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Mar 27, 2024, 07:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions We’re coming down to the wire of the 2023-24 NBA regular season, and the race to stay out of the play-in tournament is only getting tighter in the Eastern and Western Conferences. In the East, the Philadelphia 76ers have tumbled down the ranks since Joel Embiid’s

Dave McMenamin, ESPN Staff WriterMar 27, 2024, 01:57 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 MILWAUKEE — Exhausted from logging 52 minutes, 51 seconds — the most playing

Brian Windhorst, ESPN Senior WriterMar 26, 2024, 10:53 AM ET Close ESPN.com NBA writer since 2010 Covered Cleveland Cavs for seven years Author of two books Open Extended Reactions USA Basketball announced its four-member 3×3 national team for the Paris Olympics Tuesday. Canyon Barry, former NBA player Jimmer Fredette, Kareem Maddox and Dylan Travis will

Ohm Youngmisuk, ESPN Staff WriterMar 26, 2024, 07:00 AM ET Close Ohm Youngmisuk has covered the Giants, Jets and the NFL since 2006. Prior to that, he covered the Nets, Knicks and the NBA for nearly a decade. He joined ESPNNewYork.com after working at the New York Daily News for almost 12 years and is

Mar 25, 2024, 06:14 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Toronto Raptors forward Jontay Porter is under investigation by the NBA following multiple instances of betting irregularities over the past several months, multiple sources told ESPN on Monday. At issue are prop bets involving Porter from games on Jan. 26 and March 20, multiple sources told

Andrew Lopez, ESPNMar 25, 2024, 08:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions INSIDE THE VISITOR’S locker room at the Frost Bank Center in San Antonio, the Portland Trail Blazers are getting their belongings together, heading home after an exhausting four-game road trip in late January. As players head out to the bus, small pink backpacks can

ESPN News Services Mar 24, 2024, 07:24 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The NBA on Sunday suspended Utah Jazz guard Kris Dunn for two games and Houston Rockets forward Jabari Smith Jr. for one, the result of a fight the two had during a game the previous night. In a statement, NBA head of basketball

Kendra Andrews, ESPNMar 24, 2024, 11:46 PM ET Open Extended Reactions MINNEAPOLIS — Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry watched from the bench as his team took blow after blow from the Minnesota Timberwolves in the fourth quarter of their eventual 114-110 loss on Sunday night. He was ready — he was expecting — to

Mar 14, 2024, 10:27 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The 2024 NBA playoffs will soon be here and teams are beginning to book their postseason spots before the regular season ends on April 14. The top six teams from each conference will be assured playoff spots, while team Nos. 7-10 in the standings will enter

ESPN News Services Mar 24, 2024, 12:20 AM ET Open Extended Reactions HOUSTON — Rockets forward Jabari Smith Jr. and Utah Jazz guard Kris Dunn were ejected after throwing punches five seconds into the second quarter of Houston’s 147-119 win on Saturday night. The fight happened after the pair got tangled up while the ball

ESPN News Services Mar 23, 2024, 10:57 PM ET Open Extended Reactions PORTLAND, Ore. — The Trail Blazers started five rookies Saturday night against Denver Nuggets, only the second time that has happened since starters were first tracked on NBA box scores more than 50 years ago. Scoot Henderson, the No. 3 pick in the

Associated Press Mar 21, 2024, 06:04 PM ET Open Extended Reactions SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Kings guard Kevin Huerter will be sidelined with a dislocated left shoulder and labral tear. Huerter has been out since getting injured Monday night in the first quarter of a win against Memphis. The team said Thursday that treatment options are

Associated Press Mar 21, 2024, 07:16 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NEW YORK — The G League Ignite will not play after this season. The league made the announcement Thursday, saying it was shutting down the Henderson, Nevada-based Ignite because of “the changing basketball landscape, including the NCAA’s Name, Image and Likeness (NIL) policy and

Ohm Youngmisuk, ESPN Staff WriterMar 22, 2024, 06:13 PM ET Close Ohm Youngmisuk has covered the Giants, Jets and the NFL since 2006. Prior to that, he covered the Nets, Knicks and the NBA for nearly a decade. He joined ESPNNewYork.com after working at the New York Daily News for almost 12 years and is

Mar 22, 2024, 10:56 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Brandon Ingram will miss at least the next two weeks after hyperextending his left knee in the New Orleans Pelicans‘ Thursday night loss to the Orlando Magic. In a statement, the Pelicans said Ingram will be reevaluated in two weeks after an MRI showed a bone

Associated Press Mar 21, 2024, 10:43 PM ET Open Extended Reactions HOUSTON — DeMar DeRozan and Dillon Brooks were both ejected after being involved in an on-court scrum in Thursday’ night’s game between the Chicago Bulls and Houston Rockets. With 6:02 remaining in the third quarter and the Rockets leading 84-75, Jalen Green was bringing

Associated Press Mar 21, 2024, 07:49 PM ET Open Extended Reactions MILWAUKEE — Giannis Antetokounmpo is back in the Milwaukee Bucks‘ starting lineup Thursday against the Brooklyn Nets after missing two games with a left hamstring issue. Antetokounmpo, a two-time MVP, had been out with what the team described as tendinopathy in his hamstring. Tendinopathy

Baxter Holmes, ESPN Senior WriterMar 21, 2024, 05:17 PM ET Close Baxter Holmes (@Baxter) is a senior writer for ESPN Digital and Print, focusing on the NBA. He has covered the Lakers, the Celtics and previously worked for The Boston Globe and Los Angeles Times. Open Extended Reactions An ex-Minnesota Timberwolves employee is out of