Mar 19, 2022 Just seconds after badly missing a 3-pointer off the backboard, Russell Westbrook came up with a big steal before sinking a clutch 3 that forced overtime to help the Los Angeles Lakers snap an 11-game road losing streak in Toronto Friday night. Westbrook’s 3, which he hit after looking down and moving

5:04 PM ET Brooklyn Nets forward Kevin Durant has been fined $25,000 by the NBA for directing profane language toward a fan during a home game against Dallas. The fine was announced Friday by Byron Spruell, the president of league operations. It stems from an incident at the end of Brooklyn’s 113-111 loss to the

6:16 PM ET Associated Press ATLANTA — Hawks forward John Collins is out indefinitely after tests revealed a plantar fascia tear in his right foot. The Hawks said Friday that tests conducted Thursday at the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York also confirmed a right finger sprain. Collins was given an anti-inflammatory shot in

Mar 17, 2022 Although Indiana Pacers guard T.J. Warren has recovered from consecutive stress fractures in his left foot and returned to full basketball activities, he will sit out Indiana’s final 12 games and prepare for the 2022-23 season, sources told ESPN. Warren, 28, has missed the entirety of this season and played only four

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10:07 PM ET ESPN News Services ORLANDO, Fla. — Saddiq Bey went off for a career-high 51 points in the Detroit Pistons‘ 134-120 win over the Magic on Thursday night, continuing what has already been a torrid month of individual scoring in the NBA. Bey’s performance marked the league’s eighth 50-point game in March, the

12:37 AM ET BROOKLYN, N.Y. — The Brooklyn Nets didn’t want to let Luka Doncic beat them, sending a double-team at the Dallas Mavericks superstar as the final seconds ticked down Wednesday night at the Barclays Center. And for the second consecutive game, Spencer Dinwiddie made the opponent pay for devoting so much attention to

6:11 PM ET Ramona Shelburne Close ESPN Senior Writer Senior writer for ESPN.com Spent seven years at the Los Angeles Daily News Adrian Wojnarowski Close Senior NBA Insider Host of The Woj Pod Joined ESPN in 2017 Brooklyn Nets star Ben Simmons has remained sidelined with an irritation of the L-4 disc of the lower

Mar 15, 2022 Jonathan Isaac’s return to the Orlando Magic won’t happen this season. The Magic announced the decision Tuesday, meaning the earliest Isaac will play is October. He last played in August 2020, when he tore the ACL in his left knee during a game at the NBA’s restart bubble in Walt Disney World.

Mar 15, 2022 Tim BontempsESPN PHILADELPHIA — Almost four years ago today, Bones Hyland was told his basketball career might have ended before it started after he was forced to leap out the second-story window of his Wilmington, Delaware, home as it became engulfed in flames, injuring his right knee. Instead, that moment has since