9:35 PM ET The Dallas Mavericks‘ playoff drought will end after three seasons. The Mavs officially clinched a playoff berth due to the Memphis Grizzlies‘ 108-106 loss to the San Antonio Spurs on Sunday afternoon. The Mavs will finish no lower than seventh in the Western Conference standings. “It’s important,” Dallas coach Rick Carlisle said
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8:20 PM ET Entering the bubble, it appeared the end of the San Antonio Spurs‘ historic postseason streak was all but a formality. But two games in, including a 108-106 win over the Memphis Grizzlies on Sunday, the Spurs are right back in it, jumping to ninth and only two back of Memphis. “At the
8:25 PM ET Andrew LopezESPN With 6.8 seconds left on the clock and the Portland Trail Blazers down by three and with the ball, everyone figured it was about to be Dame Time. Blazers guard Damian Lillard was going to get the ball somehow and fire up a shot to try to tie the game
5:09 PM ET Andrew LopezESPN Zion Williamson says it has been hard to watch from the sideline as the New Orleans Pelicans lost their first two games in the NBA bubble while his minutes have been limited. “It’s very tough, to be honest, because as soon as I start to break that sweat, I look
1:00 PM ET Eric WoodyardESPN Milwaukee Bucks guards Eric Bledsoe and Pat Connaughton will miss their second consecutive games on Sunday night against the Houston Rockets. Despite getting up and down the court for 5-on-5 action during practices, both players will remain out as they as they continue to work themselves back into game shape
7:13 PM ET On an August afternoon inside the NBA’s Walt Disney World campus, the Boston Celtics and Portland Trail Blazers sure made it feel like June. After a back-and-forth final frame, Boston captured the 128-124 win as Portland’s road to a play-in tournament in the Western Conference hit a speed bump. Meanwhile, the Washington
7:24 AM ET The Houston Rockets‘ official Twitter account took what could be considered the first jab in the beef between two of the NBA’s biggest superstars seconds after Giannis Antetokounmpo was announced as the league’s 2018-19 MVP. James Harden finished as the runner-up for the third time in five seasons, which didn’t sit right
10:54 PM ET ESPN News Services T.J. Warren had scored 40 points only once in his NBA career before the sixth-year pro went off for 53 on Saturday night in the Pacers‘ first game of the NBA restart to carry Indiana to a 127-121 win over the Philadelphia 76ers. A small forward acquired from Phoenix
1:11 AM ET Tim BontempsESPN LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — The Toronto Raptors have spent their entire season as the NBA’s defending champions saying that they feel confident, despite Kawhi Leonard leaving the franchise last summer, that they can win a second consecutive title this season. So, after winning their opening game inside the NBA’s
10:21 PM ET Half of Doc Rivers’ LA Clippers polo shirt was soaked as if he had just come off the Splash Mountain water ride at Walt Disney World. After passing Red Auerbach for 11th on the all-time wins list with a 126-103 victory over the New Orleans Pelicans, Rivers was doused with water by