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Jamal Collier, ESPNMar 4, 2024, 07:29 PM ET Open Extended Reactions MILWAUKEE — Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo missed Monday’s game against the LA Clippers with left Achilles tendinitis, but Milwaukee was able to rally for a 113-106 victory and extend its winning streak to six games. Bucks coach Doc Rivers said Antetokounmpo has been dealing

ESPN News Services Mar 4, 2024, 08:20 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Free agent guard/forward Dylan Windler has agreed on a two-way contract with the Atlanta Hawks, his agents told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. The Hawks announced the deal Monday but did not disclose terms. The 6-foot-7 Windler has played in a combined 11 games this

Field Level Media Mar 4, 2024, 09:10 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Toronto Raptors All-Star forward Scottie Barnes had surgery in Los Angeles to repair a fracture to the third metacarpal bone of his left hand, the team announced Monday. Barnes broke the middle finger when his hand hit the rim while trying to block

Adrian Wojnarowski, ESPNMar 4, 2024, 06:04 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Toronto Raptors center Kelly Olynyk has signed a two-year, $26.25 million contract extension, agent Jeff Schwartz of Excel Sports told ESPN on Monday. Olynyk was eligible to sign the extension — which takes him through the 2025-2026 season — until June 30 and gives

Adrian Wojnarowski, ESPNMar 4, 2024, 06:57 PM ET Open Extended Reactions LA Clippers guard Russell Westbrook — one of the NBA’s top sixth men — underwent surgery on his fractured left hand on Monday, and there’s hope he’ll return before the start of the Western Conference playoffs in April, sources told ESPN. Westbrook fractured his

Jim McCormick, Special to ESPN.comMar 4, 2024, 03:52 PM ET Close Jim McCormick is a fantasy football and fantasy basketball analyst for ESPN.com. Open Extended Reactions Working the waiver wire is pivotal to succeeding in fantasy basketball. With so many games, injuries and endless shifts in rotations throughout the marathon campaign, we’ll need to source

Mar 4, 2024, 05:13 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Cleveland Cavaliers star guard Donovan Mitchell received a platelet-rich plasma injection Monday to treat a bone bruise in his left knee and will be out at least the next three games, the team announced. Mitchell has missed the past two games with knee soreness. He will

Associated Press Mar 4, 2024, 01:15 PM ET Open Extended Reactions CLEVELAND — Taylor Swift’s boyfriend has taken shaking it off to another level. Travis Kelce, the Kansas City Chiefs tight end who began dating the pop music superstar during this past season, will be honored Tuesday night with a bobblehead giveaway when the Cleveland

Mar 4, 2024, 06:07 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Khaman Maluach, the projected third pick of the 2025 NBA Draft, will play in this season’s Basketball Africa League (BAL) for Uganda’s City Oilers, while potential 2024 first round pick Ulrich Chomche will represent Rwanda’s APR. ESPN has seen a document, confirmed as legitimate by multiple

ESPN News Services Mar 4, 2024, 01:28 AM ET Open Extended Reactions PHOENIX — Jusuf Nurkic broke the Suns‘ franchise record with 31 rebounds, the most in an NBA game in 14 years, but he didn’t want to talk much about the feat after a 118-110 loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder on Sunday night.

ESPN News Services Mar 4, 2024, 12:19 AM ET Open Extended Reactions The Cavaliers paid tribute to Nick Gilbert, the late son of owner Dan Gilbert, during halftime of Sunday’s game against the New York Knicks in Cleveland, raising a banner to the rafters at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse in his honor. Gilbert died in May

ESPN News Services Mar 3, 2024, 07:52 PM ET Open Extended Reactions CLEVELAND — Knicks All-Star guard Jalen Brunson had to be helped off the floor Sunday because of a left knee injury — a potentially devastating setback for New York — in the first minute of a 107-98 win over the Cavaliers. However, Knicks

ESPN News Services Mar 3, 2024, 07:10 PM ET Open Extended Reactions BOSTON — Jaylen Brown scored 29 points, Jayson Tatum had 27 on his 26th birthday, and the NBA-best Boston Celtics posted their third-largest winning margin in franchise history, drubbing the weary Golden State Warriors 140-88 on Sunday. Payton Pritchard added 19 points for

Mar 3, 2024, 04:05 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Phoenix Suns star guard Devin Booker is out for Sunday’s game against the Oklahoma City Thunder with a right ankle sprain. Booker sprained the ankle late in the Suns’ loss to the Houston Rockets on Saturday night after his feet got tangled with teammate Royce O’Neale.

Mar 3, 2024, 02:27 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Houston Rockets forward Tari Eason will have season-ending surgery on his left leg Monday, coach Ime Udoka said Saturday night. Eason, who has been out since Jan. 1 and has appeared in only 22 games this season, has been dealing with a benign growth on his

ESPN News Services Mar 3, 2024, 01:53 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Boston Celtics power forward/center Kristaps Porzingis has been ruled out of Sunday’s game against the visiting Golden State Warriors due to a left quad contusion. Porzingis, 28, is averaging 20.3 points, 6.9 rebounds, 1.9 assists and 1.8 blocks in 44 games (all starts)

ESPN News Services Mar 3, 2024, 01:23 AM ET Open Extended Reactions PHOENIX — Devin Booker sprained his right ankle on Saturday night during the Phoenix Suns‘ 118-109 loss to the Houston Rockets. Suns coach Frank Vogel said X-rays were negative on Booker’s ankle, and he didn’t immediately rule the All-Star out of Sunday’s home

Open Extended Reactions LeBron James extended his all-time scoring record on Saturday by becoming the first NBA player to reach 40,000 regular-season points. Editor’s Picks The Los Angeles Lakers star passed the total with a driving left hand layup early in the second quarter, leading to a standing ovation from the Crypto.com Arena crowd. There