11:10 PM ET ESPN News Services MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Nikola Jokic scored 24 points and made a go-ahead basket with 28.9 seconds left, and the Denver Nuggets overcame a 25-point second-half deficit to beat the Memphis Grizzlies 95-92 on Monday night. By overcoming a 19-point halftime deficit, the Nuggets matched the greatest comeback in franchise

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12:37 AM ET HOUSTON — James Harden’s supporting cast for the Houston Rockets got significantly stronger Sunday, with the return of Chris Paul from a strained left hamstring that sidelined him for more than five weeks. Paul ranks among the best point guards to ever play the game, but he has no problem accepting a

1:32 PM ET Adrian WojnarowskiESPN BOSTON — Golden State Warriors star Kevin Durant is planning to travel to Oklahoma City for a March ceremony to retire the jersey of longtime Thunder teammate Nick Collison, Durant told ESPN. “That group was so special, that whole group from 2010 until I left there, it was special,” Durant

2:50 AM ET Tim BontempsESPN BOSTON — Before his Boston Celtics took on the Golden State Warriors on Saturday night, Brad Stevens was asked about the task of taking on the two-time defending champions. “They have a lot of highly skilled, highly intelligent basketball players that, if you take your foot off the gas for

5:39 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Minnesota Timberwolves forward Taj Gibson has been fined $25,000 by the NBA for aggressively pursuing and directing an obscene gesture toward an official. NBA executive Kiki VanDeWeghe announced the punishment on Saturday. Gibson grew frustrated after he was called for a foul when Utah’s Joe Ingles drove

4:52 PM ET Adrian WojnarowskiESPN The representative for Milwaukee Bucks center Thon Maker has told management that he’d prefer the franchise find a trade to a team that would provide a larger role for the former lottery pick, league sources told ESPN. As Maker’s playing time has diminished under new coach Mike Budenholzer in the

8:24 AM ET Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY — It took a bear — Jazz Bear — to catch a bat and leave the high-flying hijinks to the NBA players. A wayward bat flew around the court inside the Vivint Smart Home Arena about an hour before Utah’s game against the Minnesota Timberwolves on Friday,

12:17 AM ET ESPN News Services Charlotte Hornets All-Star Kemba Walker sustained a mild neck strain late in Friday’s game against the Milwaukee Bucks, according to the club. Kevin Pelton answers the big NBA All-Star questions. Walker was injured with 2 minutes, 6 seconds left when Giannis Antetokounmpo landed on him. Walker headed directly to