Eight things to watch in Celtics-Hawks, Game 5 12:00 AM ET print Brad Stevens, genius of the whiteboard, has openly admitted to coaching plagiarism. So it was fitting on several levels that his tireless Boston team opened Game 4 of the first round's most exciting series with a play ripped right from the Kyle Korver chapter of Mike Budenholzer's playbook: With Avery Bradley out and … [Read more...]

Warriors' Kerr wins NBA Coach of the Year honor 12:49 PM ET Marc SteinESPN Senior Writer Close • Senior NBA writer for ESPN.com• Began covering the NBA in 1993-94• Also covered soccer, tennis and the Olympics print Steve Kerr of the Golden State Warriors has won the NBA's Coach of the Year award for the 2015-16 season, it was announced Tuesday. Kerr is expected to receive the … [Read more...]

The Detroit Pistons? Gone till November. From 2010 to 2015, Detroit’s “gone ‘till November” status usually hit a few weeks prior to the All-Star break, a break that Pistons players rarely had anything to do with. Not only was Detroit stuck in the NBA’s worst sort of rebuilding rut – never winning more than 32 games, never winning fewer than 27 – the team produced some of the league’s most … [Read more...]

Clippers' Paul breaks hand in loss to Blazers 4:06 AM ET Arash MarkaziESPN Senior Writer Close Former columnist and writer after five years with Sports Illustrated Markazi has also written for Slam, King, Vibe and Playboy On board of directors for Jim Murray Memorial Foundation. print PORTLAND, Ore. -- Los Angeles Clippers point guard Chris Paul suffered a fracture in his … [Read more...]

Blazers take Game 4, even series against suddenly hurting Clippers When news of Stephen Curry's knee injury broke on Monday afternoon, many analysts tabbed the Los Angeles Clippers as new favorites to move on to the Western Conference Finals. Instead, the team finished the day with major questions about their ability to get out of the first round. [Follow Dunks Don't Lie on Tumblr: The best … [Read more...]

Basketball Daily Dose: Dose: Curry, CP3, Griffin hurt Monday was a three-gamer that saw the Hornets beat the Heat (tied 2-2), the Thunder close out the Mavericks and the Blazers tie their series with the Clippers at 2-2. The news of the night was a right-hand injury to Chris Paul, who left in the third quarter and didn’t return. He has a third metacarpal fracture in his right hand, leaving the … [Read more...]

Chris Paul fractures hand in Clippers-Blazers Game 4, ruled out The NBA has seen its second injury to an All-NBA point guard in as many days. One day after presumptive Golden State Warriors superstar back-to-back MVP Stephen Curry sprained the MCL in his right knee, Los Angeles Clippers leader Chris Paul left Monday night's Game 4 of his team's series against the Portland Trail Blazers with … [Read more...]

Clippers' Paul out vs. Blazers with hand fracture 12:59 AM ET Arash MarkaziESPN Senior Writer Close Former columnist and writer after five years with Sports Illustrated Markazi has also written for Slam, King, Vibe and Playboy On board of directors for Jim Murray Memorial Foundation. print PORTLAND, Ore. - Los Angeles Clippers point guard Chris Paul suffered a fracture in his … [Read more...]

Westbrook's superstar play leads OKC by Dallas, on to San Antonio Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban made a curious statement before Monday night's Game 5 against the Oklahoma City Thunder when he declared that do-everything superstar Russell Westbrook is not a superstar. While it's not clear if Cuban has a very high threshold for the league's elite or just wanted to get people to talk him, … [Read more...]

Kemba Walker and Jeremy Lin combine for 55, Charlotte takes Game 4 A game filled with a wild array of massive and one-sided runs ended up splitting the difference in the end. The Charlotte Hornets continued to defend their home turf, riding the hot hands of guards Kemba Walker and Jeremy Lin, tying their series with the Miami Heat at 2-2 with an 89-85 win. [Follow Dunks Don't Lie on Tumblr: … [Read more...]