12:17 AM ET Golden State Warriors star Stephen Curry‘s 11-game streak of scoring at least 30 points ended Wednesday night during a 118-114 loss to the Washington Wizards. Curry shot 7-for-25 from the field, including a season-worst 2-for-14 from beyond the arc, and finished with 18 points. Despite the loss and the poor performance in
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9:42 PM ET Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James posted and later deleted a tweet responding to the fatal police shooting of Ma’Khia Bryant, a 16-year-old Black girl in Columbus, Ohio. In a series of tweets Wednesday afternoon, James explained why he deleted the tweet. ANGER does any of us any good and that includes
3:34 PM ET LOS ANGELES — Lakers star Anthony Davis says he will make his return from a nine-week absence on Thursday against the Dallas Mavericks, so long as his right leg responds well to Wednesday’s practice. Davis said he now feels “100 percent” healthy from the calf strain and tendinosis in his right leg
3:31 AM ET The Minnesota Timberwolves dedicated their game ball to George Floyd’s family after defeating the Sacramento Kings 134-120 on Tuesday night. The win came hours after former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was found guilty of second-degree unintentional murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter in the murder of Floyd in Minneapolis last May.
8:40 PM ET Andrew LopezESPN NEW ORLEANS — New Orleans Pelicans coach Stan Van Gundy called Tuesday’s guilty verdict in the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin “an important day for our country” but said it was hard to find reasons to celebrate and recognized there was more work to do. Van Gundy
1:05 AM ET Right before Devin Booker stood up to finish his postgame videoconference Monday, he had one more thing he wanted to say. He first had to call for the ball. Someone off camera flipped it over to him, and as Booker caught it, he unleashed a megawatt grin. “Yessir, here it is, y’all!”
1:09 AM ET Stephen Curry‘s recent shooting streak has left everyone around him in awe. Teammates, coaches, opponents — it’s hard for everybody to wrap their minds around exactly what they’ve been seeing as the Golden State Warriors star continues to set new records on a nightly basis. For his latest feat, Curry poured in
6:35 PM ET Houston Rockets small forward Sterling Brown suffered facial lacerations during an assault Sunday night, the team said. In a statement Monday, the Rockets said Brown “had no prior knowledge of or interaction with the assailants.” He is expected to make a full recovery, per the team. The Rockets are in Miami for
3:19 PM ET Gonzaga freshman guard Jalen Suggs — the third-rated player in ESPN’s Top 100 prospects — is entering the 2021 NBA draft, he told ESPN on Monday. Suggs made the announcement Monday afternoon on The Jump from his Minneapolis home. Suggs, a 6-foot-4 point guard, led Gonzaga to a sensational season as the
7:00 AM ET A few quality wins have propelled the Philadelphia 76ers back into our No. 1 spot. Joel Embiid and the 76ers have won four straight, with the past three coming against playoff teams in the LA Clippers, Brooklyn Nets and Dallas Mavericks. The Utah Jazz, meanwhile, have dropped two of their past four
4:07 PM ET Brooklyn Nets star Kevin Durant suffered a left thigh contusion in the first quarter Sunday against the Miami Heat and has been ruled out for the remainder of the game. Durant appeared to get tangled with Miami’s Trevor Ariza when he drove toward the basket for a layup in the first quarter.
11:54 AM ET The NBA has instructed teams to be vigilant about the impact of a verdict in the Derek Chauvin trial for the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis this week, including the possibility of game postponements, sources told ESPN. The looming specter of possible protests, civil unrest and team reactions in the aftermath
1:15 AM ET Tim BontempsESPN BOSTON — After Celtics star Jayson Tatum scored 44 points to lead his team to a 119-114 victory over the Golden State Warriors on Saturday, overcoming a spectacular 47-point performance from Stephen Curry in the process, Tatum said it was a thrill for him to go toe-to-toe with the future
5:57 PM ET LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Lakers will not visit President Joe Biden at the White House to celebrate their 2020 NBA championship when the team travels to Washington, D.C. for a game against the Wizards later this month, a source with knowledge of the situation told ESPN. Scheduling challenges and continued
9:55 AM ET An MRI on the right ankle sprain of Donovan Mitchell revealed no structural damage, but the Utah Jazz guard is expected to miss several games before he is cleared to return, sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. Mitchell suffered the injury during the third quarter of Friday’s 119-111 win over the Pacers when
1:59 AM ET DALLAS — Tom Thibodeau, the notoriously gruff first-year New York Knicks head coach, cracked a hint of a grin when asked about his demeanor following a 117-109 win Friday night over the Dallas Mavericks. It was New York’s fifth consecutive victory, marking the franchise’s longest winning streak in seven years. The Knicks,
10:20 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN The Boston Celtics have signed former No. 2 overall pick Jabari Parker, the team announced Friday. At just 26-years-old, Parker has only played a combined 41 games over the past two seasons — including only three this season for the Sacramento Kings before getting waived last month. He’s also played
12:19 PM ET Three-time NBA champion Dwyane Wade has purchased an ownership stake in the Utah Jazz, joining majority owner and governor Ryan Smith with plans to take an active role in the franchise and region. Wade, an eight-time All-NBA player with the Miami Heat, is the latest of several Hall of Fame-level players with