Basketball

Photo: SportsCenter screenshot/Twitter Patrick Beverley was untimely ousted from the Los Angeles Lakers’ road duel against the Phoenix Suns on Tuesday after body checking Deandre Ayton late in the fourth period. The sequence started when Devin Booker committed a flagrant foul penalty 1 against Austin Reaves with less than four…

In a 19-point scoring effort versus the Oklahoma City Thunder on Friday, Memphis Grizzlies star Ja Morant went down with a left ankle injury after landing awkwardly on it. The reigning Most Improved Player had 11 assists in the contest as well. Initial evaluations on his ankle indicated Morant would…

The Golden State Warriors used the second overall pick of the 2020 NBA Draft on Memphis product James Wiseman, and so far, he’s still finding his way into the rotation. Wiseman hasn’t been the pivotal factor to the aging Dubs lineup as head coach Steve Kerr would’ve hoped for. With…

In their last four games away from home, the Miami Heat have played without their usual starting five unit due to injuries to Bam Adebayo, Tyler Herro, and Jimmy Butler. With three of the four losses coming down to the wire, Heat head coach Erik Spoelstra feels the quality of…

Ben Simmons will be playing against the 76ers for the first time since the franchise that drafted No. 1 overall traded him at the deadline to the Brooklyn Nets. Following a Tuesday morning shootaround, Simmons said it “feels good to be back” at Wells Fargo Center and that he’s “locked-in”…

Lauri Markkanen is mounting an All-Star-level campaign during his first year with the Utah Jazz. The sixth-year forward is averaging a career-best 22.4 points, 8.5 rebounds, and 2.4 assists per game on 53.9 percent shooting from the field and 36.1 percent from beyond the arc. Markkanen is the lead scorer…

It’s as simple as this, Yuta Watanabe keeps that thang on him. The 28-year-old lefty out of George Washington currently leads the entire NBA in three-point accuracy with a 57.1 percent clip from beyond the arc. Joe Harris, a two-time three-point percentage leader, put it best when he said that…

The NBA2K23 took the current gaming field by storm due to its hi-tech features and advanced gameplays that blend very well to the desire of basketball gamers. Being the 24th installation of the NBA2K, the game needs to be more special – which prompted the developers to make a sudden…

Photo: Amy Sussman/Getty Images Kobe Bryant’s daughter, Natalia, filed for a temporary restraining order against a man who she says has stalked her in person and sent repeated messages to her on social media. In court docs filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court Monday, Bryant said that Dwayne Kemp has left…

AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez To avoid getting into luxury tax the Hawks will look to offload at least of the three players – John Collins, Bogdan Bogdanovic, or Clint Capela – according to Michael Scotto of HoopsHype. Among them Bogdanovic is reportedly the most available. The 30-year-old Serbian forward has…