10:14 AM ET Orlando Magic coach Steve Clifford has cleared health and safety protocols and will be back on the sidelines for Wednesday’s game against the Celtics, the team announced. Clifford tested positive for COVID-19 on Thursday, April 22. He then returned two negative tests the next day before again testing positive on April 24.
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7:00 AM ET The NBA regular season ends May 16. But we still have so much to figure out! Will the Philadelphia 76ers, Brooklyn Nets or Milwaukee Bucks secure the No. 1 seed in the Eastern Conference? Can the surging Phoenix Suns outduel the Utah Jazz in the race for the Western Conference’s top seed?
7:00 AM ET Andrew Lopez Ohm Youngmisuk Close ESPN Staff Writer 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
3:48 AM ET Losers of six out of their past seven games with just two weeks remaining in the regular season, the defending champion Los Angeles Lakers don’t look anything like a title team right now. And after Sunday’s 121-114 defeat at Staples Center to a Toronto Raptors team that came into the night 12
12:25 AM ET DALLAS — Mavericks superstar Luka Doncic is one technical foul shy this season of hitting the threshold for an automatic one-game suspension following his ejection from Dallas’ 111-99 loss to the Sacramento Kings on Sunday. Doncic received his 14th technical foul of the season in the second quarter and his 15th with
11:49 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN BOSTON — While the Boston Celtics suffered a 129-119 loss to the Portland Trail Blazers at TD Garden on Sunday night, of far greater concern was the status of All-Star guard Jaylen Brown after he limped off the court without putting any weight on his right leg after awkwardly colliding
10:16 PM ET DALLAS — Sacramento Kings rookie guard Tyrese Haliburton suffered a left knee injury that forced him to exit Sunday’s game against the Dallas Mavericks in the third quarter. Haliburton will have an MRI on Monday morning, but there’s initial optimism he may have avoided a serious injury, sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski.
8:57 PM ET In an epic showdown among some of the league’s most talented stars, Giannis Antetokounmpo dropped 49 points to outduel Kevin Durant‘s 42 points and lift the Bucks to a 117-114 victory over the Nets on Sunday. The game — which came down to the final seconds — was one that many considered
2:08 AM ET DALLAS — Luka Doncic couldn’t hardly believe the box score from the Dallas Mavericks‘ 125-124 win over the Washington Wizards. He wasn’t too amazed by his 31-point, 12-rebound, 20-assist triple-double despite joining an exclusive club with that line. The only other players in NBA history to record 30-point, 20-assist triple-doubles: Oscar Robertson,
2:58 AM ET Kawhi Leonard said there is “nothing significant” with his foot injury and that he has been playing with it for some time. In his first game back after missing the previous five games due to right foot soreness, Leonard had 16 points, six assists and five rebounds in 30 minutes in the
1:20 AM ET Andrew LopezESPN Staring at a double-digit deficit and watching their dwindling playoff hopes fade away late in the fourth quarter against the Minnesota Timberwolves on Saturday night, the New Orleans Pelicans leaned on Zion Williamson, Lonzo Ball and Brandon Ingram to keep them fighting. Trailing by 10 with under four minutes left,
12:41 AM ET OKLAHOMA CITY — Behind a franchise record 152 points, the Indiana Pacers handed the Oklahoma City Thunder the largest home loss in NBA history on Saturday, 152-95. The 57-point margin is tops the previous mark of 56, set by the Celtics over the Bulls in 2018 and the SuperSonics over the Rockets
9:07 PM ET LA Clippers All-Star Kawhi Leonard will return to the court on Saturday against the Denver Nuggets. Leonard missed the previous five games due to right foot soreness and has sat out nine of the Clippers’ previous 10 games. With eight games remaining in the season, the Clippers want to develop as much
9:53 PM ET The LaMelo Ball campaign for Rookie of the Year is officially back on. The Charlotte Hornets point guard dazzled in Saturday’s 107-84 win over the Detroit Pistons, his first game action in six weeks while recovering from a fractured right wrist. Ball finished with 11 points, eight assists and seven rebounds and
6:06 PM ET ESPN News Services After missing Friday’s game because of a right ankle sprain, Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo is listed as probable to play Sunday against the Brooklyn Nets, according to Milwaukee’s injury report. Antetokounmpo sat out the Bucks’ 108-98 win over the Chicago Bulls on Friday, after he exited in the opening
1:39 PM ET Charlotte Hornets rookie LaMelo Ball, who has been out since March 20 with a fractured wrist, could return to play Saturday, sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. Ball will test his wrist pregame before making a final determination on whether he’ll play against the Detroit Pistons, sources said. He could be joined in
12:04 AM ET Jayson Tatum‘s 60-point performance on Friday night was nothing short of spectacular. Along with tying Larry Bird’s Celtics franchise record for points in a game, he helped Boston overcome a 32-point deficit in a 143-140 OT win over the San Antonio Spurs. He trails only Devin Booker as the second-youngest player with
10:50 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN BOSTON — At halftime of Friday night’s game here at TD Garden between the Celtics and San Antonio Spurs, the only history anyone would’ve thought might happen on this night would be Boston setting one for margin of defeat. Instead, a dismal first half only set the stage for a