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Andre Snellings, ESPNApr 28, 2024, 07:16 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Today is almost certainly the last four-game day of the NBA season, since series will have ended before next weekend’s slate. One series could end as soon as today, with the Timberwolves carrying a 3-0 series lead into Game 4 in Phoenix. All three

Dave McMenamin, ESPN Staff WriterApr 28, 2024, 01:55 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 LOS ANGELES — Shiny purple and gold streamers fluttered down from the Crypto.com

Ramona Shelburne, ESPN Senior WriterApr 28, 2024, 02:03 AM ET Close Senior writer for ESPN.com Spent seven years at the Los Angeles Daily News Open Extended Reactions LOS ANGELES — All series, Denver Nuggets coach Michael Malone has been telling his team it needed to get out to better starts. That just because the Nuggets

Chris Herring, ESPN Senior WriterApr 27, 2024, 10:40 PM ET Open Extended Reactions MIAMI — After perhaps the most surprising result of the postseason thus far — the shorthanded, No. 8-seeded Heat beating the No. 1-seeded Celtics in Game 2 to tie the first-round series — it was natural to wonder how things would play

Andrew Lopez, ESPNApr 27, 2024, 08:59 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NEW ORLEANS — The youngest No. 1 seed in the history of the NBA playoffs certainly isn’t being hindered by its lack of playoff experience. The Oklahoma City Thunder rolled to another dominant victory over the eighth-seeded New Orleans Pelicans on Saturday afternoon, winning

Kendra Andrews, ESPNApr 27, 2024, 06:04 PM ET Open Extended Reactions ORLANDO, Fla. — Cleveland Cavaliers guard Donovan Mitchell has noticed a trend through the first four games of the first-round series against the Orlando Magic. In the first half, he’s on. But in the second half, he’s off. In Game 4, he failed to

Ohm Youngmisuk, ESPN Staff WriterApr 27, 2024, 04:16 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

Franz Wagner scores 34, leads Magic to second straight rout of Cavaliers to tie series at 2-2 — Franz Wagner had 34 points and 13 rebounds, and the Orlando Magic held the Cleveland Cavaliers scoreless for a second-half stretch of almost seven minutes Saturday in a 112-89 victory that tied the Eastern Conference first-round series

Jamal Collier, ESPNApr 27, 2024, 02:04 PM ET Open Extended Reactions INDIANAPOLIS — Milwaukee Bucks star Damian Lillard has a strained right Achilles tendon, sources confirmed to ESPN, putting his availability for Game 4 of the team’s first-round series against the Indiana Pacers in jeopardy. Lillard was wearing a walking boot following the team’s film

The harshest truth behind the Los Angeles Lakers’ 0-3 deficit to the Denver Nuggets On the brink of yet another “competitive sweep” to the Nuggets, the differences between the two franchises are stark. One spent years building a championship roster and identity; the other, after years churning and searching, remains in the wilderness.

Ramona Shelburne, ESPN Senior WriterApr 27, 2024, 10:40 AM ET Close Senior writer for ESPN.com Spent seven years at the Los Angeles Daily News Open Extended Reactions Not counting the not-so-secret tunnels inside of Crypto.com Arena, there were — at most — 100 feet between the cozy interview room in which Denver Nuggets center Nikola

Anthony Gharib, ESPNApr 27, 2024, 08:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions There’s no love lost between the Denver Nuggets and Los Angeles Lakers as their first-round series continues Saturday night with Game 4 (8:30 EST on ABC). Editor’s Picks 1 Related It’s been an entirely one-sided matchup in recent years — the Nuggets are riding

Baxter Holmes, ESPN Senior WriterApr 27, 2024, 03:16 AM 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 PHOENIX — The boos trickled down in

Ohm Youngmisuk, ESPN Staff WriterApr 27, 2024, 01:43 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

Tim MacMahon, ESPN Staff WriterApr 27, 2024, 01:35 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 DALLAS — A couple of heated confrontations during the fourth quarter of the Dallas Mavericks‘ 101-90 Game 3 win over the LA

Apr 27, 2024, 12:11 AM ET Open Extended Reactions CAIRO – Thierry Darlan’s Bangui beat Khaman Maluach’s City Oilers 91-76 in the Basketball Africa League Nile Conference on Friday, to put the team from the Central African Republic team on the brink of qualification for the playoffs in Rwanda. Egypt’s Al Ahly defeated Libya’s Al

Jamal Collier, ESPNApr 27, 2024, 12:09 AM ET INDIANAPOLIS — Injuries are beginning to pile up for the Milwaukee Bucks, presenting them with a new hurdle as they try to rally from a 2-1 deficit in their first-round series against the Indiana Pacers. Milwaukee has already been playing without two-time MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo, sidelined with

Associated Press Apr 26, 2024, 09:21 PM ET Open Extended Reactions INDIANAPOLIS — Tyrese Haliburton completed a three-point play with 1.6 seconds left, capping his first postseason triple-double in his first home playoff game to give the Indiana Pacers a 121-118 overtime victory over the Milwaukee Bucks on Friday night. Indiana leads the best-of-seven series