May 15, 2023, 08:00 AM ET As one of the most surprising postseasons in recent NBA history continues, can two play-in tournament teams shock the basketball world again in the conference finals? The Los Angeles Lakers and Miami Heat, No. 7 and No. 8 seeds, respectively, got here with impressive six-game series wins in the
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May 15, 2023, 11:35 AM ET Golden State Warriors All-Star Stephen Curry is among the five finalists for the 2022-23 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Social Justice Champion award, announced Monday by the NBA. The other finalists are Jaren Jackson Jr. of the Memphis Grizzlies, Tre Jones of the San Antonio Spurs, Chris Paul of the Phoenix Suns
Tim Bontemps, ESPNMay 14, 2023, 09:05 PM ET Joel Embiid was already midway through the tunnel back to the locker room when the final buzzer sounded inside the Wells Fargo Center. Embiid and the Philadelphia 76ers had just witnessed the Boston Celtics close Thursday’s Game 6 of the Eastern Conference semifinals with a 14-3 run
Jamal Collier, ESPNMay 14, 2023, 06:14 PM ET BOSTON — As Jayson Tatum connected on another 3-pointer midway through a third quarter on Sunday — en route to outscoring the Philadelphia 76ers in the period by himself — he turned to a raucous Boston crowd and let out a cathartic yell. “This is my s—”
Tim Bontemps, ESPNMay 14, 2023, 08:58 PM ET BOSTON — After losing in the Eastern Conference semifinals for a third year in a row, Philadelphia 76ers coach Doc Rivers said he intends to return as the team’s coach next season, while James Harden said he hadn’t begun to think about what his offseason decision-making process
Tim MacMahon, ESPN Staff WriterMay 14, 2023, 11:43 AM ET Close Joined ESPNDallas.com in September 2009 Covers the Dallas Cowboys and Dallas Mavericks Appears regularly on ESPN Dallas 103.3 FM The Memphis Grizzlies have suspended Ja Morant from all team activities after a video showing the star guard holding a gun began circulating on social
May 13, 2023, 09:43 PM ET The Phoenix Suns have dismissed coach Monty Williams, sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski on Saturday night. Williams had a 194-115 record in four seasons with the Suns and won the NBA’s Coach of the Year award last season after Phoenix won 64 games. In 2021, he helped guide the
Kendra Andrews, ESPNMay 13, 2023, 04:19 PM ET SAN FRANCISCO — Jordan Poole was the center of attention for much of Golden State’s season, which came to an end Friday in the Western Conference semifinals, but the fourth-year guard said that he didn’t let it affect his play and that he will “grow from” his
Nick Friedell, ESPN Staff WriterMay 13, 2023, 08:00 AM ET Close Nick Friedell is the Chicago Bulls beat reporter for ESPN Chicago. Friedell is a graduate of the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University and joined ESPNChicago.com for its launch in April 2009. It’s 20 minutes after the New York Knicks completed
Dave McMenamin, ESPN Staff WriterMay 13, 2023, 12:55 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. LOS ANGELES — The Lakers started the season eight games under .500. Now they’re four wins