1:34 AM ET MIAMI — The Orlando Magic overtook the Miami Heat for the eighth spot in the Eastern Conference playoffs Tuesday night with a 104-99 win in a pivotal game for postseason seeding. The Brooklyn Nets, Detroit Pistons, Heat, Magic and Charlotte Hornets are currently separated by just 2.5 games, and only two games
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12:47 AM ET Malika Andrews Adrian Wojnarowski In another blow to the roster depth of the NBA’s best regular-season team, Milwaukee Bucks guard Donte DiVincenzo is done for the season with bilateral heel bursitis in his right foot, league sources told ESPN on Tuesday. After meeting with Bucks doctors and specialists, sources said, it was
10:36 PM ET MIAMI — Chris Bosh couldn’t end his night — a night full of great memories, emotional tributes and colorful stories — without his scream, made famous during the Big 3 era. So he unleashed a ferocious yell of ‘come on’ to Miami Heat fans, and they gave it right back and more.
Tony Snell, who has started the last two games in place of Malcolm Brogdon, is out tonight with an ankle sprain. Mike Budenholzer says he expects him to return in time for the playoffs. Snell sustained the sprain last game and in the locker room afterwards, his ankle was swollen and he rolled himself into
4:52 PM ET Portland Trail Blazers center Jusuf Nurkic underwent surgery on Tuesday and is expected to make a full recovery from a season-ending injury to his left leg, the team announced in a release. There is no timetable for his return to basketball activity. Nurkic, 24, fractured his left tibia and fibula with 2
3:49 PM ET Associated Press NEW ORLEANS — The New Orleans Pelicans say guard Jrue Holiday has had surgery to repair a core muscle injury and won’t play again this season. The Pelicans say Holiday had the procedure done in Philadelphia on Tuesday by Dr. William Meyers, who is known as a sports hernia specialist.
9:53 PM ET ESPN News Services CLEVELAND — The Boston Celtics rested star guard Kyrie Irving for Tuesday night’s 116-106 win against the Cleveland Cavaliers on Tuesday. Irving is averaging 23.8 points, and the Celtics want to keep him as fresh as possible going into the postseason. Center Al Horford (sore left knee) and forward
1:29 PM ET Associated Press CLEVELAND — The Boston Celtics will rest star guard Kyrie Irving against the Cleveland Cavaliers. Irving is averaging 23.8 points and the Celtics want to keep him as fresh as possible going into the postseason. The Celtics have lost four straight and are fifth in the Eastern Conference entering Tuesday
7:31 AM ET THERE WERE EIGHT seconds left with the score tied. LeBron James already had 36 points, 14 of them in the fourth quarter. He got the inbounds pass under his own basket and turned upcourt, picking up speed. His defender, the Toronto Raptors‘ OG Anunoby, stalked him and forced him left like the
3:52 AM ET PORTLAND, Ore. — Portland Trail Blazers center Jusuf Nurkic suffered compound fractures to the tibia and fibula of his lower left leg in a double-overtime win against the Brooklyn Nets on Monday night and will be out indefinitely. Nurkic was jumping for a rebound and came down awkwardly in a tangle of