6:47 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — After Miami Heat forward Derrick Jones Jr. needed to be immobilized and stretchered off the court after falling violently to the floor in a collision with Indiana Pacers center Goga Bitadze in the third quarter of Indiana’s 109-92 victory Friday afternoon, Heat coach Erik Spoelstra
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11:34 PM ET Following a “rough” four-day quarantine in a small hotel room, Oklahoma City Thunder point guard Dennis Schroder was back on the court for the final seeding game before the postseason begins. Schroder left the bubble to be with his wife for the birth of their second child on Aug. 3. He returned
9:32 AM ET The Chicago Bulls have fired coach Jim Boylen after two seasons, executive vice president of basketball operations Arturas Karnisovas announced Friday. Boylen was 39-84 without a playoff appearance after taking the head-coaching job in December 2018. His .317 win percentage is the second lowest to Tim Floyd (.205) in Bulls history for
4:24 PM ET Associated Press LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — Mo Bamba will not play for the Orlando Magic in this season’s playoffs after leaving the bubble for testing related to his previous bout with coronavirus, the team announced Friday. Bamba was diagnosed with COVID-19 on June 11. The 22-year-old appeared in 62 games with
11:44 AM ET A star-studded Class of 2020, including Tim Duncan, Kevin Garnett and Kobe Bryant, will now be inducted in May at the Mohegan Sun Casino in Uncasville, Connecticut, the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame announced Friday. The induction festivities are set for May 13-15, 2021. Jerry Colangelo, the chairman of the board
6:57 AM ET After 66 scrimmages and more than 80 seeding games — and plenty of fishing — the matchups for the 2020 NBA playoffs are finally set. And in an unprecedented atmosphere that could negate the benefits of home-court advantage, we could be in for another wild two months inside Disney’s ESPN Wide World
7:22 AM ET Here is one more batch of 10 things — actually, 12 things — I like and don’t like as we reach the end of seeding games during the strangest season in NBA history. 1. Michael Porter Jr. and math Porter has been the breakout star of the bubble, averaging 22 points on
11:56 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — When the idea of the NBA creating a bubble at the Walt Disney World Resort was first floated, Portland Trail Blazers star Damian Lillard had one request: that if he was asked to come play in Orlando, the NBA give him the opportunity to make
11:00 AM ET All the scenarios, all the magic numbers, all the scoreboard watching — it’s all getting settled on Thursday. Here is where things stand as four teams battle for two spots in this weekend’s Western Conference play-in: Portland Trail Blazers: win and they’re in (as the No. 8 seed). Memphis Grizzlies: win and
6:05 PM ET For years, when San Antonio Spurs coach Gregg Popovich was asked about the Spurs’ vaunted organizational culture or their enduring place as contenders in the Western Conference, he’d deflect all credit to Hall of Famer Tim Duncan. “Before you start handing out applause and credit to anyone else in this organization for