12:50 AM ET ESPN News Services CHICAGO — The Bulls announced Wednesday night that forward Lauri Markkanen‘s season is over for precautionary measures while he undergoes additional medical testing over the next 10 to 14 days to determine why he suffered a rapid heart rate and fatigue during Tuesday’s loss at Toronto. The Bulls said
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6:40 PM ET Associated Press CHICAGO — Chicago forward Lauri Markkanen missed the Bulls‘ game Wednesday night against the Portland Trail Blazers after remaining overnight in Toronto because of what the team called “extreme fatigue.” Markkanen was evaluated in the training room by the Bulls’ medical staff and Toronto’s team physician after exiting in the
3:44 PM ET LeBron James is out for Wednesday night’s game at Utah, the Lakers announced. James played Tuesday against the Washington Wizards at Staples Center and had 23 points, 14 assists and seven rebounds in a 124-106 win. Sunday against the Sacramento Kings, he recorded his eighth triple-double of the season (and 81st of
3:11 PM ET Tim Hardaway was part of one of the original Big Threes, and the other two are in the Basketball Hall of Fame. He thinks he knows why he hasn’t joined them: his well-publicized rant from over a decade ago, in which he said he hated gay people. Hardaway, 52, was a five-time
7:15 PM ET MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Golden State forward Jordan Bell has been suspended one game for “conduct detrimental to the team,” the Warriors announced Wednesday. Bell will serve the suspension during Wednesday night’s game against the Memphis Grizzlies. The suspension comes as a surprise, given that Bell participated in the Warriors’ Tuesday night practice
8:23 AM ET Ten things time: 1. Mike Conley, pro’s pro, and the fightin’ Grizz The ragtag Memphis Grizzlies are 7-7 in their past 14 games, with wins over Oklahoma City, Houston, Orlando, Utah and Portland. That is more competitive than they have any right to be, considering even the players and coaches must have
7:41 AM ET The NBA playoffs are still three weeks away, yet we know the eight teams competing for the Western Conference crown. As usual, the West is deep. But this season, each team has some troubling flaws that could prove fatal in the postseason. Let’s take a tour of their troubles. The two-time defending
3:00 AM ET LOS ANGELES — Lakers point guard Lonzo Ball continued to distance himself from Big Baller Brand, adding a new tattoo over a previous tattoo of the BBB logo on his arm. Ball confirmed Tuesday night that he covered up his Big Baller Brand tattoo of red and black with a new tattoo
12:24 AM ET MILWAUKEE — Chris Paul had a message for MVP voters Tuesday night: The Houston Rockets‘ 108-94 loss to the Milwaukee Bucks shouldn’t matter when ballots are cast. Paul admits that he’s biased in his belief that his Rockets co-star James Harden should repeat as MVP. But he was adamant that Harden’s relative
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