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Apr 8, 2024, 08:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions The NBA regular season has now entered the final week, but there’s still plenty of play ahead of Sunday’s last slate of games and the ensuing play-in tournament — which goes from April 16 to 19. Editor’s Picks 2 Related Several teams are still fighting to

Ramona Shelburne, ESPN Senior WriterApr 8, 2024, 08:00 AM ET Close Senior writer for ESPN.com Spent seven years at the Los Angeles Daily News Open Extended Reactions WITH 6:56 LEFT in the third quarter of what should have been a fairly routine game in early March, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander knocked down an 18-foot jumper to give

Dave McMenamin, ESPN Staff WriterApr 7, 2024, 11:48 PM ET Close Lakers and NBA reporter for ESPN. Covered the Lakers and NBA for ESPNLosAngeles.com from 2009-14, the Cavaliers from 2014-18 for ESPN.com and the NBA for NBA.com from 2005-09. Open Extended Reactions LOS ANGELES — Anthony Davis aggravated a left eye injury and was ruled

Apr 7, 2024, 02:06 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Philadelphia 76ers star center Joel Embiid is out for Sunday’s game against the San Antonio Spurs due to left knee injury recovery. It’s the first game Embiid has missed since returning to the court on Tuesday in a win over the Oklahoma City Thunder. He had

Associated Press Apr 6, 2024, 07:36 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NEW YORK — On the schedule, it was Game 78. It was something far more meaningful for Brooklyn Nets forward Dorian Finney-Smith. Finney-Smith’s father, Elbert Smith, was at Barclays Center on Saturday night for the Nets’ game against the Detroit Pistons. It marked the

Dave McMenamin, ESPN Staff WriterApr 6, 2024, 08:52 PM ET Close Lakers and NBA reporter for ESPN. Covered the Lakers and NBA for ESPNLosAngeles.com from 2009-14, the Cavaliers from 2014-18 for ESPN.com and the NBA for NBA.com from 2005-09. Open Extended Reactions LOS ANGELES — The Lakers are playing their best basketball in months as

Associated Pressd Apr 6, 2024, 12:11 PM ET Open Extended Reactions GLENDALE, Ariz. – Vince Carter wowed the basketball world with his high-flying dunks for more than two decades. Chauncey Billups was a clutch guard and Finals MVP for the Detroit Pistons. Two icons from the 2000s era of basketball are headed to the Naismith

Jamal Collier, ESPNApr 5, 2024, 08:00 PM ET Open Extended Reactions CHICAGO — Knicks guard OG Anunoby is in the starting lineup for Friday’s game against the Chicago Bulls, returning for his first game since March 16. Anunoby had missed the last nine games with lingering discomfort in his right elbow. The Knicks are 15-2

Associated Press Apr 5, 2024, 08:19 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NEW ORLEANS — Zion Williamson, New Orleans’ leading scorer, missed the Pelicans’ game against the San Antonio Spurs on Friday night because of a bruised left finger. Williamson, averaging 22.8 points, 5.8 rebounds and 5.0 assists this season, injured the hand while trying to

Tim MacMahon, ESPN Staff WriterApr 5, 2024, 10:00 AM ET Close Joined ESPNDallas.com in September 2009 Covers the Dallas Cowboys and Dallas Mavericks Appears regularly on ESPN Dallas 103.3 FM Open Extended Reactions SABRINA IONESCU COULDN’T wait for the start of the NBA season. Specifically, the WNBA All-Star circled the Boston Celtics‘ season opener as

Kendra Andrews, ESPNApr 5, 2024, 12:56 AM ET Open Extended Reactions HOUSTON — Golden State Warriors players Draymond Green and Klay Thompson stood, faced the crowd in Houston, and yelled “Warrrriors, come out to play!” The phrase was the same one Rockets forward Tari Eason wore on his shirt pregame. But after the Warriors beat

Apr 4, 2024, 02:35 PM ET Open Extended Reactions New Orleans Pelicans forward Zion Williamson is considered day-to-day because of a finger injury on his left hand after X-rays and scans came back negative, coach Willie Green told reporters Thursday. “Everything structurally was fine, just some soreness in his finger,” Green said. Williamson missed the

Adrian Wojnarowski, ESPNApr 4, 2024, 10:46 AM ET Open Extended Reactions After two months of rehabilitation to attempt a return to the New York Knicks, All-NBA forward Julius Randle will undergo season-ending right shoulder surgery, the team announced Thursday. Randle, who has been out since dislocating his shoulder on Jan. 27, had been relentlessly rehabilitating

Dave McMenamin, ESPN Staff WriterApr 4, 2024, 12:57 AM ET Close Lakers and NBA reporter for ESPN. Covered the Lakers and NBA for ESPNLosAngeles.com from 2009-14, the Cavaliers from 2014-18 for ESPN.com and the NBA for NBA.com from 2005-09. Open Extended Reactions WASHINGTON — Count LeBron James among the scores of viewers tuning into the

ESPN News Services Apr 3, 2024, 10:40 PM ET Open Extended Reactions BOSTON — Kristaps Porzingis had 27 points, 12 rebounds and five blocks, helping the Boston Celtics power past the Oklahoma City Thunder 135-100 on Wednesday night to secure the best record in the NBA and home-court advantage throughout the playoffs. Boston, which won

Apr 3, 2024, 10:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions We’re less than two weeks away from the conclusion of the 2023-24 NBA regular season, and a myriad of possibilities still remain in the West and East playoff seeding. In the Western Conference, the Oklahoma City Thunder, Denver Nuggets and Minnesota Timberwolves have each locked up

ESPN News Services Apr 2, 2024, 12:46 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Rajon Rondo officially announced his retirement from the NBA after 16 seasons. During an appearance on the “All the Smoke” podcast, Rondo was quick with a response when asked by host Matt Barnes if the NBA has seen the last of him. “Absolutely,”

Apr 2, 2024, 07:03 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Philadelphia 76ers star center Joel Embiid is in the starting lineup for the first time since Jan. 30 for Tuesday’s game against the Oklahoma City Thunder. Embiid has been rehabbing from left meniscus surgery and returns with seven games left in the Sixers’ regular season. Philadelphia