3:19 AM ET HOUSTON — The Golden State Warriors say they’re not worried about their postseason future, despite the fact that after losing Game 4 to the Houston Rockets 112-108 on Monday night they find themselves tied 2-2 in a hard-fought Western Conference semifinal series. After winning three of the past four NBA championships and
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2:45 AM ET HOUSTON — As the red confetti fell from the Toyota Center rafters Monday night, the Houston Rockets felt a sense of relief. The Western Conference semifinal series is tied after the Rockets survived Game 4, pulling out a 112-108 win over the Golden State Warriors after almost blowing a 15-point fourth quarter
4:25 AM ET HOUSTON — Middle linebackers vs. volleyball players. That’s how Steve Kerr described Houston Rockets–Golden State Warriors games. It was an unexpected but quite effective comparison: a bruising team that looks for contact and spends lots of time on the floor against a long, lean squad that uses teamwork and finesse to build
12:55 AM ET BOSTON — These Eastern Conference semifinals between the Boston Celtics and Milwaukee Bucks would be the first test of whether the Bucks were real. Skeptics wondered whether a regular-season juggernaut that had never won a playoff series could rise to the occasion against a Boston team that came within a game of
12:49 AM ET Malika AndrewsESPN BOSTON — Celtics fans roared with delight when Giannis Antetokounmpo bumped Marcus Morris, causing a referee to blow his whistle. Just eight minutes into the third quarter Monday night, Antetokounmpo had picked up his fourth foul. Khris Middleton followed shortly after, crashing into Kyrie Irving. In came George Hill and
11:47 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN BOSTON — As the final seconds ticked off the clock at TD Garden on Monday night, Kyrie Irving marched off the court well ahead of his Celtics teammates. He got off the court and down the long hallway outside of Boston’s home locker room so fast that by the time
7:47 PM ET Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS — Gersson Rosas has firsthand experience with success from unconventional strategy from his 17-year run with the Houston Rockets. An outside-the-box approach might be necessary if the Minnesota Timberwolves are going to catch up in the cutthroat Western Conference. “We’re going to question the norm with everything that we
5:39 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN BOSTON — Celtics guard Marcus Smart will make his return in Game 4 of Boston’s Eastern Conference semifinal series against the Milwaukee Bucks Monday night at TD Garden. Smart, who suffered a torn left oblique four weeks and a day ago after running into Orlando Magic center Nikola Vucevic‘s left
Giannis bumps Marcus Morris and picks up his fourth foul. There’s a whole lot of game left. During the regular season, Mike Budenholzer often left Giannis in, even with foul trouble. Now he has a decision to make: stick with that or play Giannis more sparingly. Malika Andrews, ESPN46m ago
4:12 PM ET Marc J. Spears HOUSTON — Golden State Warriors injured center DeMarcus Cousins said he expects to play again this season after suffering a partially torn quadriceps muscle and envisions a “very nice ending” to the 2018-19 campaign. “For me, my goal is I ain’t planning on sitting,” Cousins told The Undefeated after