8:32 PM ET LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — Still perfect in the bubble and continuing their postseason push with a 128-101 win over the Oklahoma City Thunder on Monday, Phoenix Suns coach Monty Williams says his team has to finish the job. “We haven’t accomplished anything,” Williams said after the Suns ran their record to
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3:33 PM ET Phoenix Suns center Deandre Ayton did not start Monday’s crucial game against the Oklahoma City Thunder after missing a mandatory test for the coronavirus, ESPN confirmed. Ayton missed the test Sunday, according to ESPN and multiple reports, and was not in Phoenix’s starting lineup. Ayton entered the game in the second quarter.
5:30 PM ET The Philadelphia 76ers say star big man Joel Embiid won’t play Tuesday against the Phoenix Suns because of a left ankle injury suffered over the weekend. There’s optimism that the injury isn’t serious and that he’ll be back soon, sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. The Suns game will be Philadelphia’s sixth in
3:22 PM ET Andrew LopezESPN The New Orleans Pelicans have ruled out Zion Williamson, Brandon Ingram and Jrue Holiday for Tuesday night’s game against the Sacramento Kings, the team said Monday. Williamson and Ingram are listed as having right knee soreness, while Holiday is listed with a right elbow contusion. Pelicans coach Alvin Gentry said
2:08 PM ET Orlando Magic guard Terrence Ross has left the NBA’s bubble at Walt Disney World to undergo off-site medical tests not related to COVID-19, according to the team. The Magic announced Monday that Ross left the bubble after Sunday’s game against the Boston Celtics because of a “personal matter” that will require the
3:00 PM ET LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — The Milwaukee Bucks and Toronto Raptors were the top two seeds in the Eastern Conference playoffs last year and met in an epic six-game series in the conference finals. After Toronto’s win Sunday over the Memphis Grizzlies, the Bucks and Raptors will, once again, go into the
7:15 AM ET The playoff picture is beginning to take shape as the final week of seeding games begins. Three teams — the Washington Wizards, New Orleans Pelicans and Sacramento Kings — have been eliminated from playoff contention, and a Western Conference play-in is officially happening. The Memphis Grizzlies‘ hold on the No. 8 seed
6:09 AM ET LA Clippers power forward Montrezl Harrell posted that he has returned to the NBA bubble. Harrell posted on his social media accounts that he has rejoined the Clippers after leaving the team on July 17 to tend to his grandmother. The grief-stricken Sixth Man of the Year candidate recently lost his grandmother.
11:59 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — After Portland Trail Blazers star Damian Lillard rose up and hit a 3-pointer while being fouled to put Portland ahead by two with 2:53 remaining in the fourth quarter of Sunday night’s game against the Philadelphia 76ers, he turned and looked at the scoreboard. “I
12:03 AM ET As far as Austin Rivers is concerned, he proved himself right with his career-high 41-point performance in the Houston Rockets‘ 129-112 win on Sunday over the Sacramento Kings. “You continue to tell yourself, ‘You can do this, you can do this, you can do this, you can do this,’ for nights like