12:00 AM ET The NBA postseason is here, with 20 teams still fighting for the 2022-23 title. And after a campaign of blockbuster trades, record scoring numbers, the end of a historic playoff drought and a wild race to the finish to decide play-in tournament seeding, who is going to win this thing? The No.

8:38 PM ET LOS ANGELES — Back in training camp, the Lakers made it known their mission was to get back to the playoffs after last season’s disappointment. Sunday’s regular-season finale, a 128-117 win over the Utah Jazz, didn’t guarantee L.A. a first-round berth, but it will be playing beyond game No. 82. The Lakers

1:21 PM ET MIAMI — Miami Heat veteran Udonis Haslem made the most of the last regular-season game of his 20-year career, scoring 24 points in 25 minutes in a 123-110 win over the Orlando Magic on Sunday. It’s the most points Haslem, who is retiring after the season, has scored since 2009. Heat coach

1:17 AM ET PORTLAND, Ore. — With his parents and sister in attendance at the Moda Center, Bronny James scored 11 points and made key plays in the late stages as a USA Basketball team of the nation’s top high school seniors defeated a World team of international players age 19 or younger, 90-84, in

Apr 7, 2023 ESPN News Services BOSTON — Boston Celtics All-Star Jaylen Brown said he expects to be ready to go in time for the start of the playoffs after he accidentally cut a finger on his shooting hand on Thursday. Brown told reporters Friday night before a game against Toronto that he cut his

2:57 AM ET DALLAS — ONCE AGAIN, the Dallas Mavericks changed plans during a bizarre final week of what Luka Doncic described as “a very disappointing season.” A few days after declaring he’d play so long as the Mavs had even the slimmest of postseason hopes, the franchise announced Doncic would sit out after playing

2:58 AM ET LOS ANGELES — The Lakers‘ 121-107 win over an undermanned Phoenix Suns team on Friday night wasn’t the type of team effort that would normally impress LeBron James too much. With Kevin Durant, Devin Booker, Chris Paul and Deandre Ayton all resting, L.A. still trailed the Suns at halftime, after all. However,

2:46 AM ET Kendra AndrewsESPN SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The Golden State Warriors will have to wait until Sunday to determine if they will make finish the season with a top-six seed in the Western Conference or if they’ll have to go through the play-in tournament. But either way, the team is confident it is finally

2:42 PM ET Andrew LopezESPN METAIRIE, La. — New Orleans Pelicans executive vice president of basketball operations David Griffin said that Zion Williamson will not practice with the team Saturday and would not play in any play-in tournament games next week if the Pelicans are still in the play-in. Griffin, speaking to local media Friday,

8:39 AM ET ESPN.com Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print Damian Lillard drops some new bars and more from our NBA quotes of the week. “Plotting on a ring they say, ‘I should do the Lakers. F— that loyal s—.’ What if Reggie [Miller] just left the Pacers?” Portland Trail Blazers guard Damian Lillard,