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The NBA is investigating LaMelo Ball’s trip of Bam Adebayo, which resulted in the Miami Heat star’s lower back injury during Tuesday’s play-in game against the Charlotte Hornets, sources told ESPN’s Shams Charania.  

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The NBA says 170 million people in the U.S. watched NBA games across the league’s four primary broadcast platforms during the regular season, a number that represents an 86% rise over last season.  

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Did your team meet its preseason projections? Tim Bontemps grades all 30, from surprise contenders to franchises banking on lottery luck.  

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ESPN analyst Zach Kram ranked and tiered the 50 NBA players most likely to make the biggest impacts in the postseason.  

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Amazon Prime Video’s stream of the Miami-Charlotte play-in game went offline for nearly two minutes during the overtime period, causing fans to miss a Hornets possession.  

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Deni Avdija scored 41 points to help the Blazers erase an 11-point deficit in the fourth quarter and top the Suns 114-110 and secure the No. 7 seed in the Western Conference playoffs.  

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Heat center Bam Adebayo suffered a lower back injury after a fall in the second quarter and was ruled out in the second half.  

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Summer is here for 11 franchises that missed the playoffs. What lies ahead for Miami, Milwaukee, Dallas and each eliminated team?  

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