8:57 AM ET The Miami Heat will build off the best-selling third jersey in NBA history by making this year’s City Edition uniform another version of Miami Vice. The Heat unveiled their uniform Monday morning. It’s a black version of the white and pink jersey that broke sales records last year. “Miami Vice” was a

2:01 AM ET Tim BontempsESPN LOS ANGELES — When Toronto Raptors forward Serge Ibaka found out Kawhi Leonard would be sitting out Sunday night’s game at Staples Center against the Los Angeles Lakers, he was determined to make up for Leonard’s absence. “I was just focused,” he said afterward. “I just wanted to go out

3:04 PM ET Minnesota Timberwolves All-Star swingman Jimmy Butler will not play Sunday’s game in Portland, the first of a pair of back-to-back games, coach Tom Thibodeau told reporters at shootaround. Jimmy Butler made it clear that he might sit out one of the Wolves’ next two games, saying, “If I’m nicked up, then you

2:49 AM ET PORTLAND — With heightened attention on Luke Walton following his tense meeting with Magic Johnson, LeBron James said the coaching staff put the Los Angeles Lakers “in a position” to score perhaps their biggest victory of the season thus far. ESPN reported Friday that Johnson had chided Walton in a meeting earlier

10:57 PM ET Associated Press CHICAGO — James Harden scored 25 points, including 11 in a decisive run in the third quarter, in his return to the Houston lineup, and the Rockets defeated the Chicago Bulls 96-88 on Saturday night. Harden, who had missed three games with a strained left hamstring, scored 11 straight points

6:28 PM ET Following his team’s 109-99 win Saturday, Philadelphia 76ers big man Joel Embiid continued his trolling of Detroit Pistons center Andre Drummond. I own a lot of real estate in @andredrummondd head and I’m on my way to build more 🏘🏘🏘 #Bum #TheProcess pic.twitter.com/Mrf2NcNL4r — Joel Embiid (@JoelEmbiid) November 3, 2018 Though Embiid

3:53 AM ET OAKLAND, Calif. — Minnesota Timberwolves All-Star swingman Jimmy Butler says it will be up to him whether he plays in both ends of a back-to-back this week. Butler, who has asked for a trade from the Timberwolves, sat out Wednesday’s game because of general soreness and made it clear that he might

2:24 AM ET Tim BontempsESPN PHOENIX — As the Toronto Raptors continue their hot start to the 2018-19 NBA season, they are playing it safe with star forward Kawhi Leonard. After Leonard sat out one game of each of the first two back-to-back sets the Raptors have played this season, head coach Nick Nurse said

5:54 PM ET EL SEGUNDO, Calif. — Los Angeles Lakers coach Luke Walton says he believes he has a “great relationship with management” and does not feel like he is “going anywhere.” Walton spoke with the media hours after ESPN reported that Lakers president Magic Johnson met with the coach on Tuesday and admonished him

11:20 AM ET Paul LukasESPN.com Close Sports journalism’s foremost uniform reporter ESPN.com columnist since 2004 Also blogs at uni-watch.com When Nike took over as the NBA’s on-court outfitter last season, each team was given at least four uniforms: primary white and colored designs, and two alternates — the “Statement” and “City” designs. The plan is