Wizards’ Jamison injures right ankle

Pelicans first-year coach Stan Van Gundy was hired less than two months before the Pelicans first preseason game earlier this week. Never mind that he’s taking over a roster that is loaded with young players and has been entirely overhauled since New Orleans hired David Griffin as executive vice president of basketball operations in 2019. It’s going to take some time,” Van Gundy continued.

To commemorate the 25th anniversary of Reggie Lewis’ death, his widow, Donna Harris-Lewis, explains how she and her children have honored his memory.

The resilient Atlanta Hawks have overcome 18- and 26-point deficits in the past two games to push the top-seeded Philadelphia 76ers to the brink of elimination in their Eastern Conference semifinal series. The fifth-seeded Hawks will look to provide one final shove and advance to the conference finals for the first time since 2015 when they meet the 76ers for Game 6 in Atlanta on Friday. “There’s no quit,” Hawks coach Nate McMillan said after his team’s 109-106 win in Philadelphia in Game 5.