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NBA Insiders Oct 28, 2024, 08:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions The 2024-25 NBA season is in full swing. We’re less than a week into the regular season and we’ve seen some dominant performances from the reigning champs, Boston Celtics, as well as LeBron James in his 22nd season in the league. The injury bug

ESPN News Services Oct 27, 2024, 10:47 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NEW YORK — Jordi Fernandez kept the game ball from his first NBA win as a head coach, which he said will be a reminder of where he came from and where he hopes his career will lead. “I’m going to put it

Kendra Andrews, ESPNOct 27, 2024, 11:02 PM ET Open Extended Reactions SAN FRANCISCO — Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry exited his team’s home opener against the LA Clippers early in the fourth quarter because of a left ankle sprain and was ruled out for the remainder of the game. Curry first twisted the ankle

Associated Press Oct 27, 2024, 07:29 PM ET Open Extended Reactions MIAMI — Dwyane Wade is now the first Miami Heat player with a statue outside the team’s arena. The Heat unveiled the statue Sunday, about eight months after team president Pat Riley announced plans for the tribute. Wade is Miami’s all-time leading scorer, and

ESPN News Services Oct 27, 2024, 06:44 AM ET Open Extended Reactions PHOENIX — Kevin Durant became the eighth player in NBA history to score 29,000 career points, reaching the mark Saturday night as his Phoenix Suns beat the Dallas Mavericks 114-102. Durant joins an elite list of players who have reached the 29,000-point plateau,

Dave McMenamin, ESPN Staff WriterOct 27, 2024, 03:27 AM ET Close Lakers and NBA reporter for ESPN. Covered the Lakers and NBA for ESPNLosAngeles.com from 2009-14, the Cavaliers from 2014-18 for ESPN.com and the NBA for NBA.com from 2005-09. Open Extended Reactions LOS ANGELES — LeBron James caught fire in the fourth quarter on Saturday,

Oct 25, 2024, 02:45 PM ET Open Extended Reactions EL SEGUNDO, Calif. — Los Angeles Lakers rookie Bronny James is expected to travel on the team’s upcoming road trip from Oct. 28-Nov. 6 and then begin shuttling between the active roster and the franchise’s South Bay G League affiliate, sources told ESPN on Friday. The

Dave McMenamin, ESPN Staff WriterOct 26, 2024, 03:05 AM ET Close Lakers and NBA reporter for ESPN. Covered the Lakers and NBA for ESPNLosAngeles.com from 2009-14, the Cavaliers from 2014-18 for ESPN.com and the NBA for NBA.com from 2005-09. Open Extended Reactions LOS ANGELES — After scoring at least 35 points in his second consecutive

Chris Herring, ESPN Senior WriterOct 26, 2024, 12:15 AM ET Open Extended Reactions NEW YORK — The New York Knicks got obliterated Tuesday in their season opener, done in by a deluge of Boston Celtics triples. An NBA record-tying 29 of them, to be exact. That taste was still in the Knicks’ mouths when they

Chris Herring, ESPN Senior WriterOct 25, 2024, 08:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions IN EARLY AUGUST, after Jalen Brunson was named the New York Knicks‘ first captain in five years, the franchise unveiled a video compilation congratulating its star floor general. The first message in the video, which was filled with praise from the city’s

Michael C. Wright, ESPN Staff WriterOct 25, 2024, 12:41 AM ET Close Joined ESPN in 2010 Previously covered Bears for ESPN.com Played college football at West Texas A&M Open Extended Reactions DALLAS – Playing a total of 39.8 minutes in two of San Antonio’s five exhibition outings, Victor Wembanyama acknowledged the team’s 120-109 season-opening loss

Tim MacMahon, ESPN Staff WriterOct 25, 2024, 12:13 AM 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 — Klay Thompson folded the box score placed on the table in front of him into a paper airplane during the

Tim MacMahon, ESPN Staff WriterOct 24, 2024, 08:00 AM 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 WHEN RESERVE GUARD Frank Ntilikina checked in with 3:28 remaining in the third quarter of the Dallas Mavericks‘ 2021-22 season opener, he

Ohm Youngmisuk Oct 24, 2024, 06:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions INGLEWOOD, Calif. — With 10 minutes left in regulation of the LA Clippers’ first regular-season game at the Intuit Dome on Wednesday, Kevin Durant found himself at the free throw line facing something he hasn’t experienced in his 17 seasons as a pro. The

ESPN News Services Oct 23, 2024, 11:33 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The New Orleans Pelicans fear guard Dejounte Murray suffered a fractured left hand in Wednesday night’s season-opening 123-111 victory over the Chicago Bulls, sources told ESPN’s Shams Charania. Murray had 14 points, 10 assists and eight rebounds in his debut for New Orleans,

Shams Charania, ESPNOct 23, 2024, 03:32 PM ET Open Extended Reactions LOS ANGELES — The start of James Harden‘s LA Clippers career last season was a whirlwind. After missing training camp and preseason while awaiting a trade from the Philadelphia 76ers, he made his debut for his hometown team in November and immediately lost five

Dave McMenamin, ESPN Staff WriterOct 22, 2024, 10:55 PM ET Close Lakers and NBA reporter for ESPN. Covered the Lakers and NBA for ESPNLosAngeles.com from 2009-14, the Cavaliers from 2014-18 for ESPN.com and the NBA for NBA.com from 2005-09. Open Extended Reactions LOS ANGELES — When LeBron James made history two seasons ago, passing Kareem

Dave McMenamin, ESPN Staff WriterOct 23, 2024, 12:20 AM ET Close Lakers and NBA reporter for ESPN. Covered the Lakers and NBA for ESPNLosAngeles.com from 2009-14, the Cavaliers from 2014-18 for ESPN.com and the NBA for NBA.com from 2005-09. Open Extended Reactions An hour and 55 minutes before tipoff on Tuesday, Los Angeles Lakers coach