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By InsideHoops.comUpdated Friday, April 4, 2025 at 5 p.m. ET
Luka Doncic hit his first shot Thursday night, scoring on a running finger roll in the opening minutes of his baptism into the Golden State Warriors-Lakers rivalry. But there weren't many highlights for Doncic after that, as he finished with 19 points on 6-for-17 shooting in L.A.'s 123-116 loss to the Warriors. "That performance from me was unacceptable," Doncic said after the defeat dropped L.A. to No. 4 in the Western Conference standings with six games remaining in the regular season. "When I play like that, that makes [it] harder [for the team] to win, so just got to figure that out." - ESPN.com
Philadelphia 76ers star Tyrese Maxey is expected to be ruled out for the rest of the season with a finger tendon injury, his agent and Klutch Sports CEO Rich Paul told ESPN. Maxey has been out since March 3 and has attempted to rehab the finger, but still is dealing with discomfort and needs treatment, according to Paul. Maxey, 24, has averaged a career-high 26.3 points to go with 6.1 assists and 3.3 rebounds in 52 games this season. He made his first All-Star team and was the NBA's Most Improved Player in 2023-24, but is shooting a career-low 43.7% from the floor this season. - ESPN.com
Anthony Davis capped his most complete performance in a Dallas Mavericks uniform with a sequence that displayed his two-way brilliance to close out a 120-118 win Wednesday night over the Atlanta Hawks. Davis scored the go-ahead basket, driving left for a floater over Atlanta's Onyeka Okongwu with 3.4 seconds left. After the timeout, Davis smothered Hawks star guard Trae Young on a switch, forcing a tightly contested step-back 3 that failed to draw iron at the buzzer. "To have a closer and a two-way player like Anthony, we all rally around him," Mavs shooting guard Klay Thompson said. "We go as he goes. He's obviously our best player, so he did what he was supposed to do. That was incredible." - ESPN.com
The Philadelphia 76ers announced that star center Joel Embiid is set to undergo arthroscopic surgery next week on his troublesome left knee. Embiid will be reevaluated in six weeks and is expected to make a full recovery, sources told ESPN's Shams Charania. For the past several weeks, the 76ers and Embiid have been working toward a solution for the knee issues that have dogged him for more than a year and caused him to be ruled out for the season in late February. Those consultations with doctors and specialists ultimately led to the decision for Embiid to have surgery, with the hope being that he can get back to the level he had played at in prior seasons. - ESPN.com
Ten-time NBA All-Star Carmelo Anthony has been notified that he has been elected into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 2025, sources tell ESPN's Shams Charania. Anthony, a six-time ALL-NBA selection, was drafted third overall by the Denver Nuggets in 2003, a draft that featured LeBron James going first to the Cleveland Cavaliers and Dwyane Wade going fifth to the Miami Heat. - ESPN.com
Glen Taylor has agreed to the Marc Lore-Alex Rodriguez group acquiring 100% ownership of the Minnesota Timberwolves and Minnesota Lynx at the same $1.5 billion price the sides reached agreement on in 2021, sources told ESPN. As part of the agreement, Taylor decided not to appeal an arbitrators' ruling from February that ruled in favor Lore-Rodriguez in a dispute over the sale contract. The NBA has started the transfer process, including ultimately holding a board of governors vote, sources said. - ESPN.com
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