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Brian Windhorst, ESPN Senior WriterJun 7, 2024, 07:00 AM ET Close ESPN.com NBA writer since 2010 Covered Cleveland Cavs for seven years Author of two books Open Extended Reactions BOSTON — Forty years ago, the Boston Celtics lost Game 1 of the 1984 Finals to the Los Angeles Lakers at the old Boston Garden, roughly

Tim Bontemps, ESPNJun 7, 2024, 08:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions BOSTON — As Jayson Tatum sat on the podium early Friday morning, a little more than an hour after the Boston Celtics‘ defense had suffocated the Dallas Mavericks in Game 1 of the NBA Finals, he was asked about Boston’s ability to throw several

Associated Press Jun 7, 2024, 08:01 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Jontay Porter, the former Toronto Raptors forward who was given a lifetime ban by the NBA because of a sports betting scandal, was “in over his head” with a gambling addiction, his lawyer said Friday. Jeff Jensen, a government investigations attorney in St. Louis,

NBA Insiders Jun 7, 2024, 01:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions The 2024 NBA Finals tipped off with a dominant Game 1 win by the Boston Celtics over the Dallas Mavericks on Thursday. The series couldn’t have started any better for the Celtics, who used a 23-5 run over the final six minutes of the

Associated Press Jun 6, 2024, 11:09 PM ET Open Extended Reactions BOSTON — Kristaps Porzingis didn’t want to make predictions about how his body would respond heading into the NBA Finals after he spent more than a month on the sideline with a calf injury. Just fine, it turned out. Jaylen Brown scored 22 points,

Adrian Wojnarowski, ESPNJun 6, 2024, 10:36 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Connecticut Huskies coach Dan Hurley is traveling to Southern California for a Friday meeting with Los Angeles Lakers VP of Basketball Operations Rob Pelinka and owner Jeanie Buss — with the organization eager to close on a deal to hire the two-time national championship

ESPN insiders Jun 6, 2024, 11:55 AM ET Open Extended Reactions One month after firing Darvin Ham, the Lakers are zeroing in on their next head coach. Sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski that Los Angeles is preparing a massive, long-term contract offer to pry two-time NCAA champion Dan Hurley away from the University of Connecticut.

Tim Bontemps, ESPNJun 5, 2024, 04:10 PM ET Open Extended Reactions BOSTON — Ahead of appearing in his second NBA Finals on Thursday, Celtics star Jayson Tatum was asked if there’s a different level of pressure playing for a franchise that is attempting to claim an NBA-record 18th championship banner this month. He didn’t hesitate

Tim MacMahon, ESPN Staff WriterJun 5, 2024, 03:12 PM ET Close Joined ESPNDallas.com in September 2009 Covers the Dallas Cowboys and Dallas Mavericks Appears regularly on ESPN Dallas 103.3 FM Open Extended Reactions BOSTON — Boston Celtics center Kristaps Porzingis, who was once expected to be the long-term co-star alongside Luka Doncic in Dallas, was

Field Level Media Jun 5, 2024, 01:49 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Former college basketball standout and seven-year NBA veteran Chase Budinger will head to Paris next month to compete for the United States’ beach volleyball team in the 2024 Summer Olympics. Budinger and partner Miles Evans qualified Wednesday for the U.S. men’s team. They

Tim Bontemps, ESPNJun 4, 2024, 03:04 PM ET Open Extended Reactions BOSTON — Boston Celtics center Kristaps Porzingis said Tuesday that “the plan” is for him to be available in Game 1 of the NBA Finals against the Dallas Mavericks Thursday night, but was still wary of how his leg will respond. “That is the

Aaron Katersky Jun 4, 2024, 05:30 PM ET Open Extended Reactions A Brooklyn man was charged Tuesday in connection with an alleged illegal sports betting scheme involving Jontay Porter, the former Toronto Raptors player who was banned from the NBA after he bet on his own team to lose. After allegedly amassing large gambling debts

Tim MacMahon, ESPN Staff WriterJun 4, 2024, 12:36 PM ET Close Joined ESPNDallas.com in September 2009 Covers the Dallas Cowboys and Dallas Mavericks Appears regularly on ESPN Dallas 103.3 FM Open Extended Reactions THE DALLAS MAVERICKS‘ disappointing 2022-23 season had slogged to its final two games. It was April 7, 2023, and the Mavs had

Adrian Wojnarowski, ESPNJun 3, 2024, 11:47 AM ET Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame center Alonzo Mourning underwent surgery to remove his prostate after a diagnosis of Stage 3 prostate cancer, Mourning told ESPN. Additional testing revealed that the cancer did not spread beyond his prostate capsule, and his mid-March procedure has left him cancer free.

Tim MacMahon, ESPN Staff WriterJun 3, 2024, 04:37 PM ET Close Joined ESPNDallas.com in September 2009 Covers the Dallas Cowboys and Dallas Mavericks Appears regularly on ESPN Dallas 103.3 FM Open Extended Reactions DALLAS — As Kyrie Irving prepared for his third playoff series against the Celtics since departing Boston, this time in the NBA

Brian Windhorst, ESPN Senior WriterJun 3, 2024, 08:00 AM ET Close ESPN.com NBA writer since 2010 Covered Cleveland Cavs for seven years Author of two books Open Extended Reactions AS TEAMS GATHERED ahead of training camp in September, a surprising piece of information came down the NBA rumor mill: The Milwaukee Bucks weren’t just in

Dan Hajducky, ESPNJun 2, 2024, 04:46 PM ET Close Hajducky is an associate editor for ESPN. He has an MFA in creative writing from Fairfield University and played on the men’s soccer teams at Fordham and Southern Connecticut State universities. Open Extended Reactions A 2003-04 Upper Deck Ultimate Collection autographed Michael Jordan Logoman card —

Tim Bontemps, ESPNJun 1, 2024, 02:27 PM ET Open Extended Reactions BOSTON — After coming up short in his first trip to the NBA Finals two years ago, Boston Celtics star Jayson Tatum said Saturday that he views this return to the league’s championship round as a second chance at achieving his ultimate goal as