6:56 PM ET ORLANDO, Fla. — For the first time since Feb. 2, veteran guard Kyle Lowry took the floor for the Miami Heat. Lowry played against the Orlando Magic on Saturday night after missing the past 15 games because of left knee soreness. But, in doing so, the veteran guard came off the bench
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1:46 PM ET MEMPHIS — The Dallas Mavericks will be without Luka Doncic and Kyrie Irving for Saturday night’s road game against the Memphis Grizzlies. Doncic, who is dealing with a left thigh strain, was ruled out earlier in the week. Irving is dealing with right foot soreness and was ruled out 90 minutes before
3:21 PM ET Giannis Antetokounmpo will miss his third straight game Saturday night when the Milwaukee Bucks take on the Golden State Warriors on ABC at 8:30 p.m. ET. Antetokounmpo was questionable with a sore right hand, an injury that also sidelined him for Thursday night’s win over the Brooklyn Nets. He missed Tuesday’s game
12:48 AM ET Tim BontempsESPN PHILADELPHIA — When Joel Embiid caught the ball with 7 seconds to go in Friday night’s game at Wells Fargo Center between his Philadelphia 76ers and the Portland Trail Blazers, he had one thing on his mind: Get to his favorite spot on the floor — the free throw line
3:00 AM ET LOS ANGELES — It wouldn’t be a stretch to describe D’Angelo Russell‘s return to the lineup in the Lakers’ 122-112 win over the Toronto Raptors on Friday as perfect. Russell, who missed L.A.’s previous six games with a sprained right ankle, scored 16 of his 28 points in the fourth quarter —
3:23 PM ET Dallas Mavericks star Luka Doncic will not play in Saturday night’s road game against the Memphis Grizzlies because of his left thigh strain, and Kyrie Irving‘s status is in question after he missed Friday’s practice for personal reasons. “Hopefully, he’ll be able to join us in Memphis,” Mavs coach Jason Kidd told
10:36 AM ET Steve Alexander This week’s Risers and Fallers column was a bit of a buzzkill to write. With too many injuries to great players, the Risers I picked are not all that exciting, and the list of Fallers is simply depressing. However, that’s what happens in mid-March in fantasy basketball (or, as I
8:16 AM ET Pau Gasol pays tribute to an old friend and more from our NBA quotes of the week. “I can’t go on without talking about the person and the face that I don’t see. The brother that elevated me, challenged me, inspired me to be a better player. Just to be a better
7:37 AM ET Jamal CollierESPN MILWAUKEE — DURING A TIMEOUT late in the fourth quarter of a Feb. 24 game against the Miami Heat, Jrue Holiday picked up an orange Gatorade bottle and channeled his inner Backstreet Boy. Holiday had gone to the bench for the final time with 4:30 remaining and his Milwaukee Bucks
10:12 PM ET Toronto Raptors point guard Fred VanVleet was fined $30,000 by the NBA on Thursday for his blistering criticism of official Ben Taylor that came after a 108-100 loss to the LA Clippers on Wednesday night. VanVleet reiterated his frustration at the time with the officiating, not just in the loss to the