6:09 PM ET Andrew LopezESPN For the first time in their lives, Lonzo and LaMelo Ball will be going at each other in a regulation basketball game. The two Ball brothers, three years apart, have never faced each other outside pickup games and duels in the Ball backyard. Friday night’s contest between Lonzo’s New Orleans
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3:48 PM ET Denver Nuggets forward Michael Porter Jr. has been ruled out of Thursday night’s game against the Dallas Mavericks. The Nuggets listed Porter as not with the team because of health and safety protocols. Porter had been expected to have his seven-day protocol quarantine, which started last Thursday as a result of contact
2:52 AM ET LA Clippers forward Kawhi Leonard played back-to-back games for the first time since April 2017 and said he plans to play more back-to-back sets this season. After seeing 37 minutes of action against the visiting San Antonio Spurs on Tuesday, Leonard logged 35 minutes and scored 21 points in the Clippers’ 108-101
7:44 PM ET Orlando Magic guard Markelle Fultz suffered a season-ending torn left ACL in Wednesday night’s 105-94 home win over the Cleveland Cavaliers, the Magic announced. Less than five minutes into the game, a driving Fultz was cut off by Cavs rookie Isaac Okoro, and Fultz’s left knee buckled without contact. Fultz, the No.
11:20 AM ET Eric WoodyardESPN Cleveland Cavaliers guard Darius Garland could miss up to one week with a right shoulder sprain, the team announced. An MRI on Tuesday confirmed the injury after he was held out of Monday night’s game against the Orlando Magic. The team also confirmed that he’ll be reevaluated daily after first
7:00 AM ET Tim BontempsESPN It has been 100 days since the Miami Heat beat the Boston Celtics in Game 6 of the 2020 Eastern Conference finals inside the NBA’s bubble at the Walt Disney World resort. Both teams entered the 2020-21 season with aspirations of getting at least that far again, but as they
9:46 AM ET Working the waiver wire is pivotal to succeeding in fantasy basketball. With so many games, injuries and endless shifts in rotations throughout the marathon campaign, we’ll need to source stats from free agency to maximize our imaginary rosters. The 2020-21 NBA season may have already started, but you can create or join
2:47 AM ET SAN FRANCISCO — As the Golden State Warriors readjust to new expectations without Klay Thompson and continue to figure out life without Kevin Durant, Andre Iguodala and Shaun Livingston, they do so with the understanding that they’re still getting every team’s best shot each night because of what the group accomplished in
1:06 PM ET Across the NBA, team officials tasked with enforcing and managing the league’s day-to-day health and safety protocols say they’re exhausted and struggling to balance those roles along with their typical team duties, many of which are focused on player health. Further, several of these officials say they have found themselves so busy
5:44 PM ET After season-ending knee surgery for guard Spencer Dinwiddie, the Brooklyn Nets are expected to apply for a $5.7 million disabled player exception to use toward acquiring another player, sources told ESPN. Once granted, the $5.7 million exception — 50% of Dinwiddie’s salary — allows the Nets to trade for, sign or claim