2:00 AM ET The NBA postseason is here, and the 75th season in league history could deliver one of its most wide-open chases to the title. The Phoenix Suns ran away with the league’s best regular-season record — eight games better than their closest challenger — but can Devin Booker and Chris Paul lead a

2:34 PM ET Adrian Wojnarowski Close Senior NBA Insider Host of The Woj Pod Joined ESPN in 2017 Tim MacMahon Close ESPN Staff Writer Joined ESPNDallas.com in September 2009 Covers the Dallas Cowboys and Dallas Mavericks Appears regularly on ESPN Dallas 103.3 FM DALLAS — Mavericks superstar guard Luka Doncic will miss Saturday’s Game 1

1:00 PM ET Patrick Beverley‘s trash-talking to the LA Clippers cost him $30,000 after the Minnesota Timberwolves point guard was fined by the NBA for “egregious use of profanity” in postgame comments to the news media and on social media. Beverley was emotional after Minnesota’s come-from-behind 109-104 play-in win over his former team. He talked

6:49 PM ET ESPN News Services The NBA fined Charlotte Hornets forward Miles Bridges $50,000 Thursday for throwing his mouthpiece into the crowd after he was ejected from Wednesday night’s play-in game loss to the Hawks in Atlanta. The incident occurred after Bridges was whistled for a goaltending call midway through the fourth quarter and

8:11 PM ET Associated Press DENVER — The NBA has suspended Denver Nuggets guard Facundo Campazzo for Game 1 of their first-round playoff series against the Golden State Warriors for a shoving incident in the regular-season finale. Campazzo forcefully pushed down Los Angeles Lakers guard Wayne Ellington in the second quarter Sunday. Campazzo was assessed

7:33 PM ET Arizona sophomore Bennedict Mathurin will enter the 2022 NBA draft, he told ESPN on Wednesday. Mathurin, the No. 11 prospect in the ESPN 100, was Pac-12 Player of the Year and a consensus second-team All-American after averaging 17.7 points, 5.6 rebounds and 2.5 assists in 33 minutes per game. He led Arizona

Apr 12, 2022 NEW YORK — Kevin Durant believes that Joel Embiid should be the 2021-22 NBA MVP. Durant, who won the award during the 2013-14 season, said that while there were plenty of deserving candidates, he felt Embiid’s season was a cut above the rest. “If I had to choose, I would go Joel

7:00 AM ET Andrew LopezESPN ON THE FINAL night of the All-Star break, New Orleans Pelicans guard CJ McCollum, forward Brandon Ingram and coach Willie Green went out for a small, private dinner at FLINT by Baltaire in Phoenix. The Pelicans had gone 1-4 since the Feb. 8 trade that sent Josh Hart, Tomas Satoransky,

Apr 11, 2022 DALLAS — An MRI on Monday confirmed that Mavericks superstar Luka Doncic suffered a left calf strain in the regular-season finale, the team announced. No timetable has been set for Doncic’s recovery, but the Mavs have not ruled him out for Saturday afternoon’s Game 1 against the Utah Jazz. “If he’s able

8:00 AM ET What lies ahead in the NBA postseason? The Brooklyn Nets and Cleveland Cavaliers kick things off tonight with the No. 7 vs. No. 8 game in the Eastern Conference play-in, followed by the 7-8 game in the Western Conference between the LA Clippers and Minnesota Timberwolves. (Here’s a refresher on how the