9:01 PM ET SAN FRANCISCO — The Memphis Grizzlies will be without star point guard Ja Morant Monday night in Game 4 due to a right knee injury. Grizzlies head coach Taylor Jenkins said the team will take Morant’s knee issue day by day. The point guard underwent an MRI but Jenkins would not reveal
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3:19 AM ET Kendra AndrewsESPN SAN FRANCISCO — Golden State Warriors associate head coach Mike Brown was going through his normal pregame preparation when he received a call from head coach Steve Kerr. Kerr told Brown he wasn’t feeling well and that he might need Brown to coach Game 4 against the Memphis Grizzlies. Thirty
12:23 AM ET Andrew LopezESPN MILWAUKEE — Al Horford knew he’d get his revenge. After Giannis Antetokounmpo dunked on him early in the third quarter Monday night, the Milwaukee Bucks superstar received a technical foul for saying something in Horford’s direction. As Horford walked back up the court, he just nodded his head and said
6:09 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN Phoenix Suns coach Monty Williams has won the Red Auerbach Trophy as NBA Coach of the Year, the league announced Monday. Williams won by a landslide, landing 81 first-place votes and finishing with 458 points overall in balloting by a panel of 100 sportswriters and broadcasters. Memphis Grizzlies coach Taylor
6:28 PM ET Andrew LopezESPN BOSTON — The Boston Celtics ruled Robert Williams III out of Monday’s Game 4 against the Milwaukee Bucks with left knee soreness. Williams had not appeared on any of Boston’s injury reports, but coach Ime Udoka said Williams tried warming up pregame and felt the soreness was too much. “He
5:45 PM ET SAN FRANCISCO — Memphis Grizzlies forward Dillon Brooks said he would take back his flagrant foul 2 that broke Gary Payton II‘s elbow if he could. In his first comments since his ejection in the opening minutes of Game 2 and his suspension for Game 3, Brooks said he did not mean
5:35 PM ET ESPN News Services Phoenix Suns coach Monty Williams said the NBA should consider having a special section in the stands reserved for the families of visiting teams in the wake of Chris Paul‘s family being harassed during Sunday’s playoff game in Dallas. The incident happened during Game 4 of the Western Conference
11:30 AM ET All odds are provided by Caesars Sportsbook. What you need to know for today’s playoff games Hold Off On Horford: Al Horford has found the fountain of youth this postseason. He tallied 22 points, 16 rebounds, and 5 assists against the Bucks Saturday and cashed just about all of his props. But
8:00 AM ET Tim BontempsESPN When the Boston Celtics arrived at Washington’s Capital One Arena to take on the Wizards for a matinee on Jan. 23, there was no indication it would serve as the turning point of Boston’s tumultuous season. The Celtics had been coming off one of their most dispiriting losses of the
8:47 AM ET Denver Nuggets center Nikola Jokic has been voted the NBA’s Most Valuable Player for a second consecutive season, sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. A formal announcement is expected this week, sources told Wojnarowski. Jokic’s raw stats were even better this year than last year, as he averaged career highs of 27.1 points