1:43 PM ET Dallas Mavericks power forward Kristaps Porzingis recently had a platelet-rich-plasma injection as part of the treatment for the soreness in his right knee that has sidelined him since New Year’s Eve, sources told ESPN. The Mavs commonly use PRP injections to stimulate or assist healing and address symptoms such as pain in
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1:14 PM ET Cleveland Cavaliers coach John Beilein made an emotional apology to his players on Thursday morning, insisting his regret for referring to the team as “a bunch of thugs” in a Wednesday film session, league sources told ESPN. Beilein also met with general manager Koby Altman on Thursday, sources said. Altman talked individually
3:26 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN While the Milwaukee Bucks have put some distance between themselves and the rest of the Eastern Conference, there’s still a significant playoff race to watch near the top. Approaching the midpoint of the season, the next five teams are separated by just 4.5 games, with 18 games left on the
1:03 AM ET DALLAS — This situation certainly was not what Dallas Mavericks coach Rick Carlisle had in mind recently when he emphatically declared that the “post-up just isn’t a good play anymore.” Nor was it how the Mavericks wanted to defend All-Star center Nikola Jokic with the game on the line. The 7-foot, 284-pound
9:41 PM ET Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS — The Miami Heat were testy ahead of their game against Indiana after coach Eric Spoelstra categorized his team as “mediocre” on the road. An altercation in the third quarter elevated the Heat’s game that much more. In the midst of the Heat outscoring the Pacers 38-23 in the
12:19 AM ET Tim BontempsESPN BOSTON — For more than two decades, there have been two universal truths about the Western Conference playoffs: The Spurs will be there, and teams with losing records will not. Both of those could change in 2020. The Spurs might still find a way to extend their NBA-record streak of
10:49 PM ET After stunning his players in a film session on Wednesday with a verbal suggestion that they were no longer playing “like a bunch of thugs,” Cleveland Cavaliers coach John Beilein later reached out to players individually to insist he had instead meant to use the word “slugs.” Delivering the term thugs onto
9:44 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN BOSTON — Kemba Walker was called for two technical fouls and ejected for the first time in his NBA career as part of a chaotic sequence at the 5:49 mark of the third quarter of Boston‘s 129-114 loss to the San Antonio Spurs at TD Garden on Wednesday night. Walker
6:56 PM ET PLAYA VISTA, Calif. — After allowing a total of 172 points in their last two home games, the LA Clippers started a rare two-day practice stretch on Wednesday trying to find their defense and rediscover some of that underdog grinding mentality they had a season ago. The Clippers are 26-12 despite shuffling
6:09 PM ET NEW YORK — New York Knicks forward Bobby Portis was fined $25,000 for recklessly making contact above the shoulders of an airborne shooter, the league announced Wednesday. The incident, for which Portis was assessed a Flagrant Foul 2 and ejected, occurred with 8:02 remaining in the second quarter of the Knicks’ 117-87