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In response to an early call, Toronto coach Nick Nurse formed the perfect "O'' with his mouth and held it for a dozen or so seconds. Now leading 3-1, Nurse and the Raptors look to close out their series with the Magic at home Tuesday. The same goes for Philadelphia against Brooklyn and Portland against Oklahoma City. Continue to Article

April 23, 2019 3:10:am EST

The ending of the San Antonio Spurs' Game 4 loss to the Denver Nuggets on Saturday just got a little worse for DeMar DeRozan. The NBA announced Sunday that DeRozan had been fined $25,000 for “recklessly throwing the basketball toward a game official” in the fourth quarter of the Spurs' loss. DeRozan was also assessed a technical foul and ejected for the incident, putting a small exclamation point in a game in which the Nuggets continuously pulled away from the Spurs in the second half. Continue to Article

April 21, 2019 5:28:pm EST

San Antonio Spurs guard DeMar DeRozan was fined $25,000 for his ball-tossing effort during Saturday's 117-103 loss to the Denver Nuggets. NBA executive vice president of basketball operations KiKi VanDeWeghe said in the announcement of the fine that DeRozan was disciplined "for recklessly throwing the basketball toward a game official and into the spectator stands." DeRozan was given a technical foul and was ejected after the incident with 5:01 remaining in the contest. Continue to Article

April 21, 2019 3:39:pm EST

Philadelphia, down by 10 points early in the third quarter, battled back most of the second half before taking the lead on a run of eight points by Embiid, who missed game three with a sore left knee. A slam dunk and layup by Embiid gave the 76ers their first late lead at 102-101 but, after an exchange of layups and three-pointers as well as turnovers, fell behind 108-107 on a basket by Brooklyn's Joe Harris with 25 seconds remaining. On the next 76er possession, Embiid flipped the last of his seven assists to Mike Scott, whose corner three-pointer put Philadelphia ahead to stay 110-108 with 19 seconds remaining. Continue to Article

April 20, 2019 11:22:pm EST

Nikola Jokic had 29 points and 12 rebounds, Jamal Murray added 24 points and Denver beat the San Antonio Spurs 117-103 on Saturday night, rebounding from a flat performance tie the first-round series at two games apiece. "We can talk to we're blue in the face about, 'Hey, we're going to hit them first,' and all that," Malone said. "Go out there and do it." Continue to Article

April 20, 2019 10:26:pm EST