Stephen Curry ejected, hits fan with mouthpiece in Game 6 meltdown A frustrating and disappointing Game 6 of the 2016 NBA Finals for Stephen Curry ended in a stunning bit of personal history: the first ejection for the back-to-back NBA Most Valuable Player's professional career. [Follow Dunks Don't Lie on Tumblr: The best slams from all of basketball] Steph Curry fouls out, throws his mouth … [Read more...]

Dahntay Jones makes sudden impact for Cavaliers 11:28 PM ET Dave McMenaminESPN Staff Writer Close Cavs and NBA writer for ESPN.com Covered the Lakers and NBA for ESPNLosAngeles.com from 2009-14 and the NBA for NBA.com from 2005-09 Syracuse University graduate CLEVELAND -- Late in the second quarter of Game 6 of the NBA Finals, Cleveland Cavaliers coach Tyronn Lue went to an unlikely member of … [Read more...]

Craig Sager's covering his first NBA Finals game, and it's awesome It's hard to get unanimous support for just about anything on the internet, but it's hard to imagine getting much closer than the widespread outpouring of love and excitement for the news that legendary sideline reporter Craig Sager would make a one-time only trip down the dial from his longtime home at TNT to join ESPN's … [Read more...]

Tom Brady watches NBA Finals with nod to Steph Curry's shoes 9:52 PM ET Mike ReissESPN New England Patriots reporter Close Covered Patriots since 1997 Joined ESPN in 2009 Stephen Curry's shoes have been a topic of discussion during the NBA Finals, and not always for the better. But he has a supporter in New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady, as evidenced by the following Facebook … [Read more...]

J.R. Smith's daughter is proud of him for not screwing up again Cleveland Cavaliers shooter J.R. Smith has had a relatively poor NBA Finals so far, making one-third of his shot attempts or worse in four of five games and scoring more than 10 in just one. In the grand scheme of things, though, this has been a successful season for Smith. Now 30 years old, he continues to transition into a … [Read more...]

Jared Dudley on Kevin Durant signing with Washington: 'I don’t see it' Just about everyone associated with the NBA – from its owners, front office staff, coaches, media and (most importantly) players on down – has an opinion as to what team Kevin Durant will sign with in July. [Follow Dunks Don't Lie on Tumblr: The best slams from all of basketball] The Oklahoma City Thunder superstar and … [Read more...]

Draymond says he's not 'He-Man,' but Kerr calls him NBA's most versatile D man 4:30 PM ET J.A. AdandeESPN Senior Writer Close ESPN.com senior writer since 2007 Around The Horn panelist Formerly at Los Angeles Times CLEVELAND -- The main thing the 2016 NBA Finals have lacked is balance. The series hasn't been tied since the Golden State Warriors won Game 1. We have yet to … [Read more...]

Kevin Love will play, failed GoFundMe or no, and the Cavs need him Through five games, it's fair to say that the 2016 NBA Finals have not exactly gone how Kevin Love might have hoped. [Follow Dunks Don't Lie on Tumblr: The best slams from all of basketball] Everyone knew heading into the rematch with the Golden State Warriors that Love, who had settled into a tertiary role in the Cleveland … [Read more...]

ESPN Forecast: Predicting who wins Warriors-Cavs Game 6, NBA title 3:00 PM ET Will the Golden State Warriors or the Cleveland Cavaliers win the NBA title? And in how many games? Who will win Finals MVP? Heading into Game 6, here are the predictions from our ESPN Forecast panel of experts, ESPN's Basketball Power Index (BPI), FiveThirtyEight, PredictWise and a panel of fans. Predicting Game 6 Who … [Read more...]

Ex-Cavaliers coach David Blatt: 'I can't watch the Finals' In the third week of January the Cleveland Cavaliers were on pace to win 60 games, coming off of a sound and nationally-televised 13-point win over the Los Angeles Clippers. With Chicago and Atlanta fading, and Toronto not quite there yet, the team was the overwhelming favorite to take the East’s top seed and represent the Eastern … [Read more...]