2:57 AM ET DALLAS — ONCE AGAIN, the Dallas Mavericks changed plans during a bizarre final week of what Luka Doncic described as “a very disappointing season.” A few days after declaring he’d play so long as the Mavs had even the slimmest of postseason hopes, the franchise announced Doncic would sit out after playing
Month: April 2023
10:06 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Mikal Bridges scored 22 points and the Brooklyn Nets, shortly after clinching the No. 6 seed in the Eastern Conference, beat the Orlando Magic 101-84 on Friday night. The Nets no longer needed the victory by the time the game was over, having wrapped up a playoff
12:13 AM ET LOS ANGELES — Phoenix Suns center Bismack Biyombo suffered a right knee injury in the second quarter of Friday’s game against the Los Angeles Lakers and will not return, according to the Suns. Suns guard Cameron Payne, who landed on his lower back on a drive to the hoop in the first
11:21 PM ET ESPN News Services MILWAUKEE — Jaren Jackson Jr. had 36 points, Luke Kennard added 19 and the Memphis Grizzlies beat the short-handed Milwaukee Bucks 137-114 on Friday night to wrap up the No. 2 seed in the Western Conference for the second consecutive season. Memphis entered the game with a two-game lead
2:46 AM ET Kendra AndrewsESPN SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The Golden State Warriors won’t know until Sunday if they will finish the regular season as a top-six seed in the Western Conference or compete in the play-in tournament. But either way, the team is confident it is finally hitting its stride. “I don’t see a team
2:58 AM ET LOS ANGELES — The Lakers‘ 121-107 win over an undermanned Phoenix Suns team on Friday night wasn’t the type of team effort that would normally impress LeBron James too much. With Kevin Durant, Devin Booker, Chris Paul and Deandre Ayton all resting, L.A. still trailed the Suns at halftime, after all. However,
Day 1 Australia A 253 (Hardie 115, Jewell 66, van Beek 4-72, Kuggelejin 3-53, O’Rourke 2-55) vs New Zealand A 37 for 1 (Solia 23*) Allrounder Aaron Hardie kept himself firmly on the radar of national selectors with an accomplished century for Australia A in New Zealand. Hardie, who stepped up as captain for the
10:14 PM ET Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Isaac Paredes hit a grand slam during Tampa Bay‘s six-run second inning, and Rays beat the Oakland Athletics 9-5 on Friday night to extend their season-opening win streak to seven games. The Rays have now won each of their first seven games by four or more
8:16 PM ET Kentucky star Oscar Tshiebwe declared for the NBA draft on Friday, but the 2022 Wooden Award winner also left open the option to return to Lexington for one more season. The senior big man now has until May 31 to withdraw his name from the draft if he chooses to go back
3:15 PM ET UConn sophomore Jordan Hawkins will enter the 2023 NBA draft and forgo his remaining college eligibility, he told Malika Andrews on ESPN’s “NBA Today” on Friday. “Hearing my name called on draft night will be a blessing,” Hawkins said. “I worked so hard for this, me and my dad, we’ve been through