7:08 PM ET Associated Press WASHINGTON — Houston Rockets guard Chris Paul was out for Monday night’s game against the Washington Wizards with a sore left leg. It’s the second consecutive game Paul has missed. He sat out Saturday’s game in Cleveland after playing 37 minutes in an overtime win in Detroit the night before.

4:56 PM ET Adrian WojnarowskiESPN Examinations of Philadelphia 76ers guard Markelle Fultz‘s right shoulder will extend through Wednesday in New York and no decision on his next steps is expected until later in the week, league sources told ESPN. Fultz’s agent and attorney, Raymond Brothers, informed the Sixers that Fultz would seek further opinions on

2:01 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN NEW ORLEANS — Pelicans forward Anthony Davis told reporters that he plans to play Monday night against the Boston Celtics after missing sitting Saturday with a hip strain. “That’s my plan,” Davis told reporters after the team’s shootaround Monday morning. “My plan is always to play. I have to get

9:09 PM ET Former NBA All-Star and champion Willie Naulls died Sunday at 84. He died of respiratory failure caused by a rare immunological condition called Churg-Strauss syndrome, his wife said. Naulls played in the NBA from 1956 to 1966. He won three titles with the Celtics from 1964-1966 and was an All-Star with the

10:56 PM ET NEW YORK — He did it again. Eight days after hitting a game-winning 3-pointer for his new team, 76ers star Jimmy Butler hit a shot from nearly the same spot on the floor with 2.3 seconds to play to give Philadelphia a 127-125 win over the Brooklyn Nets on Sunday. “Another play

10:50 PM ET Toronto Raptors star Kawhi Leonard responded Sunday to recent criticism by San Antonio Spurs coach Gregg Popovich about his leadership, saying the comments were “funny to me” and insisting that he is a leader. “I heard about it. It’s just funny to me because, you know, I don’t know if he’s talking

9:23 PM ET LOS ANGELES – Anyone that’s paid attention to LeBron James’ career – whether he was dishing to Donyell Marshall when he was with the Cleveland Cavaliers, or Udonis Haslem when he was with the Miami Heat — should not have been surprised Sunday when, with less than 20 seconds left and the

6:25 PM ET MEMPHIS, Tenn. — No hard feelings linger between David Fizdale and center Marc Gasol as the New York Knicks coach returns to FedEx Forum almost exactly a year after the Memphis Grizzlies fired him in large part due to friction with their franchise center. Gasol and Fizdale made their peace during a

9:27 AM ET There is less than one month until Christmas Day in the NBA, and two Finals contenders — the Boston Celtics and Houston Rockets — are stuck at .500, while surprise teams such as the Memphis Grizzlies and first-place LA Clippers are sitting in the upper tier in the West. Which starts are

2:19 AM ET Tim BontempsESPN DALLAS – The Boston Celtics saw yet another game slip away from them, and a 113-104 loss to the Dallas Mavericks Saturday night leaves Boston back to .500 a quarter of the way through the regular season. Celtics guard Marcus Smart quoted Yogi Berra to sum up his frustration with