1:19 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — Reigning NBA Most Valuable Player Giannis Antetokounmpo, four-time winner LeBron James and 2018 MVP James Harden headline the list of finalists for the NBA’s six major individual awards, all of which were announced Saturday afternoon. Antetokounmpo, James and Harden were the three finalists for MVP,
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10:36 AM ET LA Clippers All-Star Kawhi Leonard will not play against Portland on Saturday to manage his left knee soreness. The Clippers’ game against the Blazers is the first in a back-to-back set. Leonard has sat out one game during back-to-backs this season to manage soreness in his left knee. The team says Leonard
7:17 AM ET NBA Insiders Luka Doncic is just days away from his first NBA playoff series — and it should be a fun one. The Dallas Mavericks are currently seventh in the Western Conference, with a first-round matchup with Kawhi Leonard, Paul George and the LA Clippers appearing extremely likely. Doncic has looked the
7:00 AM ET LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — Inside and outside of ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex, there’s far less tension over the sturdiness of the NBA bubble experiment than the uncertainty of the NBA’s next season. The league’s owners are desperate for customers returning to the stands and suites, for the NBA’s game-night
12:52 AM ET Tim BontempsESPN LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — The Boston Celtics might have played their best game of the 2019-20 season Friday, beating the Toronto Raptors 122-100 in a result that was even more lopsided than the final score would indicate. But afterward, Celtics coach Brad Stevens wasn’t about to take any victory
12:02 AM ET The Orlando Magic have clinched the final playoff berth in the Eastern Conference after the Washington Wizards became the first team of the 22 teams in the NBA’s bubble to be eliminated. The Wizards’ 118-107 loss to the New Orleans Pelicans helped solidify the Eastern Conference playoff picture, while eliminating the possibility
8:52 PM ET LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — With his team off to an 0-4 start in the NBA bubble and his daughter, Kaari Jaidyn, celebrating her first birthday hundreds of miles away, Memphis Grizzlies rookie standout Ja Morant called his parents with an admission Friday morning. “I wasn’t in a good mood at all,”
2:06 PM ET Andrew LopezESPN New Orleans Pelicans rookie forward Zion Williamson will not play Friday night against the Washington Wizards, according to the team. The team listed Williamson as out (rest) on its injury report Friday afternoon. Williamson played just under 22 minutes in the Pelicans’ 140-125 loss to the Sacramento Kings on Thursday,
9:05 PM ET In a shared locker room that needed cleaning so the next team could take over soon, there was no celebration for the Brooklyn Nets as they officially secured a playoff berth Friday with a 119-106 win over the Sacramento Kings in Lake Buena Vista, Florida. While it was a bit of a
5:20 PM ET LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — Before his Philadelphia 76ers beat the Orlando Magic 108-101 on Friday night, coach Brett Brown was asked about coming to grips with having to be without Ben Simmons moving forward. “We don’t have him for tonight and you’re just numb to it,” Brown said. “You just move