8:00 AM ET IT’S GAME 5 between the Sacramento Kings and the Golden State Warriors, the series tied, and Stephen Curry is in the midst of creating the kind of dagger moment that has defined his career. There are just over 30 seconds left in regulation, with the Warriors trying to expand a 119-114 lead

10:47 AM ET The Portland Trail Blazers will begin operating a G League franchise in the 2023-2024 season — leaving only the Phoenix Suns without a minor league affiliate team. The Blazers are fast-tracking a team that’ll play its home games at the University of Portland and conduct practices at the Blazers’ practice facility. New

Apr 25, 2023 LOS ANGELES — Hours after coach Taylor Jenkins’ pregame admission that the Grizzlies are “far from where we need to be from a maturity standpoint,” shooting guard Desmond Bane blamed a lack of game-plan discipline for the defensive failure that allowed the Los Angeles Lakers to force overtime in Memphis’ 117-111 Game

3:43 AM ET PHOENIX — An emotional Ty Lue opened his news conference after the LA Clippers‘ final loss of the season by thanking the fans, coaching staff, players, ownership, management and organization as a whole for the support they have given him as head coach the past three seasons. After the Phoenix Suns eliminated

Apr 24, 2023 The Houston Rockets have hired Ime Udoka as the franchise’s next coach, the team announced Tuesday night. The hiring comes nearly three months after the Boston Celtics suspended and dismissed Udoka for an improper workplace relationship, a situation the Rockets investigated with the league office and with the Celtics, among others, before

7:25 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN Utah Jazz forward Lauri Markkanen capped a stunning turnaround in his career by claiming the NBA’s Most Improved Player Award on Monday night. Markkanen (69 first-place votes, 430 total points) edged Oklahoma City Thunder guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (24, 289) and New York Knicks guard Jalen Brunson (4, 91) to earn

1:47 AM ET LOS ANGELES — With less than 30 seconds to go in overtime in Monday’s Game 4 against the Memphis Grizzlies, the Los Angeles Lakers‘ 38-year-old star, LeBron James — playing in his 45th minute — made a layup while being fouled by his first-round foil, Dillon Brooks. James flexed both biceps. He

6:11 PM ET Minnesota Timberwolves forward Kyle Anderson has been ruled out for Game 5 in Denver on Tuesday because of a left eye injury he suffered in Game 4, the team announced on Monday. Anderson suffered what the team called a left eye/facial contusion after teammate Anthony Edwards inadvertently hit Anderson in the face

Apr 23, 2023 Miami Heat guard Victor Oladipo tore the patellar tendon in his left knee and will miss the rest of the postseason, the team announced Sunday. Oladipo collapsed to the floor during the fourth quarter of Saturday night’s Game 3 win over the Milwaukee Bucks, which gave Miami a 2-1 lead in the

2:50 AM ET Andrew LopezESPN MINNEAPOLIS — Anthony Edwards wasn’t ready for his season to be over. And he certainly wasn’t ready for the Denver Nuggets to send the Minnesota Timberwolves packing without winning a game in their first-round series. “I don’t ever want to say I got swept in my career,” Edwards said Sunday