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

1:46 AM ET Eric WoodyardESPN Milwaukee Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo certainly didn’t enjoy suffering a 129-115 road 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 said they’re the “best team in

Feb 12, 2021 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 per game and shooting 53-for-101 from

Feb 11, 2021 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

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

11:31 AM ET Tim BontempsESPN The Raptors will continue to play home games in Tampa, Florida, for the rest of the 2020-21 NBA season, citing border restrictions and being “mindful of public safety measures” in Toronto as factors preventing them from returning home to play at any point this season. “Florida has been really welcoming

7:53 PM ET Minnesota Timberwolves center Karl-Anthony Towns said there were nights after he tested positive for COVID-19 when his “vitals weren’t good” and that his underlying conditions and genetics made his bout with the virus “scary,” at times. Towns, who missed 13 straight games, returned to the court on Wednesday for the first time

7:00 AM ET Tim BontempsESPN When the Brooklyn Nets added James Harden to a roster that already included Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving, the bookmakers in Las Vegas were quick to declare the NBA’s newest big three as the favorites to win the Eastern Conference, even though the Nets had started the season 7-6 and

4:44 PM ET ESPN News Services OAKLAND, Calif. — A law enforcement officer in California who sued the president of the Toronto Raptors over a 2019 scuffle following the team’s NBA Finals victory over the Golden State Warriors dropped his lawsuit Wednesday. The Raptors had just won their first title at Oracle Arena in Oakland