2:54 AM ET HOUSTON — No regular-season game means all that much for a couple of rivals that played seven games in the Western Conference finals last season. So nobody wanted to jump to any grand conclusions after the Golden State Warriors held on for a 106-104 win Wednesday over the Houston Rockets, a team

11:08 PM ET OKLAHOMA CITY — Oklahoma City Thunder guard Russell Westbrook declined to share any thoughts on Wednesday about the Utah Jazz issuing a lifetime ban to fan Shane Keisel for the incident that occurred during Monday night’s game. “If you want to talk about tonight’s game, we can do it,” Westbrook said when

4:01 PM ET HOUSTON — Golden State Warriors All-Star swingman Klay Thompson tweeted an apology on Wednesday for comments made after Sunday’s loss to the Phoenix Suns, in which Thompson said there was a lack of energy in Oracle Arena. I love DubNation. We have the greatest fan base in sports. We feed greatly off

7:15 AM ET More than two years after it was stolen from a display case at Lower Merion High School and following a trip halfway around the world and back, Kobe Bryant’s high school uniform has been returned. The jersey was acquired by Liu Zhe, a China resident, in October 2018, after it resurfaced some

9:37 PM ET HOUSTON — Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green says he isn’t bothered by a video clip in which head coach Steve Kerr appeared to express frustration toward him following Sunday night’s loss to the Phoenix Suns. Though the audio is unclear in the video, which went viral after the game, Kerr appeared

1:25 AM ET Russell Westbrook confronted a male fan and his wife Monday night during the Oklahoma City Thunder‘s win at Utah, telling the man he would “f—” him up and do the same to his wife. The exchange was caught on video and posted to Twitter by a reporter for Utah’s Deseret News. It

3:14 AM ET LOS ANGELES — When Lou Williams started his pro career in 2005 coming off the bench in Philadelphia, he felt some “resentment” and a burning desire to prove people wrong about his reserve role. Thirteen seasons later, Williams is not only the reigning Sixth Man of the Year but now he has

10:30 PM ET Associated Press Former New York Knicks star Charles Oakley says team owner James Dolan is a “bully” for threatening to ban fans from Madison Square Garden. Oakley, a longtime NBA enforcer and rebounding machine, said Dolan was wrong to mouth off at a fan who told him to sell the team during

12:59 AM ET OAKLAND, Calif. — Golden State Warriors star Kevin Durant left Sunday’s 115-111 loss to the Phoenix Suns in the fourth quarter after turning his right ankle and did not return. Despite some initial concern inside Oracle Arena, Warriors coach Steve Kerr did not sound concerned about the injury after the game. “I