Officials separate the Dallas Mavericks and Los Angeles Clippers after the teams get into a scuffle during Game 1 of an NBA basketball first-round playoff series, Monday, Aug. 17, 2020, in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. (Kim Klement/Pool Photo via AP) Dallas Mavericks’ Boban Marjanovic (51) defends as Los Angeles Clippers’ Montrezl Harrell (5) dunks during…
Clippers fend off Mavericks after Porzingis ejection in Game 1 — Press Telegram
The Morning Wrap shares the day’s top five stories from our reporters at the Southern California Newspaper Group. … Sign up to have our top sports stories delivered to your inbox with our daily newsletters ONE and TWO: The NBA playoffs are set to go with the Clippers on Monday and Lakers Tuesday. But are…
MORNING WRAP: All you want to know about Clippers, Lakers on eve of the NBA playoffs — Press Telegram
The Boston Celtics are set to face the Philadelphia 76ers for the first round of the NBA Playoffs, tipping off Monday. And fortunately for them, this matchup is much less daunting with 76ers star Ben Simmons done for the rest of the year after needing surgery on his left knee. But still, Joel Embiid and…
Brad Stevens Details Difficulty Of Celtics’ First-Round Matchup With 76ers — NESN.com
The Los Angeles Lakers star scored 1,700 points for the 17th straight season, joining fellow Laker Kareem Abdul-Jabbar as the only one.
LeBron James scores 1,500 points for 17th straight season, tying Kareem — LeBron Wire
4:21 PM ET Houston Rockets guard Russell Westbrook‘s availability for the beginning of the NBA playoffs is uncertain after an MRI revealed a strained muscle in his right quadriceps, the team announced Wednesday. Westbrook will not play in the remainder of the seeding schedule and will be reevaluated before the playoffs begin next week. The […]
Rockets unsure of Westbrook’s status for playoffs — VOICE OF THE HWY
Brad Stevens is going to find himself walking the halls of both the TD Garden and the Auerbach Center for years to come. The Boston Celtics signed the head coach to a contract extension Wednesday, the team announced. Terms of Stevens’ contact, however, were not disclosed. Stevens, 43, was named the franchise’s head coach on July…
Celtics Have Signed Head Coach Brad Stevens To Contract Extension — NESN.com
NBA players could have some family members or close friends inside the season-restart bubble with them by the end of the month.
NBA lays out plan for player guests to enter Disney bubble — FOX40
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — Brook Lopez scored 24 points and Milwaukee beat the Washington Wizards 126-113 on Tuesday night after Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo was ejected in the second quarter for headbutting Moritz Wagner. Wagner took a charge from Antetokounmpo, who didn’t like the call in what had become a physical game early on. During a break in the action with Milwaukee challenging […]
Giannis ejected, Bucks beat Wizards 126-113 — VOICE OF THE HWY
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — He had just finished scoring 61 points in a needed win for his Trail Blazers. But Damian Lillard wasn’t done. He puffed out his chest and shouted toward press row, “Put some (expletive) respect on my name!” Of course, the people actually present for Lillard’s performance probably didn’t need any…
Jubilation, anguish as race for NBA’s Western 8th seed gets as close as ever — Daily News
Since the best player in the NBA didn’t suit up for Raptors-Bucks and neither did many of Toronto’s key performers, I don’t have a ton to say about the game. Read More
Woz Blog: Thomas and Boucher show they can help in a playoff pinch — Toronto Sun
The Raptors always want to win regardless of the scenario, but winning these last three seeding games isn’t really the priority. Read More
Bench Raps step up with regulars taking breather in win over Bucks — Toronto Sun
The view from left field 