1:03 AM ET Eric WoodyardESPN The mood inside the Milwaukee Bucks‘ locker room was “kind of quiet,” according to newcomer Bobby Portis, following a 124-113 loss to the visiting Toronto Raptors on Tuesday night. But although reigning back-to-back MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo acknowledged some frustration after the Bucks’ fourth straight loss, he said there’s no reason

2:21 AM ET SAN FRANCISCO — Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green devoted almost the entirety of his postgame news conference Monday night to calling out the NBA’s treatment of its players, while citing various examples of double standards around the league. Green’s unprompted, three-minute tirade came on the heels of the Cleveland Cavaliers —

4:44 PM ET Associated Press DALLAS — The wintry blast causing misery across Texas has prompted the postponement of an NBA game in Dallas and a second consecutive NHL game and has disrupted the college basketball schedule for a number of teams. The Dallas Mavericks and Detroit Pistons were supposed to play Wednesday night. NHL

11:00 AM ET ESPN News Services The NBA has postponed the San Antonio Spurs‘ next three games after four players on the team tested positive for COVID-19, the league announced Tuesday. The Charlotte Hornets, who played the Spurs on Sunday, are undergoing contact tracing and will have their next two games postponed, the NBA said.

1:53 AM ET Tim BontempsESPN Winston Churchill once said of Russia, “It is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma.” If there is an NBA equivalent to that quote, it is Philadelphia 76ers star Ben Simmons. There might not be a more confounding player in the NBA than Simmons. He has the size

10:56 PM ET The New York Knicks won once again Monday night, getting a third straight win by beating the Atlanta Hawks behind 44 points from Julius Randle. By scoring more than 40 points, Randle broke a streak of 183 games where the Knicks did not have a 40-point scorer. That was the longest active

Feb 13, 2021 LeBron James and Kyle Kuzma both received warnings for violating the NBA’s anti-flopping rule in the Los Angeles Lakers‘ 115-105 home win over the Memphis Grizzlies on Friday, the league announced. The NBA said Saturday that James’ violation occurred with 2 minutes, 33 seconds remaining in the second quarter when James, positioned

6:06 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN After the Boston Celtics suffered their worst loss of the season Sunday afternoon — a 104-91 drubbing at the hands of the Washington Wizards, who entered Sunday with the worst record in the Eastern Conference — star Kemba Walker had a simple diagnosis for his team’s malaise. “[We] just need

Feb 13, 2021 New York Knicks center Mitchell Robinson will undergo surgery on his fractured right hand and is expected to miss four to six weeks, sources told 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

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 the