Heat put an end to speculation about Chris Bosh's playoff status The Miami Heat put a swift end to any discussion of Chris Bosh returning for the playoffs this season. "The Miami Heat and Chris Bosh announce that Chris will not be playing in the remainder of the 2016 NBA Playoffs," the team announced in a statement on Wednesday. "The Heat, Chris, the doctors and medical team have been … [Read more...]

OKC's Waiters on Spurs: 'One guy can't beat us' 5:48 PM ET print OKLAHOMA CITY -- LaMarcus Aldridge has scored 79 points on 33-of-44 shooting in the first two games against the Oklahoma City Thunder. But despite 41 in Game 2 where he made 15 of his 21 shots, the Thunder escaped with a 98-97 win to even the series against the San Antonio Spurs 1-1. "One man can't … [Read more...]

Bosh officially declared out for rest of Heat season 4:58 PM ET ESPN.com news services print Miami forward Chris Bosh will not return to play this season because of an unspecified medical issue that has kept him out since the All-Star break, the team announced Wednesday. The Heat and Bosh made the joint announcement one day after the National Basketball Players Association urged Bosh … [Read more...]

Stephen Curry had platelet-rich plasma treatment on his right knee In an attempt to speed up his return to the Golden State Warriors' lineup, reigning NBA Most Valuable Player Stephen Curry underwent platelet-rich plasma treatment on the right knee he sprained during the first round of the 2016 NBA playoffs, according to Diamond Leung of the Bay Area News Group: [Follow Dunks Don't Lie on … [Read more...]

How Tyronn Lue pushing LeBron to be better is bringing them closer 10:41 AM ET Brian WindhorstESPN Senior Writer Close ESPN.com NBA writer since 2010 Covered Cleveland Cavs for seven years Author of two books print CLEVELAND -- Last year, after making his biggest play to that point of the season, Cleveland Cavaliers forward LeBron James made a point of explaining how he overruled … [Read more...]

What's wrong with Kyle Lowry, and can he fix the Raptors in time? Toronto Raptors point guard Kyle Lowry's struggles are no secret at this point in the NBA Playoffs. Miracle buzzer beater be damned, Lowry has been bad through eight playoff games. Historically bad. As our own Dan Devine noted in his extensive recap of Toronto's 102-96 overtime Game 1 loss to the Miami Heat, the All-Star's … [Read more...]

Basketball Daily Dose: Dose: The Heat Is On We've seen some wild finishes the past couple nights. The Heat had a 99.8 percent chance to win the game in regulation, but they needed to get to overtime to pull off the 102-96 win in Game 1 on Tuesday.  Why? Well, this happened at the end of regulation: Yeah, this wasn't supposed to happen thanks to some missed free throws and turnovers. Besides … [Read more...]

Warriors overwhelm Blazers with unreal crunch-time run, go up 2-0 The Golden State Warriors have performed quite well without the injured Stephen Curry this postseason, but it's fairly apparent that success comes more difficultly when the NBA MVP isn't on the floor. The Curry-less Warriors are a different beast — they don't make or take as many three-pointers, run the offense a little more … [Read more...]

Playoff Daily Dose: The Heat Is On We've seen some wild finishes the past couple nights. The Heat had a 99.8 percent chance to win the game in regulation, but they needed to get to overtime to pull off the 102-96 win in Game 1 on Tuesday.  Why? Well, this happened at the end of regulation: Yeah, this wasn't supposed to happen thanks to some missed free throws and turnovers. Besides that … [Read more...]

Kyle Lowry's prayer forces OT, but Heat recover to take Game 1 The first game of the second round of the playoffs had been yet another miserable evening for Kyle Lowry. Just 2-for-11 from the field against the Miami Heat, looking dispirited by his continuing inability — whether due to the elbow injury that's plagued him since late March, the looming menace of Hassan Whiteside in the paint, … [Read more...]