2:43 AM ET In the final seconds of Game 5 between the third-seed Portland Trail Blazers and sixth-seed Oklahoma City Thunder, the score was tied at 115. Damian Lillard went one-on-one with Paul George before letting the clock expire as he drained a 37-foot 3-pointer to give the Trail Blazers a 118-115 win. The win
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11:59 PM ET ESPN News Services Rick Pitino’s Panathinaikos squad saw its improbable bid to reach the Euroleague Final Four cut a series short by Real Madrid in the quarterfinals of Europe’s premier club competition Tuesday. A game that Panathinaikos needed to stay alive in the series got away from them after defending champion Madrid
12:08 AM ET TORONTO — At film session the day following their late-night flight home from Orlando early Monday morning, Toronto Raptors coach Nick Nurse finished by screening one final clip — a clip that, in his eyes, was most representative of the team’s growth over the series. A possession from the Raptors’ Game 4
12:05 AM ET TORONTO — Raptors guard Kyle Lowry injured the ring finger on his right hand Tuesday night in Toronto’s 115-96 series-clinching win over the Orlando Magic in Game 5 of their first-round matchup. Lowry jammed the finger while deflecting a ball in the second quarter. During the subsequent timeout, the Raptors’ medical staff
Denver finally plays its best game and displays its full potential with a 108-90 rout of the Spurs. The Nuggets are starting to look like the No. 2 seed and are gaining loads of confidence. Meanwhile, San Antonio looked helpless at times and completely frustrated, falling behind by as much as 30. Seven Nuggets scored
1:33 AM ET PHILADELPHIA — The 76ers are headed to the second round of the playoffs, and Brooklyn Nets coach Kenny Atkinson doesn’t see their run stopping anytime soon. “They’re going for big things, and I think they can compete for a championship, quite honestly,” Atkinson said after Philadelphia beat the Nets 122-100 on Tuesday
11:05 PM ET PHILADELPHIA — The 76ers are moving on to a second-round matchup with the Toronto Raptors after defeating the Brooklyn Nets 122-100 on Tuesday night to win their first-round series 4-1. After dropping Game 1 at home, Philadelphia reeled off four straight wins. With 122 points in Game 5, the Sixers became the
9:42 PM ET The woman accusing Luke Walton of a 2014 sexual assault said Tuesday that she was terrified the NBA coach was going to rape her and that the reason it took her so long to publicize the allegations was because she was scared. Kelli Tennant — a former host on Spectrum SportsNet LA,
7:34 PM ET ESPN News Services ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Michigan says guard Jordan Poole is staying in the NBA draft. The school announced earlier this month that Poole, Charles Matthews and Iggy Brazdeikis were declaring for the draft, though they had the option of coming back to the Wolverines. Since then, Matthews has announced
6:49 PM ET OAKLAND, Calif. — The Golden State Warriors understand they have to win one more game over the LA Clippers to advance into the Western Conference semifinals, but the group also knows that a showdown with the Houston Rockets awaits if and when they do. “They’re a great team,” Warriors swingman Klay Thompson