Spurs 116 (43-32), Hornets 125 (35-39) (OT)
Despite injuries to Jeremy Lamb, Tony Parker, Nicolas Batum, Cody Zeller and Michael Kidd-Gilchrist, Charlotte was able to explode for 19 points in overtime and close out the game.
Kemba Walker dropped a game-high 38 points with 11 dimes and 9 boards. Dwayne Bacon added 24 points with 3 steals and a +15 plus/minus.
Celtics 116 (44-31), Cavs 106 (19-56)
Boston outscored the Cavs by 10 points in the final
Louis King scored 19 points, Payton Pritchard added 18 and Oregon outlasted Arizona State 79-75 in overtime in the Pac-12 tournament semifinals
The Arizona Cardinals have made their own impact addition early in free agency.
According to Ian Rapoport of NFL.com, the Cardinals are set to land former Baltimore Ravens defensive lineman Terrell Suggs.
Ian Rapoport ✔@RapSheetSource: The #AZCardinals are expected to sign former #Ravens pass-rusher Terrell Suggs. Back home where he went to college.
OAKLAND, Calif. -- When talking about his team's inconsistent, disappointing season before Tuesday night's game against the Warriors, Celtics coach Brad Stevens continually brought up one missing factor: togetherness.
It doesn't take a body language expert or world-class rhetorical analysis to figure out tha
Taking the escalator down behind Section 107 at Smoothie King Center in New Orleans, a rider will come face to face with a 30-foot portrait of Anthony Davis, starting at eye level with the Pelicans star's arched brow at the top, before lining up with his scruffy beard when the escalator ends at street level.
It will be art installations such as this, as well as merchandise in the team shop and digital images on the team's webs
The most exciting young college player in forever talks about why he chose Duke, being perceived as a dunker, and that time he gained 100 pounds in two years.
You’ve seen the dunks. If you haven’t, let’s pause here. Go watch the dunks. (This one too.) Around this time next year, he’ll be doing them in the NBA Dunk Contest, and if for some reason he declines the invitation, Adam Silver will rent a Greyhound bus and drag him there by his fingernails. With any luck—for us, not necessarily for him
Kevin Durant scored 31 points to win the game’s MVP as Team LeBron had a furious second-half comeback to defeat Team Giannis in the All-Star Game, 178-164. Team LeBron outscored Team Giannis by 27 to stage the comeback.
The game featured some great dunks, passes, and 168 3-point attempt
NBA Commissioner Adam Silver on Saturday announced the launch of the Basketball Africa League, a 12-team competition consisting of teams across the continent.
The league, which will begin play in 2020, will feature squads from Angola, Egypt, Kenya, Morocco, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, South Africa and Tunisia. Qualification tournaments will be held later this year to determine the inaugural participants.
"As we've been talking about this concept over the last seve
Scottie Pippen doesn't believe LeBron James compares to Michael Jordan.
Speaking with ESPN's First Take ahead of the NBA All-Star Game in Charlotte, Pippen chimed into the debate on whether James or Jordan was the greatest NBA player of all-time. Pippen took the debate one step further by adding that James didn't even compare to Lakers great Kobe Bryant.
"When I look at LeBron, he's not what Michael was as a player. He's not even what Kobe Bryant was as a player," Pippen said. "So when you
Kobe Bryant is confident that the Houston Rockets will never reach the mountaintop as long as the team plays through James Harden and his isolation heavy style of basketball. "I don't think that style is ever going to win championships," Bryant told ESPN's Rachel Nichols. "But, at the same time, you have to keep your team’s head above water to win games, so you have to do what you have to do to win games, and he's doing that, right?"
"Not w
With 50 touchdowns and 5,097 passing yards, Chiefs QB Patrick Mahomes had a sizzling debut season as a starter that was capped with the NFL MVP award.
76ers 113 (34-18), Warriors 104 (36-15)
Steph Curry went off for 41 points (10 made 3’s), but the Sixers were able to block back-to-back Curry attempts in the final minute to hold off Golden State.
Joel Embiid had 26 points, 20 rebounds, five dimes and two steals and first-time All-Star Ben Simmons racked up 26 points, eight rebounds, six assists and three steals.
SLAM ✔@SLAMonlineSteph just
The Dallas Mavericks are reportedly finalizing a deal to acquire Kristaps Porzingis in a blockbuster trade with the New York Knicks, according to Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN.
Wojnarowski provided a breakdown of the likely deal:
According to Shams Charania of The Athletic and Stadium, Trey Burke could also be included in the deal to help balance the salaries.
Porzingis has been out all year while recovering from a torn ACL suffered last season. In December, the Knicks announced he would be evalua
Wizards 113 (21-29), Cavs 116 (11-41)
In true tank fashion, Cleveland nearly blew a 25-point lead over the final 6:58 minutes of the game. Washington had a chance to tie the game on the final possession, but Troy Brown Jr ended up having his shot blocked by Cedi Osman.
Osman, who’s been on a tear recently, had one of his better sta
