11:17 PM ET Andrew LopezESPN With 1:12 left in the third quarter of the Toronto Raptors‘ blowout loss to the Boston Celtics in Game 5 Monday night, frustrations started to boil over for the defending champions. Raptors guard Kyle Lowry committed a personal foul on Boston’s Jayson Tatum, sending him to the line. Lowry had
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12:00 AM ET Danny Ainge was no different than most other Boston Celtics fans in the waning seconds of Game 3 of the Eastern Conference semifinals. With just 0.5 seconds until victory, his team poised to take a commanding 3-0 lead over the defending champion Toronto Raptors, Boston’s president of basketball operations hollered at his
2:33 PM ET Eric WoodyardESPN There’s currently no update on the status of reigning MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo for Game 5 after he reinjured his sprained right ankle in the first half of Game 4, but he certainly will try to suit up — if possible. The Milwaukee Bucks now trail 3-1 to the Miami Heat
1:35 PM ET The NBA has fined LA Clippers guard Patrick Beverley $25,000 for verbal abuse of an official during the team’s Game 2 loss to the Denver Nuggets on Saturday. Kiki VanDeWeghe, the league’s executive vice president of basketball operations, made the announcement Monday. 1 Related The incident occurred when Beverley was ejected after
6:56 AM ET Tim BontempsESPN LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — For many reasons — primarily the loss of NBA Finals MVP Kawhi Leonard in free agency — the Toronto Raptors entered the 2019-20 season as the least-heralded league champion since the 2011 Dallas Mavericks. Bookmakers in Las Vegas set the line for Raptors wins at
4:30 PM ET Eric WoodyardESPN LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — The Milwaukee Bucks staved off elimination on Sunday, beating the Miami Heat 118-115 in overtime despite losing superstar Giannis Antetokounmpo to a right ankle sprain in the second quarter. After being fouled by Heat forward Andre Iguodala on a drive into the paint at the
12:57 AM ET The Houston Rockets came up with a simple solution for the frequent double-teams and traps that opponents threw at James Harden early in the season. They simply spread the floor, with no center in the lineup, and released Russell Westbrook to wreak havoc. As a result, the Rockets saw less and less
1:43 AM ET LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — Game 1 of the Western Conference semifinals was Los Angeles Lakers guard Rajon Rondo‘s first game action in 178 days and it showed — he logged a plus/minus of minus-10 in 25 minutes in the loss. Sunday’s 117-109 win over the Houston Rockets to tie the series
8:47 PM ET Miami Heat All-Star swingman Jimmy Butler acknowledged what anyone watching his team’s 118-115 Game 4 overtime loss to the Milwaukee Bucks could see in the moment. The Heat let their foot off the gas when reigning league MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo reinjured his right ankle early in the second quarter of Sunday’s game.
5:50 PM ET Denver Nuggets star center Nikola Jokic is questionable for Game 3 of their Western Conference semifinals series against the LA Clippers with a sprained right wrist. Jokic had 26 points and 18 rebounds in the Nuggets’ Game 2 win that evened the series at 1-1. He’s averaging 25 points, 8.7 rebounds and