11:47 PM ET Andrew LopezESPN With the New Orleans Pelicans eliminated from NBA playoff contention, Zion Williamson‘s standout season will end without him making his first appearance in the postseason. Williamson’s fractured left finger left him on the bench as the Pelicans failed in their final push to make the play-in tournament. Williamson isn’t the

1:11 AM ET NBA Insiders The defending NBA champion Los Angeles Lakers find themselves in an unfamiliar position, as the final days of the regular season see the wounded Western Conference power eyeing the improved health of LeBron James while fighting for playoff positioning. Meanwhile, teams like the Golden State Warriors and Washington Wizards find

7:51 PM ET All-Star shooting guard Donovan Mitchell will not play in the Utah Jazz‘s final three regular-season games as he continues to recover from a sprained right ankle, the team announced Tuesday night. The determination was made after Mitchell was reevaluated by the team’s medical staff Tuesday. He will continue treatment in Salt Lake

3:25 AM ET LOS ANGELES — The final few possessions that Talen Horton-Tucker was involved in during the Los Angeles Lakers‘ 101-99 overtime win against the New York Knicks on Tuesday mimicked the situation his team finds itself in as the regular season winds down. Things might not have gone as planned up to this

6:05 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN Boston Celtics All-Star guard Jaylen Brown has a torn scapholunate ligament in his left wrist and will miss the remainder of the season, the team said Monday. Brown, who averaged a career-high 24.7 points on 48.4% shooting this season for Boston, was diagnosed with the injury over the weekend and

12:41 AM ET Andrew LopezESPN In last season’s playoffs, the Memphis Grizzlies participated in the first play-in game but fell to the Portland Trail Blazers in a close contest. On Monday night, the Grizzlies clinched a return trip to the revised and more advanced play-in tournament, but they don’t want to suffer the same fate.

10:50 PM ET Oscar Robertson has owned the record for most career triple-doubles since 1961-62. Now, the Big O will share that record with Russell Westbrook. And that might only last two days because Westbrook will go for sole possession of the record on Monday against the Atlanta Hawks. It had become an afterthought of

1:23 PM ET Cleveland Cavaliers assistant Lindsay Gottlieb has agreed to a six-year contract to become the women’s head coach at USC, sources told ESPN. Gottlieb leaves the NBA after an aggressive USC pursuit to bring her back to the Pac-12 Conference, including a massive upgrade in program salary and resources with hopes of restoring

6:29 AM ET LOS ANGELES — After scoring a season-high 42 points to lead the Los Angeles Lakers to a convincing 123-110 win over the Phoenix Suns, Anthony Davis said he’s enjoying the spot his team currently finds itself in: slotted for the play-in tournament with just four games left to play. “It’s been fun,

3:27 PM ET Oral Roberts sophomore Max Abmas is entering the NBA draft, but will maintain his college eligibility and retain the option to return to school, he told ESPN Sunday. “My plan is to enter the draft and get as much feedback as I can. I’m hoping to work my way into the first