5:56 PM ET Associated Press CHICAGO — Chicago Bulls guard Alex Caruso is in the NBA’s concussion protocol and is questionable for Game 5 of the first-round playoff series at Milwaukee, coach Billy Donovan said Monday. The Bucks lead 3-1 and will try to wrap up the series at home on Wednesday. Milwaukee won the

12:50 AM ET ATLANTA — There were plenty of signs pointing to a potential letdown for the Eastern Conference’s top-seeded Miami Heat in Sunday’s Game 4. Kyle Lowry was a late scratch because of a left hamstring strain. The Atlanta Hawks’ defensive anchor, Clint Capela, returned from a hyperextended right knee to make his series

7:54 PM ET Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert has been fined $25,000 for using profane language during a live television interview, the NBA announced Sunday. “Man, f— the talk,” Gobert said during his on-court interview with TNT after the Jazz’s series-tying 100-99 win in Saturday’s Game 4. Gobert, who capped his 17-point, 15-rebound performance with

3:29 PM ET Associated Press Duke freshman AJ Griffin is heading to the NBA, becoming the fifth Blue Devils player in the past week to declare early for the draft. The school announced Griffin’s decision Sunday, the last day for players to declare themselves eligible for the NBA draft. Duke said the 6-foot-6, 222-pound wing

3:44 AM ET MINNEAPOLIS — Memphis Grizzlies coach Taylor Jenkins ripped game officials following the Grizzlies’ 119-118 loss on Saturday in Game 4 of their first-round series against the Minnesota Timberwolves. “We’ve got to play better, but in my opinion, [this was] one of the most poorly officiated games I’ve ever seen in my NBA

3:28 AM ET MINNEAPOLIS — Coming off a lackluster outing in the Minnesota Timberwolves‘ Game 3 loss, Karl-Anthony Towns responded with a prolific performance in Minnesota’s 119-118 win over the Memphis Grizzlies in Game 4 on Saturday night. The best-of-seven series is now deadlocked at 2-2. Towns, a three-time All-Star and the No. 1 pick

4:18 PM ET ATLANTA — Miami Heat guard Kyle Lowry did not practice Saturday and is considered day-to-day with the left hamstring issue that caused him to sit out the fourth quarter of Friday’s Game 3 loss to the Atlanta Hawks. Lowry, who said he underwent treatment “pretty much all night” after the injury, said

1:45 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN TORONTO — Raptors forward Scottie Barnes edged Cleveland Cavaliers forward Evan Mobley to win the 2021-22 NBA Rookie of the Year Award, with the 15-point difference between them marking the smallest gap over the 20 seasons the NBA has conducted the voting under its current format. Barnes, who returned to

8:00 AM ET Tim BontempsESPN WHILE THE NBA world waited on the offseason’s biggest drama, Philadelphia 76ers coach Doc Rivers pondered the future of a point guard not named Ben Simmons. When Rivers met with his coaches ahead of the 2021-22 season to discuss lineups, he made a bold declaration: No matter what happened with

7:06 PM ET SALT LAKE CITY — Dallas Mavericks superstar Luka Doncic, who has yet to play in the Western Conference first-round series against the Utah Jazz due to a strained left calf, is listed as questionable for Saturday’s Game 4. Doncic has been doing full-speed basketball activity since Tuesday and played 5-on-5 on Thursday