The NBA has fined LaMelo Ball $35,000 “for making unnecessary and reckless contact” with Bam Adebayo during Tuesday’s play-in game. The Hornets star also was fined $25,000 for using profane language during a TV interview after that game.
Tyrese Maxey scored 31 points, and the Sixers pulled away late to top the Magic 109-97 on Wednesday night to secure the No. 7 seed in the Eastern Conference playoffs.
Coming off a rather uninspiring regular season, Anthony Edwards and the Timberwolves said “we’re here now” and are ready to take on the Nuggets for the start of the playoffs.
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.
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.