8:35 PM ET Adrian Wojnarowski Close Adrian Wojnarowski Senior NBA Insider Host of The Woj Pod Joined ESPN in 2017 Tim MacMahon Close Tim MacMahon ESPN Staff Writer Joined ESPNDallas.com in September 2009 Covers the Dallas Cowboys and Dallas Mavericks Appears regularly on ESPN Dallas 103.3 FM Memphis Grizzlies guard Ja Morant has entered a

1:51 AM ET LOS ANGELES — The surging Los Angeles Lakers lost 112-108 to the New York Knicks on Sunday, and Anthony Davis blamed himself for the halt in momentum as his team squandered a chance to get back to .500 for the first time since opening the season schedule at 0-0. “My play,” Davis

8:09 AM ET ORLANDO, Fla. — The sounds of Nickelback coming from the portable speaker inside the Miami Heat locker room were unmistakable. As the rest of his teammates and Heat staffers quietly showered, got dressed and picked over a postgame pizza spread following a 126-114 overtime loss to the Orlando Magic on Saturday, Jimmy

6:53 PM ET Andrew LopezESPN NEW ORLEANS — The Portland Trail Blazers were without star guard Damian Lillard for Sunday night’s 127-110 loss to the New Orleans Pelicans. Lillard was listed on the injury report as probable with right calf tightness and went through his warmup before the team opted to rest him, making the

6:56 PM ET ORLANDO, Fla. — Miami Heat guard Kyle Lowry did something during the start of Saturday night’s 126-114 overtime loss to the Orlando Magic that he hadn’t done in over 10 years: He sat on the bench. Lowry, who hadn’t played since Feb. 2 because of left knee soreness, entered Saturday’s game with

1:46 PM ET MEMPHIS — The Dallas Mavericks will be without Luka Doncic and Kyrie Irving for Saturday night’s road game against the Memphis Grizzlies. Doncic, who is dealing with a left thigh strain, was ruled out earlier in the week. Irving is dealing with right foot soreness and was ruled out 90 minutes before

Mar 11, 2023 LOS ANGELES — It wouldn’t be a stretch to describe D’Angelo Russell‘s return to the lineup in the Lakers’ 122-112 win over the Toronto Raptors on Friday as perfect. Russell, who missed L.A.’s previous six games with a sprained right ankle, scored 16 of his 28 points in the fourth quarter —

Mar 9, 2023 Phoenix Suns star Kevin Durant is expected to miss two to three weeks because of a left ankle injury, sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski on Thursday. The team said in a release that Durant has a left ankle sprain and will be reevaluated in three weeks. Durant, who had an MRI on

Mar 10, 2023 Jamal CollierESPN MILWAUKEE — DURING A TIMEOUT late in the fourth quarter of a Feb. 24 game against the Miami Heat, Jrue Holiday picked up an orange Gatorade bottle and channeled his inner Backstreet Boy. Holiday had gone to the bench for the final time with 4:30 remaining and his Milwaukee Bucks

Mar 10, 2023 ORLANDO, Fla. — Utah Jazz forward Lauri Markkanen is having the type of breakout season he always knew was possible. Markkanen, who earned his first All-Star nod this year, scored 31 points and hit the game-sealing shot in Thursday night’s 131-124 win over the Orlando Magic, continuing the stellar season that has