7:57 PM ET The Oklahoma City Thunder say Lu Dort will miss the remainder of the season after having surgery Tuesday on a torn labrum in his left shoulder. The team said he is expected to resume basketball activities ahead of the 2022-23 season. Dort hasn’t played since Feb. 12. He was averaging career bests

11:39 PM ET ESPN News Services SAN ANTONIO — Gregg Popovich is just one win away from becoming the NBA’s all-time winningest coach. Popovich tied Don Nelson’s NBA record with his 1,335th career victory as a coach in the San Antonio Spurs‘ 117-110 win over the Los Angeles Lakers on Monday night. And he did

7:20 PM ET SAN ANTONIO — LeBron James will not play Monday against the San Antonio Spurs because of “significant” soreness in his left knee coming off his 56-point effort against the Golden State Warriors, Los Angeles Lakers coach Frank Vogel said before the game. James, 37, missed five games because of his knee from

6:59 PM ET BOSTON — As Brooklyn Nets guard Kyrie Irving waits for New York City Mayor Eric Adams to roll back the city’s vaccination mandate so that he will be allowed to play in home games once again, he does so believing that Adams is “on my side.” “Shoutout Eric Adams, man,” Irving said

8:00 AM ET Which NBA teams are making the biggest moves after an action-packed weekend? On Saturday, the Miami Heat toppled the Philadelphia 76ers in a matchup of the top two teams in the Eastern Conference. James Harden didn’t suit up — he was held out in the second leg of a back-to-back — but

5:28 PM ET Associated Press MIAMI — Victor Oladipo is questionable. After three years of dealing with rehab and challenges, that’s a breakthrough. The Miami Heat are listing Oladipo as questionable for their Monday night game against the Houston Rockets. Officially, that means there’s a 50-50 chance of the two-time All-Star playing for the first

4:37 PM ET Associated Press Knicks forward Julius Randle was fined $50,000 by the NBA on Sunday for shoving Phoenix Suns forward Cameron Johnson, making contact with a referee who was trying to break up the altercation and refusing to participate in its ensuing investigation. Randle and Johnson were both called for technical fouls after

6:05 PM ET NEW YORK — As the Brooklyn Nets wait for Ben Simmons to recover from a back issue that he is dealing with as he prepares to play in an NBA game again for the first time in nine months, veteran guard Patty Mills remains convinced that Simmons will be able to help

1:11 AM ET Jamal CollierESPN CHICAGO — Fans at United Center may have reveled in Chicago Bulls forward Derrick Jones Jr.’s flagrant foul on Milwaukee Bucks guard Grayson Allen on Friday night, but Jones insisted afterward that the foul was not intentional and denied being a dirty player. Jones was given a flagrant foul 1

Mar 4, 2022 The lawyers leading the NBA’s investigation into the Phoenix Suns are preparing to interview Robert Sarver regarding the accusations against the team and its majority owner, sources close to the investigation told ESPN. Sources said more than 300 people have been interviewed as part of the investigation, which the league launched in