Damian Lillard has a torn left Achilles tendon, confirming the Milwaukee Bucks’ worst fears after the seven-time all-NBA guard was helped off the court on Sunday night. The Bucks announced the severity of Lillard’s injury after he had an MRI on Monday. The injury knocks Lillard out for the rest of the postseason and could … Read more
Myles Turner scored 23 points as one of eight players in double digits and Indiana Pacers took a 3-1 first-round series lead with a convincing 129-103 road victory over Milwaukee Bucks on Sunday night. Andrew Nembhard scored 20 points and Tyrese Haliburton added 17 points, 15 assists and eight rebounds for Indiana. T.J. McConnell scored … Read more
General manager Rob Pelinka has received a contract extension from the Los Angeles Lakers less than three months after he acquired Luka Doncic. Owner Jeanie Buss also announced Friday that Pelinka received a promotion in his second title, moving from vice president of basketball operations to president of basketball operations. The Lakers announced no details … Read more
The NBA acknowledged on Wednesday a number of officiating errors late in the Golden State Warriors’ 121-116 win over the Memphis Grizzlies in a Western Conference play-in game on Tuesday night in San Francisco. Notably, with the seventh-place Warriors leading 117-116, the NBA’s Last Two Minute Report said the eighth-place Grizzlies should have been awarded … Read more
The Indiana Pacers secured home-court advantage in the first round of the Eastern Conference playoffs with a 114-112 win over the short-handed Cleveland Cavaliers on Thursday in Indianapolis. With the New York Knicks’ loss to the Detroit Pistons on Thursday, the Pacers could still earn the No. 3 seed in the East if they win … Read more
LeBron James said Tuesday he is relishing the prospect of joining forces with Luka Doncic at the Los Angeles Lakers following the shock deal which has stunned the basketball world. Doncic was formally unveiled by the Lakers on Tuesday after a jaw-dropping trade from the Dallas Mavericks that saw Anthony Davis head in the opposite … Read more
The NBA suspended five players involved in Sunday’s brawl between the Detroit Pistons and Minnesota Timberwolves in Minneapolis with a ruling delivered Tuesday. Pistons forward-center Isaiah Stewart received a two-game suspension without pay, based on “his repeated history of unsportsmanlike acts,” read the press release from NBA head of basketball operations Joe Dumars. Four others … Read more
Joel Embiid had 29 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists in his first action in a month to lead the Philadelphia 76ers to a 118-116 victory Tuesday night over the Dallas Mavericks, which fell to 0-2 since trading star Luka Doncic to the Los Angeles Lakers. Embiid recorded his first triple-double of an injury-plagued season … Read more
Victor Wembanyama made a go-ahead free throw with 2.9 seconds remaining and De’Aaron Fox shined on his Spurs debut as San Antonio escaped with a 126-125 win over the host Atlanta Hawks on Wednesday night. Fox, acquired from the Sacramento Kings on Monday as part of a three-team trade that also involved the Chicago Bulls, … Read more
Jalen Williams scored 27 points to lead the Oklahoma City Thunder to a 121-109 home win over the Toronto Raptors on Friday. While the Thunder’s All-Star duo of Williams and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (25 points) led the way as they have for much of the season, the latest win was about the return of second-year big … Read more