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Baxter Holmes, ESPN Senior WriterApr 2, 2024, 08:12 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 JUST AFTER 9 A.M. on Feb. 9,

Andrew Lopez, ESPNApr 2, 2024, 12:25 AM ET Open Extended Reactions NEW ORLEANS — More than an hour after Monday’s game ended, Devin Booker‘s night still wasn’t done. With more than 40 friends and family on hand from Booker’s hometown of Moss Point, Mississippi, less than a two-hour drive from New Orleans, Booker stood near

Andrew Lopez, ESPNApr 1, 2024, 07:06 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The San Antonio Spurs will be without Devin Vassell and Jeremy Sochan for the remainder of the season, the team announced on Monday. Vassell, who missed the Spurs’ last game against the Golden State Warriors, underwent an MRI on Monday that revealed a stress

Associated Press Apr 1, 2024, 05:31 PM ET Open Extended Reactions MILWAUKEE — Bucks guard Damian Lillard won’t play Tuesday night against the Washington Wizards because of a groin strain, the team announced. This will be the second straight game that Lillard has missed. The seven-time all-NBA guard sat out Saturday’s win vs. Atlanta for

Dan Hajducky, ESPNApr 1, 2024, 11:27 AM ET Close Hajducky is an associate editor for ESPN. He has an MFA in creative writing from Fairfield University and played on the men’s soccer teams at Fordham and Southern Connecticut State universities. Open Extended Reactions Over the weekend, a ring from the Los Angeles Lakers‘ 2000 NBA

Apr 1, 2024, 11:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions The NBA’s play-in tournament is set to start at the conclusion of the regular season, adding another layer to this final stretch of games as teams try to position themselves for a potential postseason push. Initially implemented during the 2020-21 NBA season, the play-in tournament expanded

Adrian Wojnarowski, ESPNApr 1, 2024, 01:00 PM ET Open Extended Reactions SALT LAKE CITY — In the days before having cake for her husband’s 49th birthday and a flight to Honolulu for the opening of training camp, Gina Zanik made her stand. Her husband, Justin, the general manager of the Utah Jazz, had gone eight

Adrian Wojnarowski, ESPNApr 1, 2024, 10:31 AM ET Open Extended Reactions The return of Philadelphia 76ers star Joel Embiid is imminent and could come as soon as Tuesday night against the Oklahoma City Thunder, sources told ESPN on Monday. Embiid, who has been out since Jan. 30, has been delivering the final preparations for his

Dave McMenamin, ESPN Staff WriterMar 31, 2024, 10:20 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 NEW YORK — With fewer than three weeks remaining until the postseason begins,

Dave McMenamin, ESPN Staff WriterMar 31, 2024, 11:38 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 NEW YORK — Few players have played basketball as long as LeBron James

Tim Bontemps, ESPNMar 31, 2024, 11:38 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NEW YORK — After Oklahoma City Thunder star Shai Gilgeous-Alexander broke the New York Knicks‘ hearts with a jumper with 1.8 seconds remaining to lift the Thunder to a 113-112 victory here at Madison Square Garden Sunday night, forward Josh Hart delivered another blow

Brian Windhorst, ESPN Senior WriterMar 31, 2024, 11:31 PM ET Close ESPN.com NBA writer since 2010 Covered Cleveland Cavs for seven years Author of two books Open Extended Reactions SAN ANTONIO — The ball was rolling off the rim with less than 10 seconds left in a one-possession game and heading right for the tangled

ESPN News Services Mar 31, 2024, 09:39 PM ET Open Extended Reactions HOUSTON — Luka Doncic had 47 points, 12 rebounds and 7 assists, Kyrie Irving added 24 points and seven assists, and the Dallas Mavericks won their seventh straight and snapped the Houston Rockets‘ 11-game winning streak with a 125-107 victory on Sunday night.

Kalan Hooks, ESPNMar 31, 2024, 03:11 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Minnesota Timberwolves All-Star guard Anthony Edwards has always been that dude. Editor’s Picks But something about March set off a fire inside Edwards to go on a league takeover. The 22-year-old has been on a roll since March 1, when he exited during halftime

ESPN News Services Mar 31, 2024, 01:49 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NEW YORK — Victor Wembanyama‘s celebratory tossing of a basketball into the stands was costly. The NBA fined the San Antonio rookie $25,000 on Sunday for the act, which came at the end of Friday’s 130-126 overtime win for the Spurs over the

Open Extended Reactions Players around the NBA broke out a slate of unique footwear during Week 23. Editor’s Picks Los Angeles Lakers star Anthony Davis wore a pair of Zoom Soldier 1 retros that were relaunched in 2018 to celebrate LeBron James’ 25 straight points against the Detroit Pistons in the 2007 Eastern Conference Finals.

Adrian Wojnarowski, ESPNMar 30, 2024, 06:43 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Sacramento Kings guard Malik Monk — one of the frontrunners for NBA Sixth Man of the Year — has suffered a sprained right MCL and is expected to miss four-to-six weeks, sources told ESPN on Saturday. Monk, who was injured after Luka Doncic landed

Eric Moody, ESPNMar 30, 2024, 11:28 AM ET Close Former manager at a Fortune 100 financial services company, now living my dream creating fantasy and sports betting content about the NFL, NBA, and WNBA for ESPN. Open Extended Reactions The Boston Celtics are locked into the No. 1 seed in the Eastern Conference, but the