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By InsideHoops.comUpdated Monday, April 28, 2025 at 8 a.m. ET
Milwaukee Bucks star Damian Lillard will undergo an MRI on Monday to determine the severity of the left lower leg injury that forced him to exit Sunday night's 129-103 Game 4 loss to the Indiana Pacers in the first quarter. The preliminary examination indicated a possible Achilles tendon injury, sources told ESPN, confirming multiple reports. "Just being honest, it's not very promising," Bucks coach Doc Rivers said postgame. - ESPN.com
Dick Barnett, a basketball Hall of Famer who played on both New York Knicks NBA championship teams after being part of a historic college powerhouse at Tennessee A&I, has died. He was 88. The Knicks announced the death of the former guard Sunday. There were no details provided about his death. "Throughout his illustrious career, Dick Barnett embodied everything it meant to be a New York Knick, both on and off the court," the Knicks said in a statement. "He left a positive impact on everyone he encountered and this organization is incredibly fortunate to have him be such an integral part of its history. His jersey will forever hang in the rafters of Madison Square Garden, and his play throughout his career will forever be a part of Knicks fans memories." - ESPN.com
After every game, Aaron Gordon spends 20 minutes at his locker icing a right calf injury that has hindered him all season. For one of the NBA's highest fliers, it has been a painful, frustrating nuisance. He cannot jump as high as he used to. His elite athleticism has been affected. But Saturday evening, Gordon jumped just high enough to catch and dunk one of the most important shots of the year -- the first buzzer-beating, game-winning dunk in playoff history -- to help the Denver Nuggets beat the LA Clippers 101-99 in Game 4 of their Western Conference first-round series at Intuit Dome. - ESPN.com
"I'm just trying to clean up everything on the glass," Gordon said afterward. The shot he caught from Nikola Jokic didn't hit the glass, the rim or anything else for that matter. It was an air ball, as the three-time MVP tried to fling the ball high over Clippers center Ivica Zubac's arms at the end of regulation. Jokic has hit that wild, off-balance shot so many times, it has even got a nickname: "The Sombor Shuffle." - ESPN.com
Draymond Green stole the ball and passed it ahead to a streaking Gary Payton II, who threw down a reverse dunk to put the finishing touches on a Game 3 victory over the Houston Rockets on Saturday night. Jimmy Butler stood and clapped in approval as fans at Chase Center roared. Without the injured Butler, the Golden State Warriors delivered perhaps their gutsiest performance of the season in a 104-93 decision to take a 2-1 lead in the Western Conference first-round playoff series. "We had Jimmy's back while he was out," said Payton, who came off the bench to score 16 points. "Hopefully, we get Jimmy back for Game 4 and we get back to our regular scheduled program." - ESPN.com
The Oklahoma City Thunder positioned themselves to sweep the Memphis Grizzlies despite MVP finalist Shai Gilgeous-Alexander struggling by his standards during the first three games of the series. Gilgeous-Alexander came through as a closer in Saturday's Game 4, scoring 38 points on 13-of-24 shooting to lead the Thunder to a 117-115 win that eliminated the Grizzlies. "I didn't think he played any different," Thunder coach Mark Daigneault said. "I just think he got into a groove." Gilgeous-Alexander shot only 35.3% from the floor in the first three games of the series, his worst three-game shooting span of the season. It didn't matter as the Thunder routed the Grizzlies in the two games in Oklahoma City and rallied from a 29-point deficit on the road in Game 3. - ESPN.com
Jarrett Allen scored 22 points, De'Andre Hunter added 21 and the Cleveland Cavaliers handed Miami its worst-ever playoff loss by topping the Heat 124-87 on Saturday for a 3-0 lead in their Eastern Conference first-round series. Evan Mobley scored 19 and Max Strus added 18 for Cleveland, which got 13 points apiece from Ty Jerome and Donovan Mitchell. Bam Adebayo scored 22 and Davion Mitchell added 16 for Miami. The worst Heat playoff loss, before Saturday, was a 36-point defeat in Game 3 of the 2013 NBA Finals at San Antonio. - ESPN.com
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