“It’s not very promising,” Bucks coach Doc Rivers said after Damian Lillard was helped off Sunday.

Anthony Edwards was able to “keep my foot on the pedal” and take advantage of a gassed Lakers team to the tune of 16 points in the fourth quarter.

With roughly 90 seconds remaining in one of those season-defining thrillers, Karl-Anthony Towns dribbled from the top of the key to the baseline. He was a good distance from the basket and outside …

Dick Barnett, a basketball Hall of Famer who played on both New York Knicks NBA championship teams, has died. He was 88.

Jayson Tatum scored 37 and was a force all night.

JJ Redick went off on the officials after Sunday’s loss to the Timberwolves, which put the Lakers on the brink of elimination in the first round. 

Former NBA player and Oregon star Stan Love, the brother of Beach Boys singer Mike Love and the father of Miami Heat player Kevin Love, has died. He was 76.

Duke big man Khaman Maluach is jumping to the NBA, where he is a potential top-10 pick after helping the Blue Devils reach the Final Four.

J.B. Bickerstaff and the Pistons were apoplectic over a non-call on the final play of their crushing Game 4 loss Sunday to the Knicks.

JJ Redick entered a club of his own in the Lakers’ Game 4 loss to the Timberwolves.

Pistons center Isaiah Stewart, who hasn’t played since Game 1 of the first-round series vs. the Knicks because of right knee inflammation, will not return for Game 4.

Here’s what has stood out from the latest playoff games of the Eastern Conference’s first round.

Playoff Steph delivered while Playoff Jimmy became his biggest cheerleader on the bench — in a full-length fur coat.

Jokic air-balled a potential game winner but Gordon read the play and flew in for the dunk.

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander emerged from a shooting slump to score 38 points and the Thunder beat the Grizzlies 117-115 on Saturday to complete a four-game sweep.

Mikal Bridges could have been hesitant after his rough fourth quarter — in which he missed four critical shots in the final four minutes — cost the Knicks a chance to win Game 2.

It’s been a long time since there were so many highly anticipated, close first-round matchups.

A skirmish just before halftime of Game 4 between the Nuggets and Clippers on Saturday resulted in six technical fouls being called.

Darius Garland was out for the Cavaliers and it did not matter.

Anthony Edwards and the Timberwolves are looking to take a 3-1 series lead on the Lakers in Game 4 on Sunday afternoon at Target Center.

Boston Celtics stars criticized the Orlando Magic for being overly physical and NBA referees for not controlling the game on Friday after the Celts suffered their third injury in three games during a 95-93 Game 3 loss.

Stephen Curry had 36 points, and the Warriors delivered perhaps their gutsiest performance of the season in a 104-93 win to take a 2-1 series lead over the Rockets.

The Oklahoma City Thunder move into the Western Confernce play-off semi-finals after completing a 4-0 series win over the Memphis Grizzlies.

Through three games of this first-round series, the seventh-seeded Magic have displayed a physical style of basketball that the defending champion Celtics say they believe is over the line.

Follow along with the odds for each postseason series, as the first round is off to a hot start.

Houston Rockets vs. Golden State Warriors Preview

Morant left the game after the fall and Memphis blew a 27-point lead without him. The Thunder now lead the series 3-0

As Josh Hart relayed prior to tipoff, the hope was for Jalen Brunson to take a page out of LeBron’s book.

Tyler Herro says Cavaliers guard Darius Garland doesn’t play any defense, after Garland said Cleveland’s offensive game plan revolves around attacking the Heat guard.

South Carolina’s MiLaysia Fulwiley will join Kim Mulkey and Flau’Jae Johnson at LSU.

Warriors forward Jimmy Butler is listed as questionable for Game 3 against the Rockets with pelvic contusion. Coach Steve Kerr said “there’s a chance he plays.”

Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green was named the winner of the NBA’s Hustle Award.

Boston’s Jrue Holiday (hamstring) is out

Dillon Brooks defended Amen Thompson, saying his Rockets teammate is not a dirty player, but that Golden State’s Draymond Green is.

Dillon Brooks defended Amen Thompson, saying his Rockets teammate is not a dirty player, but that Golden State’s Draymond Green is.

The “SPEAK” crew discussed the Kawhi Leonard and the LA Clippers Game 3 win over the Nikola Jokić and the Denver Nuggets.

Karl-Anthony Towns bounces back with 31 points to lead the Knicks to a 118-116 win over the Pistons and a 2-1 series lead.

Kawhi Leonard had 21 points and 11 rebounds, and the Los Angeles Clippers rolled to a 117-83 victory over Nikola Jokic and the Denver Nuggets to take a 2-1 lead in their first-round playoff series Thursday night.

Both clubs were unhappy after a pair of odd plays that were or weren’t whistled in the closing seconds of New York’s win in Detroit on Thursday night.

Golden State All-Star Jimmy Butler has gotten a distressing injury update prior to Game 3 of the Warriors’ series against the Houston Rockets.

SportsLine’s computer model revealed its best bets for Thursday’s NBA schedule, which would return nearly +800 for NBA parlay picks

Atlanta’s Dyson Daniels was second, the Warriors’ Draymond Green finished third.

Jayson Tatum remains listed as doubtful for the Boston Celtics, meaning the reigning NBA champions do not expect him to play Friday when they visit the Orlando Magic in Game 3 of an Eastern Conference first-round series.

OG Anunoby was true to his word.

This will be the fourth consecutive year the NBA has played a game in the United Arab Emirates.

NBA great Jason Kidd has entered the soccer world by joining the ownership group of English Premier League club Everton.

The Bucks have reached a multiyear extension with GM Jon Horst, sources told ESPN. Milwaukee has made the playoffs in all eight of Horst’s seasons as GM.

Celtics star Jayson Tatum missed the first playoff game of his career Wednesday night, sitting out because of a bone bruise in his right wrist as Boston defeated Orlando in Game 2 of their first-round series.

The Rockets felt right at home in a win over the Warriors on Wednesday that featured six technical fouls, a flagrant 1, minor scuffles and multiple chants aimed at Draymond Green.