10:52 PM ET DENVER — The Denver Nuggets didn’t just keep their season alive with their 126-121 Game 4 victory. They now see that the Warriors are “beatable.” After being dominated so thoroughly in the first two games that they left San Francisco simply trying to keep things together, the Nuggets avoided being swept for
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12:50 AM ET ATLANTA — There were plenty of signs pointing to a potential letdown for the Eastern Conference’s top-seeded Miami Heat in Sunday’s Game 4. Kyle Lowry was a late scratch because of a left hamstring strain. The Atlanta Hawks’ defensive anchor, Clint Capela, returned from a hyperextended right knee to make his series
5:06 PM ET Within hours of his planned season debut, Brooklyn Nets guard Ben Simmons reported a return of back soreness on Sunday and has been ruled out for Monday’s Game 4 against the Boston Celtics, sources told ESPN. After approximately 10 days of pain-free ramp up following recovery from a herniated disc, Simmons’ admission
7:54 PM ET Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert has been fined $25,000 for using profane language during a live television interview, the NBA announced Sunday. “Man, f— the talk,” Gobert said during his on-court interview with TNT after the Jazz’s series-tying 100-99 win in Saturday’s Game 4. Gobert, who capped his 17-point, 15-rebound performance with
7:25 PM ET Jamal CollierESPN CHICAGO — In the days leading up to the team’s first road playoff games in Chicago, the Milwaukee Bucks used every opportunity they could to shower Grayson Allen with boos. They booed Allen when he walked onto the team bus. They booed him when he arrived in the lobby of
6:16 PM ET ATLANTA — Miami Heat point guard Kyle Lowry, who exited Game 3 with a left hamstring strain, will not play in Game 4 of their first round series against the Hawks, the team announced. “You have to be smart about it,” said Heat coach Erik Spoelstra. “The training staff determined that he
3:17 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN CAMDEN, N.J. — An MRI on Philadelphia 76ers superstar Joel Embiid‘s sprained right thumb Sunday confirmed he has a ligament tear, but sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski that Embiid will have surgery to fix the tear after Philadelphia’s season comes to an end. “[The MRI] just confirmed what we thought,”
3:37 PM ET NEW YORK — As the Brooklyn Nets stare down the fact that their season is on the verge of coming to an abrupt end, coach Steve Nash said he is not thinking about what might have been had Nets guard Kyrie Irving been vaccinated against COVID-19 before the season. “I don’t think
7:45 PM ET Kansas senior guard Ochai Agbaji, named Most Outstanding Player of the Final Four after leading the Jayhawks to their fourth men’s basketball national championship, has declared for the 2022 NBA draft, he announced via social media on Sunday. “‘How did it feel?’ I’ve probably been asked that question a thousand times since
3:29 PM ET Associated Press Duke freshman A.J. Griffin is heading to the NBA, becoming the fifth Blue Devils player in the past week to declare early for the draft. The school announced Griffin’s decision Sunday, the last day for players to declare themselves eligible for the NBA draft. Duke said the 6-foot-6, 222-pound wing