas to make the move. During Monday’s introductory news conference, Rosas welcomed the former Toronto Raptors assistant to try to turn things around after firing Ryan Saunders following Sunday’s loss in

7:39 PM ET Associated Press The San Antonio Spurs are still dealing with a coronavirus outbreak, their state is reeling from the aftereffects of a deadly icy blast that has affected millions of Texans and one of their best players is mourning the death of a parent. Given all that, basketball seems secondary to the

5:28 PM ET Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green admitted that he was “wrong” for getting ejected late in Saturday’s 102-100 loss to the Charlotte Hornets and acknowledged that he felt worse about this episode than he did about getting suspended for Game 5 of the 2016 Finals. “I can admit my faults and when

3:43 PM ET Golden State Warriors star Stephen Curry went through all of Monday’s practice and is expected to play Tuesday after sitting out Saturday’s game because of an illness. “He’s feeling better today,” Warriors coach Steve Kerr said during a video conference with reporters after Monday’s practice. “He went through practice, participated fully, so

1:14 PM ET Associated Press Julius “Dr. J” Erving is the latest NBA legend to reveal that he’s gotten vaccinated against the coronavirus, doing so Monday. Much like Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Gregg Popovich and Bill Russell before him, Erving made the announcement in the form of a video distributed through the league. “We were never afraid

7:00 AM ET Eric WoodyardESPN FOR DAMIAN LILLARD, the game wasn’t over. Yes, the Portland Trail Blazers were trailing the Chicago Bulls by five points with 11.5 seconds left on Jan. 30, but he wasn’t about to give up. He made a 37-foot 3-pointer to cut the lead to two. After the ensuing inbounds pass,

7:04 AM ET Though the Western Conference standings look like a three-team race between the Utah Jazz, Los Angeles Lakers and LA Clippers, the rising Phoenix Suns aren’t far behind. Chris Paul, Devin Booker & Co. have won 11 of their past 13 games. In the Eastern Conference, the Brooklyn Nets just keep winning. After

1:55 AM ET LOS ANGELES — Despite scoring 12 points in under five minutes during the fourth quarter to help spark a late comeback, LA Clippers guard Paul George found himself cheering his team from the sideline as he was held out of the final 2:50 of a close game against the Brooklyn Nets due

1:45 AM ET The Brooklyn Nets are starting to come together. After experiencing some growing pains early on, they leave their longest road trip of the season thus far a perfect 5-0. In the process, Brooklyn has begun to answer pointed questions about just how good their defense needs to be to compete at the