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Pacers coach Rick Carlisle has been fined $35,000 for criticizing the officiating during his team’s playoff series against the Knicks.  

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After years of dysfunction and chaos, the Knicks are two wins away from a first Eastern Conference finals appearance since 2000.  

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Luka Doncic recovered from his poor showing in the opener as Dallas beat Oklahoma City on Thursday night to even the Western Conference semifinals at one win apiece.  

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Donovan Mitchell scored 29 points to help the Cleveland Cavaliers beat the top-seeded Boston Celtics 118-94 and tie their second-round playoff series at one game apiece.  

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Mike Budenholzer has emerged as the Phoenix Suns’ target to become the franchise’s next coach, and discussions are expected to move rapidly toward a deal, sources told ESPN on Thursday.  

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Phoenix and L.A. have major coaching decisions this offseason. We have the latest on those two searches and every vacancy around the league.  

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Knicks forward OG Anunoby will miss Game 3 of the Eastern Conference semifinals with a strained left hamstring.  

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The Suns have fired head coach Frank Vogel after one season, the team announced Thursday, and former Bucks coach Mike Budenholzer is expected to be a prominent candidate to replace him, sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski.  

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The NBA has suspended Bucks guard Patrick Beverley for four games without pay for throwing a basketball multiple times at fans and “an inappropriate interaction” with an ESPN producer after Game 6 against the Indiana Pacers last week.  

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