1:17 AM ET SAN ANTONIO — LeBron James banked in his first 3-pointer of the night and swished his fourth to move past Peja Stojakovic for No. 18 on the all-time 3-pointers list in the Los Angeles Lakers’ 114-104 win over the San Antonio Spurs on Monday. It turns out the Spurs are partly responsible

12:34 AM ET Eric WoodyardESPN CHICAGO — There was a 376-day gap between Carmelo Anthony‘s last NBA game before joining the Portland Trail Blazers on a non-guaranteed contract on Nov. 19. Four games into his comeback, the veteran treated his wife, LaLa Anthony, to a vintage performance with a season-best 25 points and eight boards

6:14 PM ET The Boston Celtics officially ruled out guard Kemba Walker for Monday night’s home game against the Sacramento Kings. Boston big man Daniel Theis was also ruled out due to an illness. Coach Brad Stevens declined to say who would start in Walker’s place. Walker was hospitalized after suffering a neck sprain Friday

6:10 AM ET LaMelo Ball became the youngest player in NBL history to record a triple-double and emphasised his claims to be the No.1 overall NBA draft pick in 2020. Ball’s game-high 32 points, 11 rebounds and 13 assists helped Illawarra beat Cairns 114-106 in overtime at the WIN Entertainment Centre. The 18-year-old’s game-tying three-pointer

8:47 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Kyrie Irving will miss at least two more games, sitting out trips to his old homes in Cleveland and Boston. The way Spencer Dinwiddie is playing, it might not matter to the Brooklyn Nets. “Just, difference-maker right now,” Nets coach Kenny Atkinson said. Dinwiddie scored 30 points

12:41 PM ET BOSTON — Dee Brown took four dribbles and put the basketball down by his feet. It was Feb. 9, 1991, and the Celtics rookie guard was standing near midcourt at Charlotte Coliseum, preparing for his first dunk of the NBA Slam Dunk Contest. On his feet were a special pair of hometown

1:58 AM ET MEMPHIS — The Los Angeles Lakers‘ 109-108 win over the Memphis Grizzlies on Saturday resulted in a historically triumphant moment in LeBron James‘ 17-year career as well as a historically perplexing one. On the one hand, the Lakers’ 14-2 start to the season is the best that any one of James’ teams

10:00 AM ET Nick DePaulaESPN With the Utah Jazz bringing back their more-beloved-over-time “purple mountain” uniforms from the 1990s, second-year power forward Royce O’Neale knew right away he wanted to create a special pair of shoes for the occasion. As custom shoes have continued to be spotted more and more frequently in recent seasons, Las

5:53 PM ET The NBA fined Los Angeles Lakers guard Rajon Rondo $35,000 for making “unsportsmanlike physical contact” with Thunder guard Dennis Schroder, “verbal abuse” of an official and not leaving the court in a timely manner following his ejection from Friday night’s game. Rondo was hit with a flagrant foul 2 after he appeared

9:02 AM ET Boston Celtics guard Marcus Smart says NBA players are “gonna end up protecting ourselves eventually” in altercations with fans after he got tangled up with a spectator during Friday’s game against the Denver Nuggets. In the fourth quarter, Smart fell into the front row of fans at the Pepsi Center while chasing