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9:30 PM ET Kyrie Irving might have just had the game of his life. The 29-year-old Brooklyn Nets guard dropped 60 points en route to his team’s 150-108 win over the Orlando Magic on Tuesday night. Irving shot exceptionally well, going 20-for-31 from the field and 8-for-12 from beyond the arc. He scored 41 in

3:29 AM ET Kendra AndrewsESPN SAN FRANCISCO — The moment Draymond Green checked in to the Golden State Warriors‘ 126-112 win over the Washington Wizards on Monday night might have been the best birthday present Stephen Curry could have wished for. It had been 2½ months since the two shared the floor — and 1,005

11:39 PM ET ESPN News Services SAN ANTONIO — Karl-Anthony Towns delivered one of the most prolific performances by an NBA center in more than two decades. And he finished with a nice round number, too. Towns had a team-record 60 points — the most scored in the NBA this season — as the Minnesota

Mar 13, 2022 Tim BontempsESPN BOSTON — On the day Kevin Garnett saw his No. 5 raised to the rafters at TD Garden, he officially buried his beef with Ray Allen. As part of the ceremony celebrating Garnett’s six years with the franchise, he singled out Allen — who was sitting in the front row

9:16 PM ET Milwaukee Bucks center Brook Lopez — out with a back injury since opening night — will make his return to the lineup against the Utah Jazz on Monday night, the team announced. Lopez’s return fortifies the Bucks’ front line as the franchise prepares for the Eastern Conference playoffs and the chance to

8:00 AM ET As college basketball prepares to kick off the men’s and women’s tournaments this week, the NBA is quietly entering the home stretch of the regular season. And while the Phoenix Suns have run away with the Western Conference, the Golden State Warriors trail the Memphis Grizzlies by just half a game —

2:01 AM ET PHOENIX — LeBron James created a statistical category all to himself Sunday, becoming the first player in league history to reach the 10,000 plateau in points, rebounds and assists in the Los Angeles Lakers‘ 140-111 loss to the Phoenix Suns. “To now sit alone at a statistical category in this league that

7:17 PM ET Associated Press MIAMI — Miami Heat forward Markieff Morris was cleared to play Saturday night against the Minnesota Timberwolves following a four-month absence because of a whiplash injury. Morris was injured in a Nov. 8 scuffle with Denver’s Nikola Jokic. He missed 58 games. Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said before the game

8:00 AM ET Josh Kramer Twenty years ago, there was a basketball player in northeast Ohio who was beginning to make some noise. The “Kid” from Akron, as he was known, appeared to be a surefire superstar. Then, in February 2002, the 17-year-old junior for Akron’s St. Vincent-St. Mary High School appeared on the cover