Kris Humphries and Al Horford want to make Kevin Love very sad Kevin Love had a tremendous start to Game 3 of the Cleveland Cavaliers' Eastern Conference semifinal series against the Atlanta Hawks, scoring 13 points, grabbing seven rebounds and dishing two assists in 11 1/2 minutes to help stake the Cavs to an early lead. And then the second quarter happened, and things ... well, things took … [Read more...]

Iman Shumpert hammers home monster putback dunk on Hawks in Game 3 Iman Shumpert missed the first 21 games of the 2015-16 NBA season after hitting his wrist on the rim in the course of a preseason dunk. Evidently, the Cleveland Cavaliers swingman hasn't forgotten the pain rims have caused him, and early in the second quarter of Game 3 of the Cavs' Eastern Conference semifinal series against … [Read more...]

Aminu says he didn't write homophobic tweets 7:47 PM ET Kevin ArnovitzESPN Staff Writer Close NBA writer for ESPN.com since 2008 Former contributor and editor at NPR print PORTLAND, Ore. -- Portland Trail Blazers forward Al-Farouq Aminu said Friday that he did not write the homophobic tweets from 2010 and 2011 that surfaced on his Twitter feed this past week. The tweets were … [Read more...]

Byron Scott still rues not playing his Laker veterans more When NBA coaches remind the press that they “never read what you people write” or that they don’t pay attention to that “stuff,” meaning “rumors,” it’s often hard to believe them. Yes, there is a lot of game tape to break down and meetings to attend, but don’t they at least have some passing interest in what’s happening around the … [Read more...]

Video: DeAndre Jordan can't get enough of Chris Paul lip sync battling Snoop Dogg Chris Paul suffered another heartbreaking loss — to a Los Angeles Lakers fan, no less — and this time nobody could blame team chemistry or even Los Angeles Clippers lore. But he came still blame the refs. Appearing on Spike TV's "Lip Sync Battle," a self-explanatory game show hosted by rapper/actor/global icon … [Read more...]

Turnover-prone Heat squander chance to get 'greedy' in Game 2 2:34 AM ET Michael WallaceESPN Staff Writer Close ESPN.com NBA reporter Blogs regularly on the Miami Heat 14 years covering the ACC, SEC, NFL and NBA print TORONTO -- Dwyane Wade has enough playoff experience over more than a dozen years in the league to know how and when to proceed with caution in a postgame … [Read more...]

Rotoworld Podcasts: NBA DFS Podcast for May 6 Friday, May 06, 2016 It's pretty much a dart throw tonight with not many lineup tweaks on the way, so there aren't advantages into looking at lineup combos. We also go over Thursday's OT game before the Friday action. These games are also projected to be close, so hopefully that holds up. Mike Gallagher has covered fantasy hoops for eight … [Read more...]

Just survive somehow: Shaky Raptors outlast Heat, win Game 2 in OT For most of Game 2, the Toronto Raptors' only reliable sources of offense were Miami Heat turnovers and praying that Jonas Valanciunas could pick up his All-Star shooting guards' garbage. They missed 12 free throws and 14 3-pointers in an effort that didn't inspire much confidence that they — and especially Kyle Lowry and … [Read more...]

Basketball Daily Dose: Dose: Raptors tie Heat 1-1 Raptors tie Heat 1-1 after overtime win in Game 2   The Raptors overcame a late fourth-quarter deficit to tie the game and send it to overtime for the second straight game, marking just the third time in history we’ve seen back-to-back games go to overtime in a seven-game series. Kyle Lowry and DeMar DeRozan didn’t bring their A-game again and the … [Read more...]

Toronto Raptors win in spite of themselves 12:46 AM ET ESPN Stats & Information print Thursday’s playoff game between the Toronto Raptors and Miami Heat leads to the question: How often does it happen that one team shoots at least 49 percent from the field, its opponent shoots no better than 42 percent from the field, and the team with the worse field-goal percentage wins? Not … [Read more...]