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2:55 AM ET The LA Clippers arrived to Dallas down 0-2 with their future clouded in uncertainty but left with home-court advantage and momentum thanks to Kawhi Leonard and Paul George playing the relentless style they envisioned when they joined forces. For the second straight game, Leonard and George overwhelmed Luka Doncic and the Dallas

3:11 AM ET The inaugural Basketball Africa League came to an end on Sunday, with Zamalek of Egypt upsetting Tunisia’s US Monastir, who had been unbeaten till then, to be crowned champions in Kigali. Thus ended two packed weeks of action in a shortened tournament, which had been postponed and re-organised in order to accommodate

1:06 AM ET Dallas Mavericks star Luka Doncic downplayed the impact of his cervical strain on a Game 4 outing he described as “terrible,” but he acknowledged after Sunday’s 106-81 loss to the visiting LA Clippers that it’s a nerve issue. “The pain is like neck and then the nerve down,” Doncic said. “I don’t

8:50 PM ET The Los Angeles Lakers will get no sympathy from the Phoenix Suns or any of the remaining playoff teams after they lost star forward Anthony Davis to a groin injury during a 100-92 loss Sunday afternoon at Staples Center. The Suns, after all, have been playing this first-round Western Conference playoff series

10:27 PM ET A fan at TD Garden for Game 4 of the Brooklyn Nets and Boston Celtics first-round series appeared to throw a water bottle at the head of Nets guard Kyrie Irving. The bottle missed Irving, who was walking toward the tunnel following the Nets’ 141-126 win on Sunday night. “You’re seeing a

5:55 PM ET Andrew LopezESPN As tough and as physical as the first four games of the series against the New York Knicks have been, the Atlanta Hawks know their work isn’t done. The Hawks jumped out to a 3-1 lead in the first-round series Sunday in front of 16,458 fans with a 113-96 win

5:21 PM ET LOS ANGELES — Anthony Davis missed the second half of the Lakers‘ 100-92 loss to the Suns on Sunday with a strained left groin. Davis missed a layup inside the final minute of the second quarter and collapsed to the floor after landing. He was slow to get up, clutching at his

7:40 PM ET ESPN News Services LOS ANGELES — Phoenix Suns coach Monty Williams initially planned to sit Chris Paul for Game 4 against the Lakers. A persistent shoulder injury had reduced the point guard to a fraction of himself, and Williams didn’t think Paul could help in a crucial game. Paul changed his coach’s

5:42 PM ET Dave McMenamin Close ESPN Staff Writer 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. Adrian Wojnarowski Close Senior NBA Insider Host of The Woj Pod Joined ESPN in 2017 Los Angeles Lakers

5:57 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN BOSTON — The Celtics will be without All-Star guard Kemba Walker and center Robert Williams for Game 4 of their first-round series with the Brooklyn Nets at TD Garden on Sunday night. Walker is dealing with a bone bruise in his left knee that he suffered in Game 2. Williams

1:53 PM ET Dallas Mavericks star Luka Doncic is expected to play Sunday against the LA Clippers in Game 4 of their first-round playoff series despite a strained neck, a source told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. Doncic is officially listed as questionable for the game, but Mavericks coach Rick Carlisle said Saturday that he thought Doncic

2:19 AM ET Mike Conley still can’t quite believe the way the basketball stars have aligned. After spending 12 seasons with the Memphis Grizzlies, the veteran Utah Jazz guard is still adjusting to the fact that his new team is facing his old team in an emotional first-round playoff series. But after scoring 27 points,

10:10 PM ET Getting little resistance and confident in deploying his full array of offensive skills, Joel Embiid unleashed a crushing performance Saturday night as he posted a playoff career-high 36 points in just 28 minutes to lead the Philadelphia 76ers to a 132-103 victory over the Washington Wizards. He made 14-of-18 shots, with a

8:21 PM ET It’s not unusual for Denver Nuggets coach Michael Malone to tell it like it is and he put it quite bluntly again after a 115-95 loss in Game 4 to the Portland Trail Blazers. “Our starters were awful,” he said. “I thought we had some guys that were tentative, that looked a

5:30 PM ET Dallas Mavericks superstar Luka Doncic is listed as questionable for Sunday’s Game 4 against the LA Clippers due to a cervical strain. Mavs coach Rick Carlisle said he thinks Doncic will play, “but we’ll see how he feels tomorrow.” After the Mavs’ Game 3 loss Friday night, Doncic said he started experiencing

6:19 PM ET Seven months after suffering a devastating defeat in the 2020 conference semifinals to the Miami Heat as a No. 1 seed, the Milwaukee Bucks on Saturday avenged that loss with a 120-103 win, clinching their first-round series over the Heat in a sweep. “It’s a great moment for us, winning 4-0, and

5:06 PM ET LOS ANGELES — Despite the team listing him as questionable with a left knee sprain, Los Angeles Lakers star Anthony Davis says there is “no chance” he sits out Sunday’s Game 4 with L.A. looking to take a commanding 3-1 lead in its first-round series with the Phoenix Suns. “There’s no chance

1:39 PM ET ESPN News Services Mark Eaton, the 7-foot-4 shot-blocking king who twice was the NBA’s Defensive Player of the Year during his career with the Utah Jazz, has died, the team said Saturday. He was 64. The Jazz said police said Eaton was found lying in the road around 8:30 p.m. Friday night