7:24 PM ET While the Milwaukee Bucks and Atlanta Hawks battle it out to determine the Eastern Conference representative in the NBA Finals, ailing Phoenix Suns star Chris Paul says the extra days off before the first Finals appearance of his 16-year career have been helpful. Paul revealed after the Suns’ clinching Game 6 win
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7:10 PM ET ESPN News Services Tomas Satoransky ended Canada’s hopes of making the Tokyo Olympics. Satoransky’s fading-away, off-the-glass jumper with 1.8 seconds left in overtime wound up being the deciding basket in the Czech Republic’s 103-101 win over Canada in an Olympic qualifying tournament semifinal at Victoria, British Columbia, on Saturday. It was a
1:53 PM ET Star forward Giannis Antetokounmpo has been ruled out of Game 6 as the Milwaukee Bucks look to clinch a berth in the NBA Finals on Saturday, the team announced. Antetokounmpo also missed Milwaukee’s win in Game 5 after he suffered a hyperextended left knee late in Game 4. A timetable for the
1:10 PM ET Clippers guard Patrick Beverley has been given a one-game suspension for shoving Phoenix Suns guard Chris Paul during LA’s season-ending loss Wednesday. Beverley was ejected from the Game 6 loss when he shoved Paul in the back during a timeout in the fourth quarter. He would tweet an apology to Paul on
12:58 PM ET Associated Press Mike Tobey scored 27 points and grabbed 12 rebounds, and Luka Doncic was one rebound shy of a triple-double as Slovenia eased past Venezuela 98-70 on Saturday in the semifinals of an Olympic qualifying tournament in Kaunas, Lithuania. Slovenia needs just one more win to earn a trip to the
9:41 PM ET Jeremy WillisESPN.com American sprinter Sha’Carri Richardson, the gold-medal hopeful in the 100-meter race at the Tokyo Olympics, was suspended by the United States Anti-Doping Association for testing positive for marijuana at the Olympic trials in June. Richardson apologized Friday morning in an interview on NBC’s “Today” show. “We all have our different
5:17 PM ET Milwaukee Bucks forward Giannis Antetokounmpo is likely to miss his team’s first chance to clinch a NBA Finals berth this postseason, while Atlanta Hawks guard Trae Young is questionable for Saturday’s Game 6. Antetokounmpo is listed as doubtful for Saturday’s game due to his hyperextended left knee. He sat out Thursday’s win
11:30 AM ET Andrew LopezESPN Former New Orleans Pelicans coach Stan Van Gundy made his first public comments since his split with the organization and he made it clear he doesn’t think Zion Williamson, Brandon Ingram or any other player had anything to do with his departure. “I hate when it gets put on players
1:30 AM ET It was early in Game 5, two minutes and five seconds in to be exact, and Jrue Holiday caught a wing pass from P.J. Tucker, open from 3. With Giannis Antetokounmpo sitting on the end of the bench in a cream-colored, long-sleeve T-shirt and gray sweatpants, the Bucks had roared into the
1:00 AM ET Tim BontempsESPN MILWAUKEE — Even if superstar guard Trae Young hadn’t sat out for a second straight game, the Atlanta Hawks wouldn’t have been able to stop the Bucks‘ relentless assault on the rim Thursday night in Milwaukee’s 123-112 win in Game 5 of the Eastern Conference finals. The win moved the