1:13 PM ET Washington Wizards forward Deni Avdija will miss the next two games because of left elbow bursitis, the team announced Tuesday. The team said Avdija, 22, will miss back-to-back games against the Milwaukee Bucks and the Atlanta Hawks on Tuesday and Wednesday. Whether he returns for Friday’s home game against the Miami Heat
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4:29 PM ET With Metropolitans 92’s offense stuck in the mud Sunday, Victor Wembanyama was asked to create his own shot one-on-one versus a switch from well beyond the 3-point line in a late-clock situation — totally normal stuff for a 7-foot-5, 19-year-old playing a road game against a Euroleague squad. When his first move
2:47 PM ET Working the waiver wire is pivotal to succeeding in fantasy basketball. With so many games, injuries and endless shifts in rotations throughout the marathon campaign, we’ll need to source stats from free agency to maximize imaginary rosters. A willingness to entertain competition for the last few spots on your fantasy hoops roster
12:56 PM ET Kendra AndrewsESPN Golden State Warriors forward Andrew Wiggins is nearing a return to the team and is expected to be back early this week, sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski on Monday. Wiggins, who has missed 22 consecutive games attending to a family matter, is expected to be back in the Bay Area
1:27 PM ET The NBA’s Western Conference playoff and play-in tournament races are more than what commissioner Adam Silver could have ever hoped. There are still eight teams that could end up in the West play-in tournament. The remaining teams battling for the playoffs are also battling for seeding — and the right to avoid
7:29 AM ET NBA insiders With the 2022-23 NBA season entering its final week, it’s time to take a look at the league’s major award races. While the contentious MVP race has garnered most of the attention, each of the league’s five major individual player awards has multiple worthy candidates. We asked our ESPN panel
11:46 PM ET HOUSTON — The Los Angeles Lakers‘ late-season surge, with Sunday’s victory over the Houston Rockets marking their 10th win in their past 14 games, has LeBron James talking about a hopeful title run once again. “We just want to put ourselves in position to be able to compete for a championship,” James
12:56 AM ET Kendra AndrewsESPN DENVER — Golden State Warriors star Klay Thompson caught the ball in the right corner with 25 seconds to go in their game against the Denver Nuggets on Sunday night. Before even fully setting up his shot, and with a defender right in his face, Thompson launched the shot and
1:01 AM ET Jamal CollierESPN MILWAUKEE — As Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo stepped up to the free throw line with 5:46 remaining in the fourth quarter Sunday night against the Philadelphia 76ers, the sold-out crowd at Milwaukee’s Fiserv Forum began to serenade him with a familiar tune. “M-V-P!” “M-V-P!” Antetokounmpo was putting the finishing touches
10:05 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN NEW YORK — For just the second time in a decade, the New York Knicks will be in the NBA playoffs. But after beating the Washington Wizards on Sunday evening to officially secure a top-six spot in the Eastern Conference, the Knicks made it clear just getting to the playoffs