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NBA Insiders Jun 11, 2024, 04:56 PM ET Open Extended Reactions DALLAS — The NBA Finals got a major shakeup the day before Game 3 (Wednesday, 8:30 p.m. ET on ABC) with the Boston Celtics announcing Kristaps Porzingis had suffered a “rare injury,” putting his status for Wednesday’s game against the Dallas Mavericks — and

Adrian Wojnarowski, ESPNJun 10, 2024, 12:41 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Former Los Angeles Lakers coach Darvin Ham has agreed to join Milwaukee Bucks coach Doc Rivers’ staff as the top assistant, sources told ESPN on Monday. Ham, whom the Lakers dismissed after going 94-70 with a trip to the Western Conference Finals in two

Jun 10, 2024, 01:42 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Dan Hurley has turned down the Los Angeles Lakers‘ six-year, $70 million offer and will return to chase a third straight national title at UConn, sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. The Lakers would have made Hurley one of the NBA’s six highest-paid coaches. But before opening

Brian Windhorst, ESPN Senior WriterJun 10, 2024, 06:00 PM ET Close ESPN.com NBA writer since 2010 Covered Cleveland Cavs for seven years Author of two books Open Extended Reactions Let’s get this out of the way: the Los Angeles Lakers are a little embarrassed. They got turned down very publicly by their crush and that

Associated Press Jun 9, 2024, 10:45 PM ET Open Extended Reactions BOSTON — Jrue Holiday had 26 points and 11 rebounds, and Jayson Tatum made up for a rough shooting night with 12 assists and nine rebounds as the Boston Celtics beat the Dallas Mavericks 105-98 on Sunday to take a 2-0 lead in the

NBA Insiders Jun 9, 2024, 11:00 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The Boston Celtics took a 2-0 lead over the Dallas Mavericks after an exciting back-and-forth Game 2 in Boston, and now history is on their side. Teams leading 2-0 in the Finals are 31-5 all-time, and the Celtics have a 43-1 series record when

Tim MacMahon, ESPN Staff WriterJun 9, 2024, 02:27 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 — Dallas Mavericks superstar Luka Doncic was downgraded to questionable on the injury report for Sunday’s Game 2 of the NBA

Jun 8, 2024, 08:51 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Hall of Fame forward Chet Walker, a seven-time NBA All-Star known as “The Jet” for his speed, has died at the age of 84, the NBA announced. A member of the Chicago Bulls Ring of Honor, Walker was taken by the Syracuse Nationals in the 1962

Tim Bontemps, ESPNJun 8, 2024, 04:06 PM ET Open Extended Reactions BOSTON — Dallas Mavericks coach Jason Kidd attempted to throw a stick of dynamite into the middle of the Celtics locker room by declaring – twice – that Jaylen Brown is Boston’s best player Saturday afternoon. But when Brown and Jayson Tatum were separately

Tim MacMahon, ESPN Staff WriterJun 8, 2024, 02:48 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 – The Dallas Mavericks have proven to be a dangerous team when they’re facing an 0-1 deficit in a playoff series.

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

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,

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,

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

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

Jun 6, 2024, 08:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions The 2024 NBA Finals are finally here, as the top-seeded Boston Celtics take on the No. 5 seeded Dallas Mavericks. This is the first time these two teams have met in the Finals. The Celtics swept the Indiana Pacers in the Eastern Conference finals, while the

Adrian Wojnarowski, ESPNJun 6, 2024, 06:50 AM ET Open Extended Reactions The Los Angeles Lakers are targeting UConn men’s basketball coach Dan Hurley as the franchise’s next coach and are preparing a massive, long-term contract offer to bring the back-to-back NCAA national champion to the NBA, sources told ESPN. The Lakers have had preliminary contact

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