1:45 AM ET OKLAHOMA CITY — Russell Westbrook disappeared, somewhere in the back of the locker room, re-emerging with a blue dry-erase marker in his hand. He stood in front of the ceremonial Thunder postgame press conference whiteboard, and as he answered questions – featuring a highly sarcastic self-aware “stat-padding” response when asked about his

12:10 AM ET LOS ANGELES — Utah Jazz guard Donovan Mitchell suffered a rib contusion and has been ruled out for the remainder of Friday night’s game against the Los Angeles Lakers. Mitchell exited with 9:05 remaining in the second quarter with the Jazz trailing 26-20. He had four points on 2-of-9 shooting to go

11:09 PM ET Associated Press PHILADELPHIA — Jordan Clarkson scored 14 of his 19 points in the fourth quarter, Rodney Hood had 25 points and the Cleveland Cavaliers stunned Philadelphia 121-112 on Friday night, snapping the 76ers’ perfect home record. Philadelphia entered as the NBA’s lone undefeated team at home at 10-0, and the Cavaliers

7:31 PM ET Associated Press ATLANTA — Boston Celtics forward Al Horford has a sore left knee and will miss a game for the first time of the season. Marcus Morris took Horford’s spot in the lineup against Atlanta, making his first start since last season. Horford was listed as probable with the same injury

3:39 PM ET EL SEGUNDO, Calif. — Rajon Rondo says he has been doing cardio on the basketball court as he recovers from surgery to repair his fractured right third metacarpal. Talking to reporters for the first time since suffering the injury on Nov. 14 and undergoing surgery the following day, Rondo was in good

2:22 PM ET Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry was not injured when he was involved in a three-car crash on a California highway Friday morning. #BREAKING: Golden State Warriors star @StephenCurry30 involved in multi-vehicle crash in Oakland, appears to be OK https://t.co/xHNVggesW8 pic.twitter.com/X3w3hs8HbJ — ABC7 Eyewitness News (@ABC7) November 23, 2018 Curry’s Porsche was

1:05 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN ATLANTA — When the Boston Celtics face the Atlanta Hawks at State Farm Arena Friday night, they’ll become the latest team to see Hawks forward Vince Carter still serving as an effective role player despite him rapidly approaching his 42nd birthday. Kyrie Irving tweeted about the profane dismissal of Thanksgiving

2:00 PM ET After starting the first two games of the Lakers’ recent road trip shooting a combined 1-for-11 and scoring a total of two points, Lonzo Ball was mired in yet another ugly shooting slump. But this one seemed to be a little more jarring considering Ball did not score a point in 28

11:58 AM ET Boston Celtics guard Kyrie Irving has tweeted about his profane dismissal of Thanksgiving following Wednesday’s game, saying he went too far with his comments. After being wished a happy Thanksgiving by a reporter following the Celtics’ 117-109 loss to the New York Knicks, Irving retorted that he doesn’t celebrate the holiday before

2:10 AM ET SAN ANTONIO — San Antonio Spurs coach Gregg Popovich spun around, braced against the scorer’s table, and stared at the floor in disbelief, knowing that with seven-tenths of a second left, this call might cost his team. After catching the ball on the inbounds pass, Memphis Grizzlies center Marc Gasol saw the