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5:44 PM ET Andrew LopezESPN San Antonio Spurs coach Gregg Popovich was asked before Tuesday afternoon’s game what he would tell someone if they told him a month ago that his team could go 6-2 in the NBA’s restart and possibly make the playoffs. “I would have had them drug-tested,” Popovich deadpanned. San Antonio was

What will Damian Lillard do for an encore? He scored 51 points on Sunday to lead the Portland Trail Blazers to a 3-point win over the Philadelphia 76ers, then went out and scored 61 on Tuesday to give Portland another 3-point win, this time over the Dallas Mavericks. Dame Time is also potentially leading to

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 Sixth Man of the Year candidate’s grandmother died recently. Overnight in the early hours

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 off-site tests. The

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 Eastern Conference playoffs

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 this,” said Rivers,

7:52 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — Philadelphia 76ers star Joel Embiid left Sunday’s 124-121 loss to the Portland Trail Blazers in the first quarter because of a left ankle injury and did not return. He returned to the bench in the second half, and Sixers coach Brett Brown said after the

Welcome to the final seeding game Sunday of the 2019-20 season! Following an Oklahoma City Thunder win over the Washington Wizards in the matinee, the action continues with impactful games inside the bubble. Despite a lackluster showing in Orlando, the Memphis Grizzlies can clinch at least a spot in the play-in round with a win,

Editor’s Note: This story was originally published on July 20. The NBA released the three finalists for each of the six major individual awards on Saturday. The NBA told teams last month that none of the seeding games inside the Orlando, Florida, bubble will count toward individual regular-season honors. That means Zion Williamson won’t get

During the final moments of the first five-minute quarter of the Milwaukee Bucks’ first five-on-five scrimmage since the NBA’s shutdown in March, Giannis Antetokounmpo’s team found itself down a bucket. When a long miss by the opposing team caromed off the rim and floated toward the baseline, Antetokounmpo launched himself with both feet, and splayed

LA Clippers All-Star Kawhi Leonard did not play against Portland on Saturday to manage his left knee soreness. The Clippers’ 122-117 victory 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 said Leonard will play

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 part of an NBA superstar

Aug 6, 2020 Tim BontempsESPN LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — After the Milwaukee Bucks came back from a 23-point deficit against the Miami Heat on Thursday to claim a 130-116 victory and clinch the No. 1 seed in the Eastern Conference, Giannis Antetokounmpo was asked whether Miami was the biggest threat to stop the Bucks

Another six-game slate is underway in Orlando, where the Spurs have already sliced into the Grizzlies’ lead for 8th. Memphis is taking on Oklahoma City in what could already be a must-win game for a Grizzlies team that has yet to taste victory in the bubble. Later tonight, the Wizards’ season could come to an

6:01 PM ET ESPN Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print The Utah Jazz will be without four starters when they take on the San Antonio Spurs on Friday, the first night of an important back-to-back for the team. Mike Conley (right knee soreness), Rudy Gobert (rest), Donovan Mitchell (left peroneal strain) and Royce O’Neale

The NBA bubble is in full swing. The race for the No. 8 seed in the Western Conference looks loaded, and Toronto Raptors are reminding people not to sleep on the defending champs. Now that we are one week into this grand experiment in Lake Buena Vista, Florida, let’s take a look at the players

Orlando Magic forward Aaron Gordon exited Wednesday’s 109-99 loss to the Toronto Raptors early in the third quarter because of left hamstring tightness, the team announced. He did not return. Magic coach Steve Clifford didn’t know the severity of the injury, and Gordon is listed as doubtful for Friday’s game against the Sixers. “It would

The Dallas Mavericks truly enjoyed the early stages in the NBA’s bubble community, starting with a bass-thumping dance party on their Walt Disney World Resort hotel balconies while quarantined and continuing with playfully intense pickleball and Spikeball competitions. Once the basketball games that counted began, the fun skidded to a halt for the Mavs in