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3:16 PM ET Valentine’s Day is here, and with it a profusion of flowers, chocolates, and sweet nothings whispered into ears across the land. Whether you’re celebrating with your sweetheart, sending hopeful messages to a love interest, or lamenting the lack thereof, this specific holiday is often memorable. Here’s hoping you remembered it. You didn’t

2:24 AM ET As the Brooklyn Nets ‘Big Three’ of Kevin Durant, James Harden and Kyrie Irving continue to work on building their on-court chemistry, Irving and Harden had a brief conversation at practice this week to clarify their roles. “We established that maybe four days ago now,” Irving said after the Nets’ 134-117 win

11:01 PM ET The Brooklyn Nets annihilated the Warriors in Kevin Durant‘s return to the Bay Area on Saturday night, defeating Golden State 134-117. It was Brooklyn’s league-high seventh 130-point game. Before the game, Nets coach Steve Nash said that while he believes this game against his former team carries extra weight for Durant, the

9:35 PM ET NBA veteran and Brooklyn native Carmelo Anthony made some off-court news Friday, sharing where his son Kiyan And for basketball fans, the news about where Kiyan plans to go high school — Christ the King High School in Queens, New York. For basketball fans, the news about where Kiyan plans to go

7:36 PM ET LeBron James and Kyle Kuzma both received warnings for violating the NBA’s anti-flopping rule in the Los Angeles Lakers‘ 115-105 win over the Memphis Grizzlies on Friday, the league announced. The NBA said James’ violation occurred with 2 minutes, 33 seconds remaining in the second quarter when James, positioned between Dillon Brooks

1:52 PM ET New York Knicks center Mitchell Robinson will undergo surgery on his fractured right hand and is expected to miss four to six weeks, sources tell ESPN. Robinson suffered a fracture of the fourth metacarpal on the hand, sources said. Dr. Michelle Carlson at the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York will

6:34 AM ET Inside the Golden State Warriors‘ practice facility in Oakland, California, Kevin Durant sat at the podium and responded to the first question of the 2018-19 season: How would he handle all the attention focused on his looming free agency that coming offseason? “Wake up in the morning, come to practice and go

1:46 AM ET Eric WoodyardESPN Milwaukee Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo certainly didn’t enjoy suffering a 129-115 loss to the Utah Jazz at Vivint Arena on Friday night, but he couldn’t help but admire how “simple” the game looked to them. More important, the Jazz earned his respect: Antetokounmpo says they’re the “best team in the

12:00 AM ET Steve RichardsESPN Three of the brightest young stars in the NBA put on a show Friday night as Luka Doncic and Kristaps Porzingis of the Dallas Mavericks and Zion Williamson of the New Orleans Pelicans posted an array of dazzling numbers. Doncic had a career-high 46 points and 12 assists, Porzingis had

9:27 PM ET Brooklyn Nets star James Harden apologized for how his Houston Rockets tenure ended, telling ESPN’s Rachel Nichols he felt as though the lead up to last month’s blockbuster trade could have gone smoother. “I don’t like it at all because that’s not who I am,” Harden said when asked to reflect on

9:24 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN New York Knicks center Mitchell Robinson suffered a fractured right hand during Friday night’s 109-91 win over the Wizards in Washington, D.C. Robinson was dominant in the first half, finishing with 10 points, 14 rebounds, an assist and two steals while going 5-for-6 from the field in 20 minutes of

2:44 PM ET NEW YORK — Kevin Durant practiced with the Brooklyn Nets on Friday after missing six days in the league’s contact tracing coronavirus protocols and is slated to play on Saturday against his former team, the Golden State Warriors. Friday was the first time Durant has been with the Nets since he was

2:50 AM ET SAN FRANCISCO — Golden State Warriors star guard Stephen Curry is happy to let his game do the talking as it pertains to the MVP race this season. Curry, 32, is in the midst of one of the best stretches of his career, averaging 35.3 points a game and shooting 53-for-101 from

10:44 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN Boston Celtics president of basketball operations Danny Ainge grew up in Eugene, Ore., and after a stellar four-year career at BYU, made his living over his 14-year NBA career as a tough, hard-nosed guard who could shoot. Decades later, Ainge fell in love during the draft process with another Oregon

9:35 PM ET SAN FRANCISCO — Golden State Warriors rookie center James Wiseman will be out at least another week as he recovers from a sprained left wrist. Wiseman, who was initially injured in a win over the Detroit Pistons on Jan. 30 will be reevaluated in 7-10 days, according to the team. “He had

7:22 PM ET Atlanta Hawks guard Trae Young has been fined $20,000 for “directing inappropriate language toward a game official,” the NBA announced Thursday. The incident occurred on the final possession of the Hawks’ 118-117 loss to the Dallas Mavericks on Wednesday at American Airlines Center. Young had been knocked to the floor while setting

6:21 PM ET LOS ANGELES — Ever since Anthony Davis was traded to the Los Angeles Lakers, the big man adopted a two-pronged approach to revamping his image: earn a reputation as a winner and shed his reputation as being injury-prone. Davis accomplished that last year, capping a season in which he pushed through physical

4:46 PM ET Associated Press WASHINGTON — NBA scoring leader Bradley Beal will be held out of a game for rest for the first time this season, sitting out Washington’s matchup with the New York Knicks on Friday. Beal is averaging 32.8 points and 35.3 minutes per game for Washington (6-16), which is among the