9:55 PM ET Kendra AndrewsESPN SAN FRANCISCO — Golden State Warriors forward Andrew Wiggins will not play in the team’s final two regular-season games, Warriors coach Steve Kerr said Wednesday on 95.7 The Game’s “Willard & Dibs.” Wiggins rejoined the team Tuesday after a 51-day absence due to a family matter that caused him to
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3:46 AM ET Utah Jazz All-Star forward Lauri Markkanen intends to fulfill his mandatory service in the Finnish military this offseason, he told ESPN. Military service is mandatory for male citizens of Finland and must be completed by age 30. “It’s mandatory, we have to do it, but at the same time we take pride
1:52 AM ET Andrew LopezESPN NEW ORLEANS — For the second consecutive season, the New Orleans Pelicans will have at least one more game to play once the NBA regular season concludes, as they assured themselves of no worse than a play-in spot with a 138-131 overtime victory against the Memphis Grizzlies on Wednesday night.
12:26 AM ET The 2023 NBA playoffs are almost here. The Golden State Warriors are the defending champions but are still battling to qualify for the postseason, in which 16 teams will face off in four rounds of action to determine the 2023 NBA champion. The top six teams in each conference automatically qualify for
7:16 PM ET Jamal CollierESPN MILWAUKEE — Milwaukee Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo (knee) will miss Wednesday’s game against the Chicago Bulls, coach Mike Budenholzer announced prior to the game. Antetokounmpo was listed as probable on the injury report leading up to the game and took the court for a shortened version of his regular pregame
6:58 PM ET Associated Press BOSTON — Celtics All-Star Jayson Tatum is one of three starters Boston will be without when it hosts the Toronto Raptors on Wednesday. The night after falling 103-101 at Philadelphia, Tatum is sitting with a bruised left hip. He’ll be joined on the sideline by Marcus Smart (neck spasms) and
4:48 PM ET ESPN staff The Sacramento Kings have entered new territory of late. Editor’s Picks 1 Related Tuesday night’s 121-103 win over the New Orleans Pelicans was enough to clinch their first division title since 2002-03. The team already ended its 16-year postseason drought with last week’s 120-80 win over the Portland Trail Blazers.
8:00 AM ET The bottom seven seeds in the Western Conference postseason picture are still a toss-up, but there is another serious NBA race that will be determined in the final week of the regular season. This year’s MVP race between Nikola Jokic, Joel Embiid and Giannis Antetokounmpo will be decided in the next few
8:00 AM ET With his team three games under .500 just past the halfway mark of the season, Los Angeles Lakers vice president of basketball operations and general manager Rob Pelinka knew his roster needed to change — in a big way. In the first stroke of reconstruction on Jan. 23, Pelinka sent guard Kendrick
11:52 PM ET Jamal CollierESPN CHICAGO — The Chicago Bulls clinched their spot in the Eastern Conference play-in tournament on Tuesday, securing at least the No. 10 seed in the conference despite a 123-105 loss to the Atlanta Hawks. A 117-113 loss by the Orlando Magic on Tuesday helped secure the Bulls postseason spot and