5:44 PM ET Andrew LopezESPN San Antonio Spurs coach Gregg Popovich was asked before Tuesday afternoon’s game what he would tell someone if they told him a month ago that his team could go 6-2 in the NBA’s restart and possibly make the playoffs. “I would have had them drug-tested,” Popovich deadpanned. San Antonio was
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9:52 PM ET After falling to the Boston Celtics 122-107 on Tuesday, the Memphis Grizzlies, in effect, have a play-in game on Thursday to get into the play-in game. “It’s simple. I told the guys we’ve got one game left, we’ve got to find a way to play our best game up to this point,”
10:19 PM ET The final spot in the Western Conference playoffs will come down to a weekend play-in, where the No. 9 seed will have to win two games against the No. 8 seed — Saturday at 2:30 p.m. ET on ABC and, if necessary, Sunday at 4:30 p.m. ET on ABC — to make
9:44 AM ET The New York Knicks have hired Kentucky associate head coach Kenny Payne as an assistant coach, the team announced. Payne, 53, is the first formal addition to new coach Tom Thibodeau’s coaching staff with the Knicks. “I’m thrilled that Kenny has joined my staff as an assistant coach. He has an outstanding
9:26 AM ET Orlando Magic guard Terrence Ross has returned to the NBA’s bubble at Walt Disney World after undergoing off-site medical tests not related to COVID-19, the team said Tuesday. Ross left the bubble after Sunday’s game against the Boston Celtics because of a “personal matter” that required off-site tests. The Magic said the
1:50 PM ET Four days of seeding games remain, and the West’s play-in race is reaching its breaking point. The seeding games run through Friday, but all relevant play-in games will be settled by Thursday, when the Portland Trail Blazers play the Brooklyn Nets. There are many scenarios still in play, but the picture will
2:24 PM ET LA Clippers guard Lou Williams said opponents should beware of a motivated Montrezl Harrell once the Clippers power forward is able to rejoin the team inside the NBA bubble. “He’s back, ready to work,” Williams said of Harrell, who is currently in quarantine on the NBA campus in Lake Buena Vista, Florida.
3:16 AM ET LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — Kyle Kuzma said not much, if anything, could have stopped him from taking the game-winning 3-pointer in the Los Angeles Lakers‘ 124-121 victory Monday night — including a Denver Nuggets defender measuring 7-foot-2. “I think Jesus could be in front of me and I’ll probably still shoot,”
7:25 AM ET In 2014, Boston Celtics president Danny Ainge got a single first-place vote for Executive of the Year and finished seventh. At the time, no one thought twice about it. The Celtics were at the start of a rebuild and went 25-57, missing the playoffs. But that was the season Ainge executed one
12:11 AM ET Miami Heat All-Star swingman Jimmy Butler loves being the man who sets the tone for his team. He enjoys the challenge that comes with bringing the high-level intensity each and every day for a team that believes it can contend in the Eastern Conference. That’s why Monday’s 114-92 win over T.J. Warren