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10:50 AM ET Washington Wizards star Bradley Beal will miss at least two games because of a left hamstring strain, the team announced Monday. Beal, who suffered the injury Saturday against the Pacers, had already been ruled out for Monday’s road game against the Hawks. The NBA’s second-leading scorer now will also miss Wednesday’s game

6:29 AM ET LOS ANGELES — After scoring a season-high 42 points to lead the Los Angeles Lakers to a convincing 123-110 win over the Phoenix Suns, Anthony Davis said he’s enjoying the spot his team currently finds itself in — slotted for the play-in tournament with just four games left to play. “It’s been

12:43 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Veteran referee Tony Brown, who worked his first NBA Finals last season, has been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and will miss the rest of the season. The NBA announced Monday that Brown has been undergoing treatment since his diagnosis last month. Brown, 54, has officiated 1,109 regular-season

10:43 AM ET Marc J. Spears Rapper J. Cole is expected to play for the Rwanda Patriots BBC in the inaugural season of the Basketball Africa League, sources told The Undefeated. J. Cole, 36, arrived in Rwanda two days ago and is in the midst of quarantining in order to play in the 12-team league.

1:23 PM ET Cleveland Cavaliers assistant Lindsay Gottlieb has agreed to a six-year contract to become the women’s head coach at USC, sources told ESPN. Gottlieb leaves the NBA after an aggressive USC pursuit to bring her back to the Pac-12 Conference, including a massive upgrade in program salary and resources with hopes of restoring

7:00 AM ET The NBA play-in tournament races — more importantly, the races to stay out of the play-in — sure make the regular season’s final week compelling. The Miami Heat took a huge step in securing their top-6 seed — and avoiding a spot among Nos. 7 to 10 — by defeating the seventh-seeded

1:00 AM ET With the addition of play-in games to the 2021 NBA playoffs, the scramble for seeding is wilder — and more important — than ever, with almost every game down the stretch having significant postseason implications. Play-in matchups following Sunday’s games Play-in games to be held May 18-21 • How the play-in tournament

8:22 PM ET Already ramping his way back up to postseason form coming off a foot injury, LA Clippers star Kawhi Leonard is playing through a left-hand issue as well. Leonard shot 9-of-26 and finished with 29 points in a 106-100 loss to the New York Knicks at Staples Center on Sunday. Afterward, Leonard admitted

5:07 PM ET Washington Wizards star Bradley Beal is out for Monday’s game against the Atlanta Hawks with a left hamstring strain, the team announced Sunday. Beal injured the hamstring late in Saturday’s 133-132 win over the Indiana Pacers. He checked out of the game with 21 seconds left in regulation and missed all of

3:27 PM ET Oral Roberts sophomore Max Abmas is entering the NBA draft, but will maintain his college eligibility and retain the option to return to school, he told ESPN Sunday. “My plan is to enter the draft and get as much feedback as I can. I’m hoping to work my way into the first