All-Star Durant (sprained ankle) out last 2 games
Suns All-Star Kevin Durant will not play the final two games of the season because of a sprained ankle.
Embiid undergoes surgery on injured left knee
Former NBA Most Valuable Player Joel Embiid underwent arthroscopic surgery on his left knee on Wednesday and will be reevaluated in roughly six weeks, the Philadelphia 76ers said Friday.
Grizzlies’ Wells likely to miss rest of year after fall
Grizzlies forward Jaylen Wells is expected to miss the rest of the season after breaking his right wrist and sustaining a concussion and facial laceration, the team announced.
‘Everybody in the organization was miserable’: Inside the Nuggets’ shocking dual firings
With less than a week left in the regular season, Denver fired its head coach and GM, ending a yearslong cold war, and risking the NBA’s most precious commodity: the prime of three-time NBA MVP Nikola Jokic.
Ja doing grenade celebration until it’s ‘a problem’
Grizzlies star Ja Morant, recently fined for mimicking pointing a long gun after a 3-pointer, said mimicking a grenade toss was “my celebration now until somebody else has a problem with it, and I’ll find another one.”
Pistons G Ivey (leg) cleared for basketball activity
Detroit guard Jaden Ivey, who has been sidelined since Jan. 1 after suffering a broken left fibula, was cleared Thursday to resume basketball activities with the hopes of returning this season for the playoff bound Pistons.
NBA Power Rankings: Where all 30 teams stack up at the end of the regular season
Where all 30 teams stand in the last week of the 2024-25 NBA regular season.
Dallas fans, still outraged, cheer Dončić’s homecoming
Tributes abound, but so do “Fire Nico” protests against Mavs’ general manager.
NBA postseason tracker: Luka, Lakers clinch playoff spot; Mavs into play-in
Tracking which teams have clinched for the playoffs with the 2024-25 NBA regular season nearing its conclusion.
Suns’ backward slide culminates in playoff miss
The Suns — with a roster that included an All-Star trio of Kevin Durant, Devin Booker and Bradley Beal — were eliminated from postseason contention Wednesday night when they fell to the short-handed Thunder for their eighth straight loss.