11:05 PM ET Associated Press BOSTON — Nothing has come easy for the Orlando Magic over the last seven years. They endured four different head coaches, five seasons with 50-plus losses and took many turns in the NBA draft lottery. So when the horn sounded on their 116-108 win over the Celtics on Sunday night
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11:03 PM ET OAKLAND, Calif. — The Golden State Warriors clinched the No. 1 seed throughout the Western Conference playoffs with a 131-104 blowout win over the LA Clippers on Sunday night. The Warriors, who have been battling with the Denver Nuggets for the top spot over the last few months of the season, were
9:25 PM ET Associated Press HOUSTON — James Harden scored 30 points in just three quarters as the Houston Rockets broke their NBA record by making 27 3-pointers in a 149-113 win over the Phoenix Suns on Sunday night. Eric Gordon led the 3-point brigade by tying a career high with eight, Harden added five,
9:26 PM ET INDIANAPOLIS — Brooklyn Nets coach Kenny Atkinson wouldn’t let himself talk about his team possibly making the playoffs. That’s understandable considering the Nets hadn’t been to the playoffs since the 2014-15 season. Atkinson doesn’t have to worry about using the word possibly anymore because they locked up a playoff spot by beating
8:12 AM ET Here we are: the final three days of the 2018-19 regular season. With 15 playoff tickets punched, which East squad — the Detroit Pistons, Miami Heat or Charlotte Hornets — will be the final team in the tournament? Our panel (ESPN’s Kevin Arnovitz, Tim MacMahon and Andre’ Snellings, The Undefeated’s Marc J.
4:16 PM ET Associated Press CLEVELAND — Cavaliers coach Larry Drew said he has not spoken with the club’s front office about his future with the team. Drew, who became Cleveland’s coach when Tyronn Lue was fired in October after six games, said before Sunday’s game against San Antonio that the sides decided to wait
10:11 PM ET Malika AndrewsESPN MILWAUKEE — After Kenny Atkinson fulfills his postgame duties, loosens his tie and boards the team plane to Indianapolis, he plans to have a glass of red wine. The head coach of the Brooklyn Nets is cautious to get too high off a win over the Milwaukee Bucks, but he
9:14 PM ET Adrian WojnarowskiESPN Phoenix Suns owner Robert Sarver has become focused on the candidacy of former Detroit and New Orleans general manager Jeff Bower to assume a high-ranking front-office role with the Suns, league sources told ESPN on Saturday. Sarver has begun to inform other serious candidates that he’s retreating from them and
7:54 PM ET Malika AndrewsESPN MILWAUKEE — With home-court advantage throughout the playoffs already clinched, the Milwaukee Bucks have turned their attention toward managing their players’ health in preparation for the postseason. In that spirit, Giannis Antetokounmpo did not play in Milwaukee’s 133-128 loss to the playoff-hopeful Brooklyn Nets on Saturday due to a sore
5:16 PM ET Malika AndrewsESPN MILWAUKEE — With home-court advantage throughout the playoffs already clinched, the Milwaukee Bucks have turned their attention toward managing their players’ health in preparation for the postseason. In that spirit, Giannis Antetokounmpo will not play against the Brooklyn Nets on Saturday due to a sore left calf. Coach Mike Budenholzer