6:08 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN INDIANAPOLIS — It’s hard to imagine Easter Sunday could’ve gone much better for Gordon Hayward. After the Boston Celtics forward missed last year’s playoff run because of the gruesome season-ending leg and ankle injuries he suffered six minutes into the season opener in Cleveland, he was healthy again. He was
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3:47 PM ET SAN ANTONIO — San Antonio Spurs forward DeMar DeRozan was fined $25,000 for flinging a basketball at official Scott Foster in the fourth quarter of Game 4 between the Denver Nuggets and Spurs on Saturday night. The NBA announced that the fine was due to DeRozan “recklessly throwing the basketball toward a
4:06 AM ET SALT LAKE CITY — James Harden claimed he had no clue that he missed his first 15 field goal attempts in Saturday’s Game 3, the most consecutive misses from the floor in any game of his career. It certainly didn’t impact the reigning MVP’s confidence. Harden scored 14 of his 22 points
1:13 AM ET Malika AndrewsESPN DETROIT — The sea of blue and red erupted each time Blake Griffin thundered toward the basket, stepped back for a 3-pointer or sprung upward to snatch a rebound. Detroit Pistons fans had yet to see their franchise power forward check in this postseason, and they knew he was their
11:13 PM ET SAN ANTONIO, Texas — The last time the Denver Nuggets won a game in San Antonio Spurs in 2012, All-Star center Nikola Jokic was 17 years old. “I was riding horses probably,” he said. The Nuggets rode out of AT&T Center on Saturday night after doing something this current roster had never
8:25 PM ET SAN ANTONIO — Spurs star DeMar DeRozan was ejected with 5:01 remaining in the fourth quarter of Saturday’s game against the Denver Nuggets for throwing the ball in the vicinity of official Scott Foster. With the Spurs down 110-92, DeRozan drove to the hoop and was called for a charge on Nuggets
8:17 PM ET Malika AndrewsESPN DETROIT — Detroit Pistons star Blake Griffin started Saturday’s game against the Milwaukee Bucks, marking the first time in the 2019 postseason he’s been available to play. Griffin missed the first two games of the first-round playoff series between the Pistons and Bucks with knee soreness. He also sat out
1:03 AM ET Malika AndrewsESPN DETROIT — Detroit Pistons star Blake Griffin started Saturday’s game against the Milwaukee Bucks, marking the first time in the 2019 postseason he had been available to play. Griffin had 27 points, 7 rebounds and 6 assists Saturday night, but it wasn’t quite enough. The Pistons fell to the Bucks
10:13 PM ET SAN ANTONIO, Texas — In hopes of finding a spark to start Game 4, Denver Nuggets coach Michael Malone decided to make a change to the starting lineup, inserting Torrey Craig at forward for Will Barton. And the move paid off, as Craig exploded for 18 points in 37 minutes to help
9:56 PM ET NEW YORK — Jimmy Butler and Jared Dudley were both ejected from the Philadelphia 76ers‘ 112-108 Game 4 victory over the Brooklyn Nets on Saturday after Dudley shoved Joel Embiid and officials had to separate players from the two teams. Dudley rushed at Embiid with 7 minutes, 42 seconds remaining in the