Spurs win Game 4 to finish sweep of Grizzlies, move on to Round 2 First, the lights at FedEx Forum went out for 18 minutes. Then, the San Antonio Spurs put them out for good. [Follow Dunks Don't Lie on Tumblr: The best slams from all of basketball] Gregg Popovich's club took care of business on Sunday, riding a dominant 37-point third quarter to another comfortable win. The Spurs beat the … [Read more...]

Power surge delays Game 4 between Spurs-Griz 2:15 PM ET Michael C. WrightESPN Staff Writer Close Joined ESPN in 2010 Previously covered Bears for ESPN.com Played college football at West Texas A&M print MEMPHIS -- Officials stopped play in the second quarter of Sunday's Game 4 matchup between the San Antonio Spurs and Memphis Grizzlies due to a power surge that forced off lights … [Read more...]

Stephen Curry (right ankle) will play in Warriors-Rockets Game 4 After missing the last two games with an ankle injury, reigning NBA Most Valuable Player Stephen Curry will return to the Golden State Warriors for Sunday's Game 4 against the Houston Rockets. [Follow Dunks Don't Lie on Tumblr: The best slams from all of basketball] The Warriors announced the superstar point guard's return … [Read more...]

The lights went out in the middle of Spurs-Grizzlies Game 4 Add another entry to the Memphis Grizzlies' miles-long injured list: their home gym's power grid. [Follow Dunks Don't Lie on Tumblr: The best slams from all of basketball] At the 10:03 mark of the second quarter of Game 4 between the Grizzlies and San Antonio Spurs, the lights at FedEx Forum decided to take a little … [Read more...]

Lue compares LeBron's foul treatment to Shaq 1:32 PM ET Dave McMenaminESPN Staff Writer Close Cavs and NBA writer for ESPN.com Covered the Lakers and NBA for ESPNLosAngeles.com from 2009-14 and the NBA for NBA.com from 2005-09 Syracuse University graduate print AUBURN HILLS, Mich. - Cleveland Cavaliers head coach Tyronn Lue said the way LeBron James is officiated reminds him of … [Read more...]

Basketball Daily Dose: Dose: It's Dame's World We’ve already had two “will he be suspended?” moments (more on those later), which I think means that the playoffs have officially started. Some series are a little closer than others, but we’ve seen some great playoff basketball thus far and look to be in for a fun couple months. Saturday didn’t have any games that will be replayed as … [Read more...]

Durant: Flagrant right call, but wasn't trying to hurt 3:58 AM ET print DALLAS -- Kevin Durant was called for a flagrant foul 2 and was ejected in the Oklahoma City Thunder's 119-108 Game 4 win over the Dallas Mavericks, his first career postseason ejection and second career ejection. With 50.6 seconds left, Durant bit on a pump fake by rookie Justin Anderson and swiped at the … [Read more...]

Dame and CJ play like stars again, Blazers win Game 3 vs. Clippers It's fair to see that Portland Trail Blazers star guards Damian Lillard and C.J. McCollum did not play to their full capabilities in the first two games of their first-round series against the Los Angeles Clippers. The high-scoring duo both made no more than one-third of their field goal attempts in the two losses at Staples … [Read more...]

Durant: Flagrant 2 right call, wasn't trying to hurt 1:56 AM ET print DALLAS -- Kevin Durant was called for a flagrant foul 2 and was ejected in the Oklahoma City Thunder's 119-108 Game 4 win over the Dallas Mavericks, his first career postseason ejection and second career ejection. With 50.6 seconds left, Durant bit on a pump fake by rookie Justin Anderson and swiped at the ball … [Read more...]

Carlisle: Williams (abdominal) likely done for year 12:36 AM ET Tim MacMahonESPN Staff Writer Close Joined ESPNDallas.com in September 2009 Covers the Dallas Cowboys and Dallas Mavericks Appears regularly on ESPN Dallas 103.3 FM print DALLAS -- Mavericks point guard Deron Williams will probably not play again this season after lasting less than 90 seconds in Saturday's Game 4. … [Read more...]