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Dave McMenamin, ESPN Staff WriterApr 18, 2024, 06:18 PM 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 EL SEGUNDO, Calif. — While history shows that the Denver Nuggets swept the

Andrew Lopez, ESPNApr 18, 2024, 03:28 PM ET Open Extended Reactions San Antonio Spurs center Zach Collins suffered a torn labrum in his right shoulder that will require surgery, the team announced Thursday. Collins suffered the injury in Sunday’s regular-season finale against the Detroit Pistons. With 10:50 left in the third quarter, Collins went up

Associated Press Apr 18, 2024, 02:28 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Ashley Moyer-Gleich checked her email just before heading to the airport Saturday for a trip to what she thought would be her final game of the season. That’s when the news came in: She has more games to do. Moyer-Gleich will soon become only

Apr 18, 2024, 09:34 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Miami Heat star Jimmy Butler is expected to be sidelined several weeks with a right MCL injury suffered in Wednesday’s play-in tournament loss to the Philadelphia 76ers, sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. Butler was hurt on the final play of the first quarter in Philadelphia. He

Dave McMenamin Close Dave McMenamin 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. Kevin Pelton Close Kevin Pelton ESPN Senior Writer Co-author, Pro Basketball Prospectus series Formerly a consultant with the Indiana

Apr 18, 2024, 08:00 AM ET Email Print Open Extended Reactions The 2024 NBA playoffs begin this weekend with the final games of NBA play-in tournament set for Friday night. These two games will determine the opponents for the top two seeds in the East and the West. In the East, the Boston Celtics await

ESPN News Services Apr 18, 2024, 12:31 AM ET Open Extended Reactions CHICAGO — Coby White scored a career-high 42 points, and the Chicago Bulls advanced in the play-in tournament, knocking out the Atlanta Hawks with a 131-116 victory Wednesday night. White, whose previous high was 37, went hard at the rim throughout the game

Tim Bontemps, ESPNApr 17, 2024, 10:00 PM ET Open Extended Reactions In his eighth NBA season, Buddy Hield has finally reached the NBA playoffs. It only took an 86-game campaign to get there. Hield played more than the normal 82 games this season because of his acquisition during the trade deadline week by the Philadelphia

ESPN News Services Apr 17, 2024, 11:38 PM ET The Heat fear guard Jimmy Butler sustained a possible MCL injury to his right knee during Miami’s play-in tournament loss to the 76ers on Wednesday night, sources told ESPN’s Tim Bontemps. Butler was hurt late in the first quarter in Philadelphia when he tried to fake

Associated Press Apr 17, 2024, 10:04 PM ET Open Extended Reactions PHILADELPHIA — Joel Embiid showed why Philadelphia always has a shot at a long postseason run as long as he’s in the lineup. Embiid had 23 points, 15 rebounds and one huge assist to Kelly Oubre Jr. on a go-ahead three-point play that led

Kendra Andrews, ESPNApr 17, 2024, 08:14 PM ET Open Extended Reactions SAN FRANCISCO — Golden State guard Klay Thompson didn’t want to spend too much time thinking about his future during his exit interview on Wednesday, just one day after the Warriors’ season came to an abrupt end — and just one day after he

Associated Press Apr 17, 2024, 06:24 PM ET Open Extended Reactions MILWAUKEE — Damian Lillard took a small step forward Wednesday in his bid to be ready for the start of the Milwaukee Bucks‘ Eastern Conference first-round playoff series with the Indiana Pacers. Bucks coach Doc Rivers said Lillard got back on the practice floor

Ohm Youngmisuk, ESPN Staff WriterApr 17, 2024, 05:01 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

Apr 17, 2024, 01:59 PM ET Open Extended Reactions New Orleans Pelicans forward Zion Williamson has been ruled out of Friday’s play-in tournament elimination game against the Sacramento Kings with an injured left hamstring, sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski on Wednesday. Williamson will be evaluated again in the coming weeks, sources told ESPN. Editor’s Picks

Open Extended Reactions G League Ignite’s Tyler Smith, ranked No. 21 among NBA prospects by ESPN, will enter the 2024 draft, he told ESPN on Wednesday. Smith, a 6-foot-10 forward from Houston, averaged 13.7 points and 5.1 rebounds in 22 minutes per game in the G League this season, shooting 36% on 3-pointers. Smith has

Apr 17, 2024, 01:30 PM ET Open Extended Reactions On May 14, 2018, just after 10 a.m. ET, the United States Supreme Court struck down the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act of 1992, the federal statute that had restricted legal betting to primarily Nevada for 26 years. It was a landmark decision for two

ESPN News Services Apr 17, 2024, 12:26 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Toronto Raptors forward Jontay Porter has been banned from the NBA, the league announced Wednesday. The NBA said that Porter provided confidential information to bettors, limited his own participation in games for gambling purposes and bet on NBA games. “There is nothing more

Tim Bontemps, ESPNApr 17, 2024, 11:27 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Grant Hill, the managing director of the United States men’s basketball team, said the decision to release the team’s roster happened to coincide with the United States Olympic Committee’s weeklong event in New York City commemorating the Paris Olympics being 100 days away. But,