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Lineup alert: Warriors will start Curry, Podziemski, Hield, Butler, Green on Sunday.

Lineup alert: Rockets will start VanVleet, Jalen Green, Brooks, Thompson, Sengun on Sunday.

Lineup alert: Pacers will start Haliburton, Nembhard, Nesmith, Siakam, Turner on Sunday.

Lineup alert: Cavs will start Mitchell, Merrill, Strus, Mobley, Allen on Sunday.

Fred VanVleet on Steven Adams' impact: "He's like a big caveman in this era of small basketball. He's one of the old bigs just roughing everybody up. ... We're gonna play him til he dies out there." Adams is a series-best +53 through Game 6.

Kerr: Jonathan Kuminga's return to the rotation is "100% on the table" for Game 7, per @anthonyVslater.

Lineup alert: Warriors will start Curry, Hield, Payton II, Butler, Green on Friday.

Lineup alert: Rockets will start VanVleet, Jalen Green, Brooks, Thompson, Sengun on Friday.

Shams: Spurs hire Mitch Johnson as head coach.

Stein: Spurs expected to name Mitch Johnson as head coach.

Shams: Gregg Popovich will no longer be head coach of the Spurs. Popovich will transition to Team President.

Lineup alert: Knicks will start Brunson, Bridges, Anunoby, Hart, Towns on Thursday.

Lineup alert: Pistons will start Cunningham, Hardaway Jr., Thompson, Harris, Duren on Thursday.

Highest elimination game PPG average in NBA history (min. 5 GP): LeBron James - 33.5 PPG Luka Doncic - 33.4 PPG Michael Jordan - 31.3 PPG Wilt Chamberlain - 31.1 PPG Kevin Durant - 29.9 PPG

Lineup alert: Nuggets will start Murray, Braun, Porter Jr., Gordon, Jokic on Tuesday.

Bucks in playoffs since winning title: 2022 - Injury to Middleton; lose in ECSF 2023 - Injury to Giannis; lose in R1 2024 - Injuries to Giannis and Dame; lose in R1 2025 - Injury to Dame; lose in R1

Lineup alert: Clippers will start Harden, Powell, Dunn, Leonard, Zubac on Tuesday.

Lineup alert: Celtics will start White, Brown, Tatum, Horford, Porzingis on Tuesday.

Lineup alert: Magic will start Joseph, Caldwell-Pope, Franz Wagner, Banchero, Carter Jr. on Tuesday.

Lineup alert: Pistons will start Cunningham, Hardaway Jr., Thompson, Harris, Duren on Tuesday.

Lineup alert: Knicks will start Brunson, Bridges, Anunoby, Hart, Towns on Tuesday.

Teammates to win consecutive ROYs in Draft Lottery era: Stephon Castle and Victor Wembanyama Karl-Anthony Towns and Andrew Wiggins

Lineup alert: Pacers will start Haliburton, Nembhard, Nesmith, Siakam, Turner on Tuesday.

Lineup alert: Bucks will start Porter Jr., Green, Trent Jr., Giannis, Portis on Tuesday.

Shams: Kings to hire Doug Christie as head coach.

Largest point differential in a 4-game sweep in NBA history: 2025 Cavs vs. MIA: +122 2019 Bucks vs. DET: +95 2016 Spurs vs. MEM: +88 2021 Bucks vs. MIA: +82 2020 Raptors vs. BKN: +82 2025 Thunder vs. MEM: +78

Tyler Herro after Game 3 loss: “We’re not going out 4-0.” Cavs lead the Heat 72-33 at halftime of Game 4.

Lineup alert: Rockets will start VanVleet, Jalen Green, Brooks, Thompson, Sengun on Monday.

Kerr: Jimmy Butler (pelvic) won't have a minutes restriction Monday; playing time will be determined by how Butler is feeling.

Lineup alert: Cavs will start Mitchell, Merrill, Strus, Mobley, Allen on Monday.

Lineup alert: Heat will start Herro, Mitchell, Wiggins, Adebayo, Ware on Monday.

Shams: Damian Lillard diagnosed with torn Achilles.

Nikola Jokic in Game 4 win at Clippers: 36 PTS 21 REB 8 AST First 35-20 playoff game of his career. Nuggets had Jokic-era lows in playoff bench minutes (26), bench points (4).

Lineup alert: Rockets will start VanVleet, Jalen Green, Brooks, Thompson, Sengun on Saturday.

Lineup alert: Warriors will start Curry, Podziemski, Kuminga, Green, Post on Saturday.

Status alert: James Harden, Norman Powell, Kris Dunn, Aaron Gordon, Nikola Jokic, Christian Braun all receive technical fouls for fight on Saturday. No ejections.

Vlatko Cancar is the first player off the Nuggets’ bench Saturday. He entered the day with 38 career playoff minutes over previous 5 seasons with Denver.

Lineup alert: Clippers will start Harden, Powell, Dunn, Leonard, Zubac on Saturday.

Lineup alert: Nuggets will start Murray, Braun, Porter Jr., Gordon, Jokic on Saturday.

Status alert: Michael Porter Jr., Russell Westbrook are game-time decisions Saturday.

Lineup alert: Lakers will start Doncic, Reaves, Hachimura, LeBron, Hayes on Friday.

Lineup alert: Wolves will start Conley, Anthony Edwards, McDaniels, Randle, Gobert on Friday.

Lineup alert: Pacers will start Haliburton, Nembhard, Nesmith, Siakam, Turner on Friday.

Lineup alert: Bucks will start Lillard, Trent Jr., Kuzma, Giannis, Lopez on Friday.

Lineup alert: Celtics will start White, Brown, Tatum, Horford, Porzingis on Friday.

Status alert: Jayson Tatum, Jaylen Brown, Jrue Holiday are game-time decisions Friday.

Lineup alert: Magic will start Joseph, Caldwell-Pope, Franz Wagner, Banchero, Carter Jr. on Friday.

NBA Hustle Award winners 2025: Draymond Green 2024: Alex Caruso 2023: Marcus Smart 2022: Marcus Smart 2021: Thaddeus Young 2020: Montrezl Harrell 2019: Marcus Smart 2018: Amir Johnson 2017: Patrick Beverley

Lineup alert: Luke Kennard starts second half for injured Ja Morant on Thursday.

Status alert: Ja Morant (hip) won't return Thursday.