6:45 PM ET Atlanta Hawks guard Bogdan Bogdanovic has been diagnosed with a fractured right knee, the team announced Sunday. Bogdanovic was hurt during the second quarter of Saturday night’s game at Charlotte and did not return. The Hawks described the injury specifically as an “an avulsion fracture in his right knee with associated soft
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1:09 PM ET ESPN News Services Washington Wizards center Thomas Bryant has a partially torn ACL in his left knee, with a source telling ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski that Bryant will miss the rest of the season. The Wizards announced the diagnosis Sunday. Bryant suffered the injury less than two minutes into the Wizards’ 128-124 loss
4:44 PM ET Philadelphia 76ers center Joel Embiid traveled with the team to Atlanta and is probable for Monday’s game against the Hawks while Ben Simmons will remain out with knee soreness, a source told ESPN’s Ramona Shelburne. Embiid (back soreness) and Simmons both missed Saturday’s loss to Denver — in which the Sixers had
6:58 PM ET Eric WoodyardESPN Milwaukee Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo will be inactive for Saturday night’s game against Cleveland with back spasms, coach Mike Budenholzer said. Antetokounmpo, 26, had a scary fall during Friday’s loss to Utah. He said he landed on his face and back, although he was able to return in the second
7:40 PM ET Minnesota Timberwolves star Karl-Anthony Towns returned to the starting lineup for Saturday night’s 125-122 overtime loss to the San Antonio Spurs. Towns missed the past six games with a left wrist injury suffered in a Dec. 27 win over the Utah Jazz. The Timberwolves have struggled without their star big man, losing
10:05 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN Before the NBA season started last month, commissioner Adam Silver was asked on a conference call with reporters what it would take for the league to shut itself down again, like it did in March due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. “I think we are prepared for isolated cases,” Silver
10:06 PM ET ESPN News Services CHARLOTTE, N.C. — LaMelo Ball became the youngest player in NBA history to record a triple-double with 22 points, 12 rebounds and 11 assists and the Charlotte Hornets beat the Atlanta Hawks 113-105 on Saturday night for their third straight win. Ball, 19, replaced Markelle Fultz as the youngest
7:14 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN BOSTON — The Boston Celtics could find themselves extremely short-handed for their game against the Miami Heat at TD Garden on Sunday as a result of the NBA’s health and safety protocols. In the team’s latest injury report, released around 5:30 p.m. ET Saturday, nine of the team’s 17 players
12:12 PM ET As the Philadelphia 76ers prepared to take on the Denver Nuggets Saturday afternoon with seven healthy players, coach Doc Rivers said he believed the NBA should have postponed the game. “I don’t think we should [play], but it’s not for me to express that,” Rivers said, when asked whether he believed the
2:16 PM ET Associated Press The NBA’s Toronto Raptors and the NHL’s Tampa Bay Lightning won’t have fans at home games in Tampa, Florida, until at least Feb. 5. Vinik Sports Group, which owns the Lightning and Amalie Arena, announced Saturday that the organization wouldn’t admit fans because coronavirus cases in the area have “risen