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By InsideHoops.comUpdated Tuesday, April 1, 2025 at 2 a.m. ET
In the East, the Atlanta Hawks and Orlando Magic are jostling for the No. 7 seed and the chance to host the first play-in game, while the Chicago Bulls and Miami Heat are neck and neck for the Nos. 9 and 10 seeds. The West has been extremely competitive all season long, making every remaining regular-season game important. The No. 6 seed Golden State Warriors are only half a game ahead of the surging Minnesota Timberwolves, who sit only a half-game ahead of the No. 8-seeded LA Clippers. And with plenty of conference play remaining in the span of two weeks, postseason positioning seems to be anyone's to take. - ESPN.com
Josh Giddey could feel it as soon as the ball left his fingertips. In a flash, teammates were mobbing him. Giddey's buzzer-beating half-court heave capped what might be the wildest finish in the NBA this season and gave the surging Chicago Bulls a 119-117 victory over the Los Angeles Lakers on Thursday night. "Special moment to do it with these guys, this team," Giddey said. - ESPN.com
Grizzlies star Ja Morant missed his sixth straight game Thursday night because of a strained left hamstring as Memphis fell to the Oklahoma City Thunder, 125-104. Morant, who averages 22.3 points, has played in just 43 of the team's 73 games this season. - ESPN.com
Boston Celtics coach Joe Mazzulla is optimistic that star forward Jayson Tatum won't be out long after taking a hard foul and spraining his left ankle during the third quarter of Monday's 113-95 win over the Sacramento Kings. Tatum was leading the Celtics in scoring when he got hurt. The six-time All-Star made a contested 3-pointer and was fouled by Kings 6-foot-11 center Domantas Sabonis, who was called for a flagrant 1. Tatum's right foot landed on Sabonis' foot, and Tatum immediately dropped to the floor. "He seems to be doing OK," Mazzulla said. - ESPN.com
Golden State Warriors star Stephen Curry is traveling to join the team in Miami, and his status for Tuesday's game against the Heat will depend on how his pelvic bruise responds to treatment the next two days, sources told ESPN's Shams Charania on Sunday. The Warriors, who lost Saturday night in Atlanta 124-115 without Curry, have said their franchise star will be reevaluated Monday. Coach Steve Kerr said before the loss to the Hawks that he was hopeful Curry would rejoin the team at some point during Golden State's six-game trip. - ESPN.com
Injured three-time NBA MVP Nikola Jokic plans to return "at some point" during the Denver Nuggets' upcoming five-game homestand, coach Michael Malone said Sunday. "We're just trying to get home and kind of see where he's at," Malone said before Denver beat the Houston Rockets 116-111, the fourth consecutive game Jokic has missed due to left ankle impingement. "It'd be great to have a chance to get our starting five some run together, because we haven't had a lot of opportunity to do that this season." - ESPN.com
The Golden State Warriors will sign forward Kevin Knox II to a deal for the remainder of the season, sources told ESPN on Saturday. Knox, the No. 9 pick in 2018, appeared in seven games for the Warriors in February and March after signing a pair of 10-day contracts with the team. - ESPN.com
Jalen Brunson is doing some work on the court as he recovers from a sprained right ankle that will keep the New York Knicks All-Star out until at least the final two weeks of the regular season. The Knicks added Saturday that Brunson's status would be updated again in about a week. The regular season ends April 13. - AP
Indiana Pacers center Myles Turner delivered one of his best overall games of the season on Saturday. Afterward, his mind was on anything but basketball. Just hours after his sister, Mya, was taken off the court on a stretcher during pregame warmups, Turner told reporters she was OK, though he understandably didn't take any other questions. - AP
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