Indiana Pacers center Myles Turner has been diagnosed with ligament sprain and muscle strain in his right elbow. Turner sustained the injury in the Jan. 8 game vs. Milwaukee. He will not require surgery.
He is currently outfitted with a brace for the elbow. He will miss the four remaining games of the current West Coast trip and depending on how quickly the injury heals, he will be listed as week to week.
Of the 22 teams that will continue their season at Disney World in July, none have depended on clutch play more than the Oklahoma City Thunder. The Thunder have played a league-high 42 games that were within five points in the last five minutes. Of the Thunder’s 40 wins, 29 (73%) have been within five…
Gary Payton and Rapper E-40 pose with the NBA 75 bedazzled ball Steph Curry and the Golden State Warriors punctuated the NBA’s 75th Anniversary season by knocking off the Boston Celtics, 4-2, in the Finals. While the Warriors holding up the Larry O’Brien Championship Trophy is the signature image of this celebratory season, a certain…
The New Orleans Pelicans should have their top rookie back at practice very soon. Pelicans coach Alvin Gentry confirmed that Zion Williamson, who was off the NBA’s restart campus at Walt Disney World in Orlando to tend to a family matter, is expected to complete his quarantine and practice soon. According to a report from…
(Last week’s record in parenthesis; last week’s ranking in brackets) 1) Houston Rockets (2-1) [1]: Suffered first home loss since Jan. 4 (Golden State) Saturday against Oklahoma City, ending a 20-game win streak at Toyota Center. 2) Toronto Raptors (3-1) [2]: It falls to me, the killjoy, to point out that Kyle Lowry is just…
Kyle Lowry finished with 18 points, going 3-for-6 from beyond the arc in 30 minutes off the bench. NEW YORK — Sixteen days ago, the Miami Heat were facing elimination and down three with less than three minutes left in the final Eastern Conference Play-In game. Now, they have a 1-0 lead in the Eastern…
Cleveland’s John Beilein, the only new-to-the-league coach this season, actually got a jump on his 29 rivals in one department. To better familiarize himself with the Cavaliers team he was taking over, Beilein broke from the tradition that has assistant coaches working the sideline at NBA Summer League. When the situation arose in a game…
