3:46 AM ET Kendra AndrewsESPN SAN FRANCISCO — Stephen Curry squared up Monte Morris before crossing him up. After the Golden State Warriors star made it past Morris, Nikola Jokic remained between Curry and the basket. But before Jokic or Morris could stop him, Curry split them on a spin more and finished with a

1:41 AM ET PHOENIX — First, Chris Paul heard his former teammate and coach Willie Green instruct the New Orleans Pelicans to dare him to shoot. Then, after Paul eviscerated the strategy, he let his old friend know it. Paul, who will turn 37 in three weeks, became the oldest player to record 30 points

6:45 PM ET ESPN News Services BOSTON — Jayson Tatum has been adamant he didn’t view the Boston Celtics‘ matchup with the Brooklyn Nets as a chance to prove anything opposite two of the league’s elite scorers. His finish in Game 1 said otherwise. Tatum made a layup at the buzzer on a pass from

6:11 PM ET MIAMI — The Heat’s defense might have suffocated Atlanta Hawks star Trae Young all game in Sunday’s 115-91 Game 1 win of their first-round series, but the East’s No. 1 seed knows it can’t expect Young and the eighth-seeded Hawks to go quietly. “He’s going to score the ball,” Heat forward P.J.

2:14 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN PHILADELPHIA — Toronto Raptors coach Nick Nurse said guard Gary Trent Jr. and forwards Scottie Barnes and Thaddeus Young are unlikely to play in Game 2 of their first-round playoff series against the Philadelphia 76ers. “I mean, listen, it doesn’t look good for any of those guys,” Nurse said after

1:32 AM ET The 2022 NBA playoffs have finally arrived! After an unprecedented regular season, featuring some of the closes races in recent memory, Saturday marked the beginning of what each of these 16 teams hope will be a two-month march to the NBA championship. And with a trio of incredible playoff debuts, what a

3:40 AM ET Kendra AndrewsESPN SAN FRANCISCO — The Golden State Warriors have a long-standing history of small-ball lineups. During the first championship run of their dynastic era, their small lineup was so lethal it was dubbed the “death lineup.” It has gone through a few different renditions since then, but as the Warriors embark

6:28 PM ET Australian guard Dyson Daniels will enter the 2022 NBA draft, he told ESPN Saturday. “I’m all in for the draft,” Daniels said. “I feel more than ready for this next step in my career and I’m excited for this process to begin.” Daniels, the No. 10 prospect in the ESPN 100, is

Apr 15, 2022 ESPN Betting Insiders The first round of the 2022 NBA playoffs tips off Saturday, and there are plenty of intriguing matchups within both conferences. In the East, Kevin Durant, Kyrie Irving, and Jayson Tatum highlight a star-studded series between the Brooklyn Nets and Boston Celtics, while James Harden makes his playoff debut

1:05 AM ET The NBA postseason is here, and it’s shaping up to be a wide-open chase to the 2022 title. The Phoenix Suns ran away with the league’s best regular-season record — eight games clear of the second-best Memphis Grizzlies. Devin Booker, Chris Paul and the reigning Western Conference champs are on a mission