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Heat rule rookie forward Jaime Jaquez Jr. out of Game 5 vs. Celtics with hip injury

Heat rule rookie forward Jaime Jaquez Jr. out of Game 5 vs. Celtics with hip injury

MIAMI (AP) — The Miami Heat will be without yet another starter when they face an elimination game in Boston on Wednesday night. Rookie forward Jaime Jaquez Jr.
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Brad Stevens selected as NBA's executive of the year after Celtics' NBA-best regular season

Brad Stevens selected as NBA's executive of the year after Celtics' NBA-best regular season

Brad Stevens was announced Tuesday as the NBA's executive of the year after helping build a Boston Celtics team that posted the league's best record in the regular season.
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Murray scores 32 and hits game-winner in Nuggets' 108-106 series-clinching victory over Lakers

Murray scores 32 and hits game-winner in Nuggets' 108-106 series-clinching victory over Lakers

DENVER (AP) — Jamal Murray overcame a strained left calf, management's suggestion he sit this one out and another haymaker from the Los Angeles Lakers to score 32 points and sink the game-winner with 3.6 seconds left Monday night.
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"In the biggest moment, he rises," Canada's Jamal Murray delivers again for Nuggets

"In the biggest moment, he rises," Canada's Jamal Murray delivers again for Nuggets

DENVER — Taped to the wall beside Jamal Murray's stall in the Denver Nuggets' locker-room is a picture of Bruce Lee with a quote from the martial arts legend. "Knowing is not enough, we must apply. Willing is not enough, we must do," it reads.
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Thunder brushed off questions about youth, inexperience, in first-round playoff sweep of Pelicans

Thunder brushed off questions about youth, inexperience, in first-round playoff sweep of Pelicans

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The Oklahoma City Thunder entered the playoffs facing questions about their relative youth and playoff inexperience. Four games later, the Thunder is on to the second round after a convincing sweep of the New Orleans Pelicans.
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Nuggets coach Michael Malone: defense of NBA title won't get any easier against Wolves in Round 2

Nuggets coach Michael Malone: defense of NBA title won't get any easier against Wolves in Round 2

DENVER (AP) — Sending LeBron James to his earliest playoff exit was harder than it looked, and Denver Nuggets coach Michael Malone doesn’t foresee the next step in their title defense getting any easier.
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Los Angeles, Dallas face off with series tied 2-2

Dallas Mavericks (50-32, fifth in the Western Conference) vs. Los Angeles Clippers (51-31, fourth in the Western Conference) Los Angeles; Wednesday, 10 p.m. EDT BETMGM SPORTSBOOK : LINE Mavericks -2.5; over/under is 209.
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Celtics look to secure series victory over the Heat

Miami Heat (46-36, eighth in the Eastern Conference) vs. Boston Celtics (64-18, first in the Eastern Conference) Boston; Wednesday, 7:30 p.m. EDT BETMGM SPORTSBOOK : LINE Celtics -14; over/under is 199.
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Williams, Gilgeous-Alexander, lead OKC to a 97-89 Game 4 victory -- and sweep of the Pelicans

Williams, Gilgeous-Alexander, lead OKC to a 97-89 Game 4 victory -- and sweep of the Pelicans

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — For all the scoring Shai Gilgeous-Alexander does for Oklahoma City, his hustle back on defense after having a shot blocked was a pivotal part of a playoff series-clinching victory over the New Orleans Pelicans.
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Celtics top the Heat to take a 3-1 lead in the East

Celtics top the Heat to take a 3-1 lead in the East

MIAMI (AP) — Derrick White scored a career-high 38 points, Jayson Tatum added 20 points and 10 rebounds, and the Boston Celtics beat the Miami Heat 102-88 on Monday night to take a 3-1 lead in their Eastern Conference first-round series.
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