10:01 PM ET Kendra AndrewsESPN SAN FRANCISCO — Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry was trapped with 40 seconds to go in Game 3 of the series against the Sacramento Kings. He had nowhere to move and no one to pass to. He saw the trap and realized there were no real outlets, so instead
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12:20 AM ET Tim BontempsESPN The NBA is investigating Atlanta Hawks guard Dejounte Murray‘s actions toward officials at the end of Atlanta’s 129-121 home loss to the Boston Celtics in Game 4 of their first-round series Sunday night, a league source told ESPN. Murray, who had 23 points, 9 rebounds and 6 assists in 40
2:50 AM ET Andrew LopezESPN MINNEAPOLIS — Anthony Edwards wasn’t ready for his season to be over. And he certainly wasn’t ready for the Denver Nuggets to send the Minnesota Timberwolves packing without winning a game in their first-round series. “I don’t ever want to say I got swept in my career,” Edwards said Sunday
12:21 AM ET ATLANTA — When the Boston Celtics emerged from their timeout with about nine minutes remaining in Sunday’s second quarter against the Atlanta Hawks, some started looking around for one of their star teammates. They wondered: Where was Jaylen Brown? Did he disappear? No, he didn’t. But he did change face. At the
1:33 AM ET ATLANTA — Joe Mazzulla had about two minutes to accomplish quite a bit. It was during the first timeout of Sunday’s Game 4 at State Farm Arena — the Boston Celtics led by three points after Derrick White‘s jump shot with 7:47 remaining in the first quarter forced the Atlanta Hawks to
7:25 PM ET LOS ANGELES — Memphis Grizzlies forward Dillon Brooks believes the perception of him as a “villain” factored into him being called for a flagrant foul 2 and ejected early in the third quarter of Saturday’s Game 3 loss to the Los Angeles Lakers. Brooks, who declined to comment after the game, explained
5:55 PM ET NEW YORK — Knicks All-Star forward Julius Randle did not play in the fourth quarter of Sunday’s 102-93 Game 4 win against the Cleveland Cavaliers and continues to struggle to find an offensive rhythm in the series, but coach Tom Thibodeau said a major reason for Randle’s performance is that he is
3:48 PM ET Jamal CollierESPN MIAMI — Giannis Antetokounmpo (back) did individual work on the court at the Kaseya Center in Miami on Sunday afternoon, but Milwaukee Bucks coach Mike Budenholzer did not have further details on his star’s status for Game 4. “We’ll continue to monitor him,” Budenholzer said following a team film session
2:04 PM ET Miami Heat guard Victor Oladipo suffered a patellar tendon tear in his left knee and will miss the rest of the postseason, the team announced Sunday. Oladipo collapsed to the floor during the fourth quarter of Saturday night’s Game 3 win over the Milwaukee Bucks, which gave Miami a 2-1 lead in
3:49 AM ET LOS ANGELES — LeBron James might have given Dillon Brooks an earful before the Lakers’ 111-101 Game 3 win over the Memphis Grizzlies on Saturday, but come tipoff, it was business as usual — a team player executing a game plan to try to win a basketball game. “I’ve been doing this