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3:36 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Boston Celtics forward Grant Williams has been fined $20,000 for punching the ball into the stands during a game against the Golden State Warriors, the NBA announced Monday. Williams was assessed a technical foul and ejected for the act, which happened with 1:52 remaining in the game

8:00 AM ET HOW DOES A 6-foot-2 point guard whose self-described weight is “175 soaking wet” rank right up there with the NBA’s best big men in paint scoring? “Because motherf—ers can’t stay in front of me,” Ja Morant told ESPN aftering pondering the question for about as long as it takes him to get

11:21 PM ET DETROIT — If not for an Austin Reaves 3-pointer with 12.1 seconds remaining, the Los Angeles Lakers might have dropped the final leg of their six-game road trip Sunday against the Pistons. Instead, L.A. completed a 124-117 win against a Detroit team with the worst record in the league at 7-22 to

2:15 PM ET ESPN News Services Basketball taught Paul Silas how to be patient. As a player, he waited 10 years before winning his first championship. As a coach, he waited 15 years for a second chance at running a team. As a father, he waited 20 years before seeing his son get a chance

1:25 AM ET Kendra AndrewsESPN SAN FRANCISCO — In their first matchup since Game 6 of the 2022 NBA Finals, the Warriors beat the Boston Celtics 123-107 on Saturday night in Golden State’s best and most complete game of the season. Entering the contest, the Celtics were considered the better of the two teams with

7:45 PM ET SAN FRANCISCO — Golden State Warriors president of basketball operations Bob Myers — architect of four NBA championships in the past eight years — is entering into the final months of his contract and remains without a new deal, sources told ESPN. Golden State ownership and Myers — a two-time NBA Executive

7:00 AM ET Kendra AndrewsESPN IT’S NOV. 20 AND the Golden State Warriors are in the middle of a surprisingly competitive tilt against the 3-13 Houston Rockets. On paper, the Warriors should be running away with this game, against a much younger, less experienced, much happier to lose team. With 4:46 left in the first

1:49 AM ET Andrew LopezESPN NEW ORLEANS — Pelicans forward Zion Williamson took two dribbles toward the rim and pulled off a 360 windmill dunk to end Friday night’s game against the Phoenix Suns in style. Some Suns players took exception to Williamson’s slam, which happened with 1.9 seconds left to put the Pelicans up

6:12 PM ET John Wall has been looking forward to playing in front of fans again in Washington, D.C., and he will do that while likely making his first start for the LA Clippers. Wall is in line to make his first start of the season on Saturday against his former Washington Wizards team after

2:33 PM ET The NBA and National Basketball Players Association have agreed in principle to extend the Dec. 15 deadline that each side has to give notice of plans to opt out of the collective bargaining agreement at the end of the 2022-23 season, sources told ESPN on Friday. Talks on a new CBA are

8:00 AM ET Tim BontempsESPN THE BOSTON CELTICS visited the Phoenix Suns on Wednesday in a heavily anticipated showdown between conference leaders a third of the way through the 2022-23 NBA season. It quickly turned into a statement from the best offense in the league. The Celtics steadily increased their lead from 10 to 20

6:49 PM ET Associated Press ATLANTA — Hawks guard Dejounte Murray is expected to miss about two weeks because of a sprained left ankle, the third Atlanta starter to go down with an injury in the past week. Murray was hurt Wednesday night early in the first quarter of a 113-89 loss to the New

8:00 AM ET Andrew LopezESPN NEW ORLEANS — WITH the trio of Brandon Ingram, CJ McCollum and Zion Williamson, the New Orleans Pelicans were thought to have one of the best offenses in the league entering 2022-23. Ingram averaged nearly 24 points per game during his first two seasons in New Orleans and was at

1:37 AM ET Kendra AndrewsESPN SALT LAKE CITY — The Golden State Warriors held a four-point lead over the Utah Jazz with 13.3 seconds remaining in the game. They had clawed their way back after trailing by 12 in the third quarter and did so without Stephen Curry, Draymond Green and Andrew Wiggins. But what

4:02 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN Suns star Chris Paul will return for the first time in a month when Phoenix hosts the Boston Celtics on Wednesday night. Paul, who has been out since Nov. 7 when he suffered a heel injury that forced him to leave a loss to the Philadelphia 76ers, was initially listed

1:21 PM ET Los Angeles Lakers stars LeBron James and Anthony Davis will not play in Wednesday’s game against the Toronto Raptors. James is dealing with left ankle soreness, according to the team, and will miss his first game since sitting out more than two weeks in November with a strained left adductor. Davis will

6:45 PM ET Kendra AndrewsESPN SALT LAKE CITY — The Golden State Warriors announced Tuesday they have recalled center James Wiseman from their G League affiliate, the Santa Cruz Warriors. The Warriors will fly to Salt Lake City on Tuesday afternoon for a one-game road trip against the Jazz on Wednesday, which Wiseman is expected

8:29 PM ET CLEVELAND — Los Angeles Lakers star big man Anthony Davis exited in the first half of Tuesday night’s 116-102 loss to the Cavaliers with flu-like symptoms and did not return. It is a non-COVID-19 illness, according to the team. Davis had a fever in the afternoon leading up to tipoff. After he