10:48 PM ET Amid a year of difficulties with players and staff, Indiana Pacers coach Nate Bjorkgren’s future with the franchise is uncertain as the regular season nears an end, sources told ESPN. Bjorkgren has significant work to do with his relationships among players throughout the team and with some members of the organization, but

12:39 AM ET The New Orleans Pelicans finally found a way to slow down Golden State Warriors star guard Stephen Curry: All they needed was a lighting failure inside Smoothie King Center on Tuesday night. With 3:58 remaining in the third quarter and the Warriors leading 77-71, Curry set up for another 3-pointer when the

12:43 AM ET After dropping consecutive games to the Milwaukee Bucks, the Brooklyn Nets are reexamining a theme that has been recurring this season: making up for a lack of the continuity that many of their Eastern Conference counterparts have going for them. The Nets fell to the Bucks 124-118 despite 32 points from Kevin

4:30 PM ET Associated Press MILWAUKEE — The Milwaukee Common Council on Tuesday approved a $750,000 settlement in a lawsuit brought by former Bucks NBA player Sterling Brown over his 2018 arrest in which he was taken to the ground and shocked with a Taser. The incident started when Brown was approached by police over

10:38 PM ET Sacramento Kings guard Tyrese Haliburton has no ligament damage to his left knee, an MRI revealed, but likely will miss the rest of the season. Haliburton won’t require surgery and is expected to make a full recovery, the team said Tuesday night. Haliburton needed help leaving the court after sustaining the injury

10:34 PM ET ESPN News Services WASHINGTON — Russell Westbrook became the only player with multiple 20-assist, 20-rebound games in NBA history — Wilt Chamberlain is the only other player with one — and the surging Washington Wizards moved closer to Indiana in the Eastern Conference playoff standings by beating the Pacers 154-141 on Monday

May 3, 2021 DALLAS — Mavericks superstar Luka Doncic is one technical foul shy this season of hitting the threshold for an automatic one-game suspension following his ejection from Dallas’ 111-99 loss to the Sacramento Kings on Sunday. Doncic received his 14th technical foul of the season in the second quarter and his 15th with

10:14 AM ET Orlando Magic coach Steve Clifford has cleared health and safety protocols and will be back on the sideline for Wednesday’s game against the Celtics, the team announced. Clifford tested positive for COVID-19 on April 22. He then returned two negative tests the next day before again testing positive on April 24. He

11:49 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN BOSTON — While the Boston Celtics suffered a 129-119 loss to the Portland Trail Blazers at TD Garden on Sunday night, of far greater concern was the status of All-Star guard Jaylen Brown, who limped off the court without putting any weight on his right leg after awkwardly colliding with

7:00 AM ET The NBA regular season ends May 16. But we still have so much to figure out! Will the Philadelphia 76ers, Brooklyn Nets or Milwaukee Bucks secure the No. 1 seed in the Eastern Conference? Can the surging Phoenix Suns outduel the Utah Jazz in the race for the Western Conference’s top seed?