6:22 PM ET CAMDEN, N.J. — Coming off a career playoff-low 12 points in the Philadelphia 76ers‘ 94-89 Game 2 win against the Toronto Raptors, Joel Embiid vowed to be patient so long as the Raptors keep defending him the way they have been. “It’s all about doing whatever I’m asked to,” Embiid said Wednesday
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6:27 PM ET Adrian WojnarowskiESPN The Minnesota Timberwolves hired Houston Rockets executive Gersson Rosas as president of basketball operations on Wednesday, league sources told ESPN. Rosas, a native of Bogota, Colombia, will become the NBA’s first Latino top basketball executive. Rosas met with Timberwolves owner Glen Taylor on Wednesday and a deal came together shortly
7:41 AM ET Tim BontempsESPN All season, the top four teams in the NBA’s Eastern Conference seemed to be on a high-stakes playoff collision course. Now those long-awaited postseason meetings have finally arrived, and after four total games in series between the Boston Celtics and Milwaukee Bucks and between the Toronto Raptors and Philadelphia 76ers,
1:54 PM ET Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana Pacers general manager Kevin Pritchard says Victor Oladipo continues progressing from a right knee injury but remains uncertain when the All-Star guard will practice. Oladipo suffered a season-ending ruptured quad tendon Jan. 23. He did not even return to Indiana until the Pacers’ season-ending playoff loss to
12:15 PM ET The NBA has rescinded technical fouls called Tuesday night against Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green and Houston Rockets center Nene, according to ESPN’s Brian Windhorst. The league’s decision means Green’s total number of postseason technical fouls has been reduced from four to three. Seven technicals in one postseason span results in
3:38 AM ET OAKLAND, Calif. — Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green acknowledged that all the chatter surrounding the officiating in Game 1 of his team’s series against the Houston Rockets was “embarrassing” for the game, and he said he was happy that both teams were less demonstrative toward the referees in the Warriors’ 115-109
10:44 AM ET OAKLAND, Calif. — Before they were champions, before Kevin Durant came to town and before they built a billion-dollar arena across the bay, the Golden State Warriors changed the NBA with the “death lineup.” It was five guys who could dribble, pass and score, applying a level of pressure to opponents that
1:25 AM ET Malika AndrewsESPN MILWAUKEE — Mike Budenholzer isn’t a big speechmaker. The Milwaukee Bucks went back to the locker room at halftime of Tuesday night’s Game 2 against the Boston Celtics with a four-point lead. Budenholzer didn’t lecture. Instead he reminded his team that this is where Game 1 of the Eastern Conference
12:50 AM ET Tim BontempsESPN MILWAUKEE — For both Kyrie Irving and his Boston Celtics, Game 2 of their Eastern Conference semifinal series against the Milwaukee Bucks was one to forget. But after Irving had arguably the worst postseason performance of his career, and his Celtics were annihilated in the second half of Milwaukee’s 123-102
11:32 PM ET Nick Friedell Close ESPN Staff Writer Nick Friedell is the Chicago Bulls beat reporter for ESPN Chicago. Friedell is a graduate of the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University and joined ESPNChicago.com for its launch in April 2009. Tim MacMahon Close ESPN Staff Writer Joined ESPNDallas.com in September 2009