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Luka Doncic lifts Dallas Mavericks to 3-2 lead, says he ‘could have played way better’

“I could have played way better,” Doncic said after his 42-point, eight-rebound, 14-assist performance staked the Mavericks to a 3-2 series advantage. “I missed a lot of shots, some layups that I should make. But it wasn’t just me, man. It was the whole team, the energy.” Doncic singled out role players Dorian Finney-Smith and […]

Portland Trail Blazers’ Damian Lillard wins Twyman-Stokes Teammate of the Year Award

The award, named after Hall of Famers Maurice Stokes and Jack Twyman and their legendary friendship, is given to a player who is deemed the league’s best teammate — an honor determined by “selfless play, on and off court leadership as a mentor and role model to other NBA players, and commitment and dedication to […]

NBA free agents: Team-by-team lists for 2021 and 2022

The 2021 class has more hype, potentially featuring names such as LeBron James, Kawhi Leonard, Giannis Antetokounmpo, Chris Paul, Paul George, Victor Oladipo, DeMar DeRozan, Blake Griffin, Rudy Gobert and Andre Drummond. Some of those players will agree to extensions or pick up player options before ever hitting the market, while others will have plenty […]

Kawhi Leonard’s offense, Luka Doncic’s injury and looking ahead to Clippers-Mavericks Game 4

This matchup has pitted the top two offenses in the league, but it has been an eventful series featuring comebacks, technical fouls, and injuries. The Mavericks will be trying to tie the series Sunday with or without All-Star point guard Luka Doncic (sprained left ankle), and the Clippers have seen two-time Finals MVP Kawhi Leonard […]

Luka Doncic says Mavericks ‘can fight’ with heavy favorite Clippers

Luka Doncic described it as “an amazing feeling” to get his first NBA playoff win after the Dallas Mavericks’ 127-114 victory over the LA Clippers in Wednesday’s Game 2, and it’s a sensation he expects to experience again soon. “We’ve just got three left,” Doncic said, referring to how many more wins the seventh-seeded Mavs […]

NBA Continuity Rankings: Which teams hold the edge in the bubble?

Denver Nuggets head coach Michael Malone, whose team checks in near the top of our list, has high hopes. “Continuity [will] help with trying to create a home-court advantage,” Malone said earlier this month of playing at a neutral-site in Orlando, Florida. “We have guys that have been together for a while, know how to […]

NBA restart: Rosters, schedules and standings projections for every team

With scrimmages tipping off Wednesday, here’s our breakdown of every team in Orlando, Florida, including: current seed and most likely playoff seeds (via simulations using ESPN’s Basketball Power Index), remaining strength of schedule (ranked from hardest to easiest), seeding-game schedules (with win projections using BPI), full rosters and projected rotations. We’ve also included the number […]

How NBA players navigated the first two weeks inside the bubble

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — Chirp, chirp, chirp! “Is that me ringing?” New Orleans Pelicans coach Alvin Gentry wondered aloud, looking down at the proximity monitor clipped to his credential as he walked from the practice facility inside Disney’s ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex to conduct his virtual news conference on July 10. Upon […]

Patrick Mahomes golfing, beer chugging in the NBA bubble, Joe Burrow gets a street and what you missed this weekend

Here’s what you might have missed over the weekend … Things are happening. NBA players are in the bubble. Baseball players are in Spring Training 2.0. There are 17 days until the first NBA games and 10 days until MLB’s Opening Day. We’re close. Let’s not jinx anything. We’re so close now. But first, we’ve […]

Center of attention: Where Tacko Fall stands in basketball

“I could not tell my mother,” Tacko Fall says. “She would have killed them.” So when they mocked him and called him Botoumboo, a goofy Senegalese cartoon character, he stood straight and silent, just as his mother had taught him. He quietly absorbed insults from boys four years older — poking fun at someone so […]