Hawks suffocate C's into historic offensive futility in Game 2 win Sometimes all you need is six really good minutes. [Follow Dunks Don't Lie on Tumblr: The best slams from all of basketball] The Atlanta Hawks roared out of the gates on Tuesday, taking the fight right to a Boston Celtics club playing without injured contributors Avery Bradley and Kelly Olynyk by racing out to a 24-3 lead … [Read more...]

Sources: Kings set trio of interviews for opening 9:27 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 Mark Jackson, Vinny Del Negro and Sam Mitchell are the first three candidates scheduled to interview for the Sacramento Kings' vacant coaching position, according to … [Read more...]

Ray Allen on Stephen Curry: 'He’s creating a lane all of his own' Most can agree that we’ve never seen anything like Stephen Curry, but that hasn’t stopped us from trying to figure out just where the heck this monster sprung from. [Follow Dunks Don't Lie on Tumblr: The best slams from all of basketball] His father Dell, a knockout shooter and one of the NBA’s first three-point specialists, … [Read more...]

Meet Dab Kid, the unsung hero of Spurs-Grizzlies Game 1 To the untrained eye, the San Antonio Spurs' 106-74 annihilation of the Memphis Grizzlies on Sunday in Game 1 of their first-round playoff series didn't feature a whole lot of noteworthy stuff. The Spurs crushed the injury-ravaged Grizzlies; Kawhi Leonard scored 20 points and proved his Defensive Player of the Year mettle with four … [Read more...]

Suns remove interim tag, hire Watson as coach 4:34 PM ET Chris Broussard Close ESPN Senior Writer Senior Writer for ESPN The Magazine Formerly at the New York Times, 1998-2004 Covering the NBA since 1995 Marc Stein Close ESPN Senior Writer • Senior NBA writer for ESPN.com• Began covering the NBA in 1993-94• Also covered soccer, tennis and the Olympics print The Phoenix Suns … [Read more...]

Nowitzki has knee bone bruise, day-to-day 3:31 PM ET Tim MacMahonESPN Staff Writer Close Joined ESPNDallas.com in September 2009 Covers the Dallas Cowboys and Dallas Mavericks Appears regularly on ESPN Dallas 103.3 FM print DALLAS -- One more big name was added to the lengthy Dallas Mavericks injury report after an MRI revealed star forward Dirk Nowitzki has a bone bruise in his … [Read more...]

Tim Duncan on a farewell tour: 'Not my deal, not my style' There are a lot of things that aren’t Tim Duncan’s “deal,” and plenty of things that aren’t his “style.” [Follow Dunks Don't Lie on Tumblr: The best slams from all of basketball] Phones without cords. Swords without homes. Au courant denim styles and four-cylinder engines. Knowing more than one head coach in his professional … [Read more...]

NBA Fantasy Trends: Stats: Brad Without Bradley Kevin Durant had a bad night during a stunning home loss to the Mavs on Monday. He made 7-of-33 from the field with an unbelievable 26 misses. Those 26 misses are the most since Michael Jordan back in 1997 -- yes, shooters are gonna shoot. It’s also the first playoff game KD had with more than 20 misses. In other words, some evil spirit was trapped … [Read more...]

Clips' Crawford wins Sixth Man honor for 3rd time 11:01 AM ET ESPN.com news services print Los Angeles Clippers guard Jamal Crawford on Tuesday became the first player to win the NBA's Sixth Man Award for a third time. Crawford, who at 36 is the oldest player to win the award, averaged 14.2 points and 2.3 assists in 79 games this season, coming off the bench in 74. He also … [Read more...]

Jamal Crawford wins his third Sixth Man of the Year Award With a limiting lack of standout candidates, NBA media voters fell back on something comfortable when taking the time to pick this season’s Sixth Man of the Year Award. Los Angeles Clipper guard Jamal Crawford has won it yet again, for the third time in his 16-year career. [Follow Dunks Don't Lie on Tumblr: The best slams from all of … [Read more...]