12:27 AM ET NEW YORK — The Brooklyn Nets‘ Kevin Durant couldn’t help but laugh as he rolled over the Orlando Magic during Monday night’s 109-102 win. 1 Related No, seriously. In the midst of scoring 45 points, Durant laughed during a play in the first quarter when Magic guard Kevon Harris got a little

10:24 PM ET ESPN News Services TORONTO — Pascal Siakam had 18 points and 11 rebounds in his return from injury, O.G. Anunoby scored 20 and the Toronto Raptors beat the Cleveland Cavaliers 100-88 on Monday night. Gary Trent Jr. scored 14 points, Fred VanVleet had 13 and Scottie Barnes 11 as the Raptors improved

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10:48 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN NEW YORK — After Memphis Grizzlies superstar Ja Morant completed his first triple-double of the season, and the fifth of his career, Sunday evening at Madison Square Garden in a win over the Knicks, he had a problem. Morant, who finished with 27 points, 10 rebounds and a career-high-tying 14

Nov 26, 2022 SAN ANTONIO — The Los Angeles Lakers expect star big man Anthony Davis to return Monday night against Indiana, sources told ESPN. The eight-time All-Star sat out the 143-138 win Saturday night over the San Antonio Spurs because of a left calf contusion. “He was kicked at some point in the second

2:02 AM ET SAN ANTONIO — Russell Westbrook had blood covering his face after taking a flagrant foul to his forehead when LeBron James intervened to pull the Los Angeles Lakers point guard away from the fray and cover the cut with a towel in the third quarter Saturday. It wasn’t the flashiest sequence the

Nov 25, 2022 LOS ANGELES — The LA Clippers will continue to be without Kawhi Leonard and Paul George through at least Sunday. Clippers head coach Ty Lue said Leonard, George and Luke Kennard remain out for Sunday’s game against Indiana due to injuries. Lue, though, added that he doesn’t believe the Clippers will be

Nov 25, 2022 EVERY MORNING, BEFORE Lonnie Walker IV reports to one of the biggest pressure cookers in all of pro sports — a Los Angeles Lakers team determined to atone for last season’s disaster and salvage the twilight of LeBron James‘ career — he meditates with a mantra. “Dominate the day.” There’s a sanctuary-like

11:35 PM ET Charlotte Hornets forward Gordon Hayward has been diagnosed with a fractured left shoulder and his timeline for a return will be on a week-to-week evaluation, his agent Mark Bartelstein of Priority Sports told ESPN on Friday night. Hayward missed eight consecutive games with what was believed to be a shoulder bruise earlier

10:19 PM ET Andrew LopezESPN The New Orleans Pelicans lost forward Brandon Ingram to a sprained left big toe in the second quarter of their 132-111 loss to the host Memphis Grizzlies on Friday night. The Pelicans did not have any updates on Ingram’s injury after the game, but head coach Willie Green said Ingram