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Apr 28, 2024, 02:06 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Kawhi Leonard is out for Game 4 of the LA Clippers‘ first-round series against the Dallas Mavericks. Leonard, who has been dealing with inflammation in his surgically repaired right knee, had been listed as questionable for Sunday’s game. The injury kept Leonard out for 22 days

ESPN News Services Apr 28, 2024, 12:07 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Milwaukee Bucks stars Giannis Antetokounmpo and Damian Lillard have been ruled out for Game 4 of the Eastern Conference first-round series against the Indiana Pacers on Sunday in Indianapolis. Lillard aggravated an Achilles tendon injury during the late stages of the fourth quarter

Tim MacMahon, ESPN Staff WriterApr 28, 2024, 08:00 AM ET Close Joined ESPNDallas.com in September 2009 Covers the Dallas Cowboys and Dallas Mavericks Appears regularly on ESPN Dallas 103.3 FM Open Extended Reactions JUST SECONDS INTO Daniel Gafford and P.J. Washington‘s debut as Dallas Mavericks on Feb. 10, roughly 48 hours after being moved at

Dave McMenamin, ESPN Staff WriterApr 28, 2024, 01:55 AM ET Close Lakers and NBA reporter for ESPN. Covered the Lakers and NBA for ESPNLosAngeles.com from 2009-14, the Cavaliers from 2014-18 for ESPN.com and the NBA for NBA.com from 2005-09. Open Extended Reactions LOS ANGELES — Shiny purple and gold streamers fluttered down from the Crypto.com

Ramona Shelburne, ESPN Senior WriterApr 28, 2024, 02:03 AM ET Close Senior writer for ESPN.com Spent seven years at the Los Angeles Daily News Open Extended Reactions LOS ANGELES — All series, Denver Nuggets coach Michael Malone has been telling his team it needed to get out to better starts. That just because the Nuggets

Andre Snellings, ESPNApr 28, 2024, 07:16 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Today is almost certainly the last four-game day of the NBA season, since series will have ended before next weekend’s slate. One series could end as soon as today, with the Timberwolves carrying a 3-0 series lead into Game 4 in Phoenix. All three

Chris Herring, ESPN Senior WriterApr 27, 2024, 10:40 PM ET Open Extended Reactions MIAMI — After perhaps the most surprising result of the postseason thus far — the shorthanded, No. 8-seeded Heat beating the No. 1-seeded Celtics in Game 2 to tie the first-round series — it was natural to wonder how things would play

Andrew Lopez, ESPNApr 27, 2024, 08:59 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NEW ORLEANS — The youngest No. 1 seed in the history of the NBA playoffs certainly isn’t being hindered by its lack of playoff experience. The Oklahoma City Thunder rolled to another dominant victory over the eighth-seeded New Orleans Pelicans on Saturday afternoon, winning

Kendra Andrews, ESPNApr 27, 2024, 06:04 PM ET Open Extended Reactions ORLANDO, Fla. — Cleveland Cavaliers guard Donovan Mitchell has noticed a trend through the first four games of the first-round series against the Orlando Magic. In the first half, he’s on. But in the second half, he’s off. In Game 4, he failed to

Ohm Youngmisuk, ESPN Staff WriterApr 27, 2024, 04:16 PM ET Close Ohm Youngmisuk has covered the Giants, Jets and the NFL since 2006. Prior to that, he covered the Nets, Knicks and the NBA for nearly a decade. He joined ESPNNewYork.com after working at the New York Daily News for almost 12 years and is