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A day after the Miami police launched an internal affairs investigation and placed one of the officers involved in the incident on leave, authorities released more than 105 minutes of bodycam footage.
Coby White scored 24 points and Nikola Vucevic added 23 for the Bulls, who saw a 12-point lead to start the fourth quarter whittled to one point on Tyrese Maxey's three-pointer with 33. 2 seconds remaining.
Damian Lillard, who turns 33 on July 15, is due $204 million over the next four years. He has spent all 11 of his NBA campaigns with Portland but has gone past the second round only once in eight trips to the playoffs.
The Denver Nuggets captured their first title in 47 NBA seasons on Monday, defeating the Miami Heat 94-89 behind 28 points and 16 rebounds from Nikola Jokic.
Nikola Jokic and Jamal Murray carved out a slice of NBA history on Wednesday, both notching 30-point triple-doubles as the Denver Nuggets downed the Miami Heat 109-94 to regain the upper hand in the NBA Finals.
Jimmy Butler played a starring role as the Miami Heat advanced to the NBA Finals by routing Boston 103-84 on Monday, denying the Celtics a historic comeback after trailing the playoff series 3-0.
The LA Lakers ran defending champions Golden State out of the NBA playoffs in dominant style, beating the Warriors 122-101 to advance to the Western Conference finals.
Jalen Brunson scored 38 points and the New York Knicks held off the Miami Heat 112-103 to push their NBA Eastern Conference semifinal series to a sixth game.
The 24-year-old Lonnie Walker erupted for 15 fourth-quarter points as the Lakers completed a dramatic 104-101 victory to put them one win away from clinching the best-of-seven Western Conference second-round series.
Anthony Davis and LeBron James were at their best as the Los Angeles Lakers hammered the defending champions the Golden State Warriors on Saturday.
In a press conference after the match, Giannis Antetokounmpo — a Greek-Nigerian — took on a reporter who asked if the Bucks’ season should be deemed a failure.
Jimmy Butler, who scored 56 points in a dazzling game four win on Monday, once again led Miami's offense with 42 points as the eighth-seeded Heat won 128-126 to seal a 4-1 series triumph.
The Nets, who battled through early season struggles that saw coach Steve Nash sacked then dealt with the suspension of Kyrie Irving in an anti-Semitism row, have now won eight of their last nine games.
Multiple reports said the deal was worth an average of $30 million per season with performance incentives over the life of the contract that could make it worth as much as $130 million.
Manu Ginobili, a creative and unpredictable guard whose celebrated ‘Euro-step’ stymied defenders, was greeted by cheers of ‘Ma-nuuu, Ma-nuuu’ as he spoke at Symphony Hall in Springfield, Massachusetts.
The Boston Celtics, sparked by 26 points from Jayson Tatum, advanced to the NBA Finals by defeating Miami 100-96 on Sunday, setting up a title showdown against the Golden State Warriors.
The Heat leveled the best-of-seven Eastern Conference finals at 3-3 to set up a seventh-game clash with the Celtics on Sunday at Miami.
The Boston Celtics moved to the brink of the NBA Finals on Wednesday by defeating Miami 93-80.
After an injury forced Miami talisman Jimmy Butler out of the game at half-time, Adebayo stepped up with a superb all-round display to hold off a ferocious Boston fightback at the Celtics' TD Garden.
The Miami Heat punched their ticket to the NBA's Eastern Conference finals with a 99-90 victory over the Philadelphia 76ers on Thursday as the Dallas Mavericks staved off elimination in the West.
Butler led a superbly balanced offensive performance from Miami as the Heat took a 3-2 lead in the best-of-seven series after dropping the last two games.
Paul scored 14 of his 28 points in the fourth quarter as Western Conference top seeds Phoenix broke open a close game, withstanding a 35-point performance from Mavericks star Luka Doncic.
Herro led a balanced offensive effort as top seeds Miami pulled away after trailing at half-time to go 1-0 up in the best-of-seven conference semi-final series.
Miami, missing injured stars Jimmy Butler and Kyle Lowry, produced a superb defensive performance to shut down Atlanta and advance to an Eastern Conference semi-final series against either Philadelphia or Toronto.
The reigning NBA champion Milwaukee Bucks grabbed a 2-1 series lead with a 111-81 rout of the Chicago Bulls, and the Phoenix Suns took a 2-1 series lead with a 114-111 victory over the Pelicans in New Orleans.