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7:52 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN As much of the country attempted to grapple with the scenes that emerged from Washington on Wednesday afternoon, as angry supporters of President Trump stormed the U.S. Capitol, much of the sports world was trying to figure out how to process the day’s events. For the Miami Heat and Boston

7:08 PM ET National Basketball Players Association executive director Michele Roberts expressed outrage over the mob that stormed the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Wednesday and how it reflected on racial double standards in America. Roberts told ESPN that her contact with multiple NBA players throughout the afternoon kept returning to the contrast between the

7:00 AM ET Tim BontempsESPN It has been 100 days since the Miami Heat beat the Boston Celtics in Game 6 of the 2020 Eastern Conference finals inside the NBA’s bubble at the Walt Disney World resort. Both teams entered the 2020-21 season with aspirations of getting at least that far again, but as they

4:37 PM ET ESPN News Services Prosecutors in Kenosha, Wisconsin, on Tuesday decided not to file criminal charges against a police officer in the shooting of Jacob Blake last August. The shooting of Blake, who was unarmed, prompted NBA players to protest the shooting by not playing games on Aug. 26-28. More than 100 NBA

9:50 PM ET LOS ANGELES — LA Clippers guard Paul George was ruled out due to right ankle soreness before Tuesday night’s game against the San Antonio Spurs. Clippers coach Ty Lue said that George tweaked his ankle during the Clippers’ 112-107 win in Phoenix on Sunday. George, who scored 39 points in 38 minutes

12:30 AM ET Tim BontempsESPN After the Toronto Raptors fell to 1-5 with a demoralizing 126-114 loss to the undermanned Boston Celtics on Monday night, All-Star guard Kyle Lowry said that in order for the Raptors to right themselves, they’ll need to get their swagger back. “We just need to get a little bit grittier,

12:12 AM ET As Luka Doncic works his way into shape, the Dallas Mavericks‘ superstar has started flashing his All-NBA form. Doncic had by far his most dominant performance of the season in a 113-100 road win Monday over the Houston Rockets. He had season highs with 33 points, 16 rebounds and 11 assists, recording

5:32 PM ET Malika Andrews Close ESPN Staff Writer Staff Writer Joined ESPN in 2018 Appears regularly on ESPN Chicago 1000 Adrian Wojnarowski Close Senior NBA Insider Host of The Woj Pod Joined ESPN in 2017 NEW YORK — After being exposed to someone who tested positive for COVID-19, Brooklyn Nets star Kevin Durant is

11:09 PM ET After struggling to find a rhythm through the first week of the season, Golden State Warriors star guard Stephen Curry exploded for a career-high 62 points in a 137-12 win over the Portland Trail Blazers on Sunday night. Curry finished the game going 18-for-31 from the field, 8-for-16 from beyond the arc

11:48 PM ET It was a big night for Stephen Curry. The Golden State Warriors‘ superstar set a career-high with 62 points in Golden State’s win over the Portland Trail Blazers on Sunday night at the Chase Center in San Francisco. Curry’s 62 points are the most by a Warrior since Rick Barry scored 64

4:09 PM ET Seven members of the LA Clippers support staff — including one who tested positive for COVID-19 — are in quarantine away from the team, sources told ESPN. The quarantined group, which traveled via vans from Salt Lake City to Los Angeles over the weekend, includes no players, coaches or team management, sources

4:41 PM ET Houston Rockets star guard James Harden was a late scratch for Saturday afternoon’s home game against the Sacramento Kings due to a sprained right ankle. Harden turned the ankle late in Thursday’s win over the Kings, but he was not listed on the official injury report. The Rockets announced that he would

12:21 AM ET Andrew LopezESPN With the New Orleans Pelicans clinging to a three-point lead with 2.6 seconds left and Brandon Ingram at the free throw line to put the game away with one more shot, he already knew what was about to happen. He looked to the side and television cameras captured Ingram telling

3:11 PM ET Paul Westphal, a Hall of Fame guard who was a five-time All-Star and a three-time All-NBA first-team selection, has died at the age of 70, the Phoenix Suns announced Saturday. Westphal had been diagnosed with brain cancer in August 2020. He grew up in Southern California and played college basketball at USC

3:15 AM ET SAN FRANCISCO — The Golden State Warriors were hoping that Draymond Green‘s return would give the team a defensive edge it has been missing since the start of the regular season. Green missed most of training camp, all three preseason games and the first four regular-season games because of a combination of

8:27 PM ET When Gregg Popovich trudged through the tunnel at the AT&T Center after being ejected Wednesday, the magnitude of the moment — Becky Hammon replacing him to become the first woman to act as head coach in a regular-season NBA game — didn’t immediately set in. “Not on the way to the locker

7:04 PM ET Eric WoodyardESPN Chicago Bulls forward Chandler Hutchison has tested positive for COVID-19, according to coach Billy Donovan. He remains in Washington, D.C., as the Bulls prepare to face the Bucks in Milwaukee on Friday night. “He’s going through the NBA safety and protocols,” Donovan confirmed. Hutchison’s teammates Lauri Markkanen, Ryan Arcidiacono and

11:17 AM ET Denver Nuggets forward Michael Porter Jr. is expected to miss multiple games because of the NBA’s health and safety protocols related to COVID-19, according to multiple reports. The Athletic first reported that Porter will miss Friday’s game against the Phoenix Suns as the Nuggets conduct contact tracing. The Denver Post reported that