Basketball

With NBA Christmas games on the horizon, stars and coaches share their stories and gripes about playing on the holiday.

Christmas Day includes three NFL matchups and five NBA games. We’re previewing them all with picks, predictions, storylines and more.

In a remarkable 15-minute media session Wednesday, Golden State Warriors coach Steve Kerr took responsibility for his argument with Draymond Green that caused the forward to leave the bench in the middle of a game.

An MRI shows that Denver Nuggets forward Cam Johnson has a bone bruise in his right knee and is expected to be out for some time, sources told ESPN’s Shams Charania.

The success and virality of this duo is doing more than quiet the typical noise around the Lakers. It also might transition the franchise fully into their post-LeBron era.

From ROY and MIP races, our NBA insiders break down all 30 teams’ young riser in this week’s Power Rankings.

The Spurs beat the Thunder for the second time in 10 days after once again overwhelming the defending champions with physicality and speed.

Cooper Flagg had the best long-range shooting performance of his young career and left an impression on three-time MVP Nikola Jokic with his performance down the stretch Tuesday night.

Nuggets forward Cameron Johnson is set to undergo an MRI on his right knee after suffering what the Nuggets called a sprain in Tuesday’s loss in Dallas.