Basketball News
Betting Cooper Flagg: Two ways to bet on the Mavericks rookie in his NBA debut
ESPN - 22 Oct 2025 08:52
As Cooper Flagg takes the court Wednesday for his first regular-season game in the NBA, our experts highlight two bets to make on the highly touted rookie.
Doncic downplays groin issue after 43-point night
ESPN - 22 Oct 2025 03:19
After playing a game-high 41 minutes and scoring 43 points in the Lakers' 119-109 opening night loss to the Warriors on Tuesday, Luka Doncic spent even more time in the training room receiving treatment after the gam...
Edgecombe's 34 most in debut since Wilt in '59
ESPN - 22 Oct 2025 22:35
Sixers rookie VJ Edgecombe lit up the Celtics with 34 points on Wednesday night, the most in an NBA debut since Wilt Chamberlain had 43 in 1959, as the Sixers won 117-116.
Peterson, Dybantsa downplay race to No. 1 pick
ESPN - 22 Oct 2025 19:23
The Big 12 might boast the top two picks in next summer's NBA draft - but both Kansas guard Darryn Peterson and BYU wing AJ Dybantsa say the NBA isn't on their minds right now.
Thunder's Caruso suffers concussion, in protocol
ESPN - 22 Oct 2025 19:23
Oklahoma City guard Alex Caruso suffered a concussion during Tuesday's game against Houston and has been placed in the league's concussion protocol.
Magic PG Suggs (knee) set to return for opener
ESPN - 22 Oct 2025 16:03
Point guard Jalen Suggs, who had left knee surgery in March, is set to return to the Magic for their season opener against the Heat on Wednesday.
Sources: Trophy logo to return to NBA Finals court
ESPN - 22 Oct 2025 16:03
For the first time since 2009, the large Larry O'Brien Championship Trophy logo and the NBA Finals script logo will return to the home team's floor, sources told ESPN.
Toronto's NHL, NBA teams adjust times for Jays
ESPN - 22 Oct 2025 12:50
To avoid conflict with the Blue Jays' World Series games, Toronto's Maple Leafs and Raptors are changing the times of their games this weekend.
Why Barça vs. Villarreal in Miami was cancelled
ESPN - 22 Oct 2025 09:13
Less than two weeks after LaLiga said Barcelona would play Villarreal in Miami, the first regular-season game abroad has been scrapped. What happened?
Why it's now - or maybe never - for the Cavaliers and Knicks
ESPN - 22 Oct 2025 08:48
Even if the devastating injuries to Jayson Tatum, Damian Lillard Tyrese Haliburton, opened the championship door wide open for Cleveland and New York, it might close just as quickly. Here's why.
SGA's winning FTs put bow on 35-point ring night
ESPN - 22 Oct 2025 01:48
On a night the Thunder received their championship rings, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander finished in style by hitting two free throws to lift OKC to a 125-124 double-overtime win over the Rockets.
Durant pins 2OT loss on himself in Rockets debut
ESPN - 22 Oct 2025 01:48
In his debut with Houston on Tuesday, Kevin Durant blamed himself for the Rockets' 125-124, double-overtime loss to the defending champion Oklahoma City Thunder at Paycom Center, telling reporters that he made "t...