Luka Dončić will be unavailable for the Los Angeles Lakers' game against the Washington Wizards Monday, March 30, after the NBA suspended the MVP candidate one game for accumulating too many technical fouls this season.
"He's disappointed,” said Lakers coach JJ Redick following Sunday's practice, according to reports. “(Dončić) wants to be there for his teammates. ... We're gonna need everybody tomorrow.”
Dončić received his 16th technical foul of the season on March 27, during a game in which he led the Lakers to a 116-99 victory over the Brooklyn Nets at Crypto.com Arena.
Dončić was seen pushing Nets forward Ziaire Williams, who then retaliated by swinging his arm back and hitting Dončić in the face. Williams received his fourth technical foul of the season and was not suspended.
NBA rules indicate that a player or coach will automatically be suspended without pay for one game once they receive their 16th technical foul of the regular season. The player will be suspended for one regular-season game for every two additional technical fouls that he receives.
DENVER, CO - MARCH 29: Steve Kerr of the Golden State Warriors reacts on the sidelines during the second quarter against the Denver Nuggets at Ball Arena on March 29, 2026 in Denver, Colorado. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Justin Edmonds/Getty Images) | Getty Images
The Golden State Warriors walked into halftime with a seven-point lead over the Denver Nuggets on Sunday night, putting together another strong first half against one of the league’s top teams. But in what has become a familiar script during this portion of the season, that momentum didn’t carry over. The third quarter flipped everything. Denver erupted for 41 points while Golden State managed just 20, ultimately turning a competitive game into a 116–93 blowout loss.
The third-quarter struggles have become an unfortunate pattern for the Warriors. Whether it’s poor offensive execution, defensive lapses, or simply running out of gas, Golden State has repeatedly lost its footing coming out of halftime. And against the elite teams in the NBA, that has been the difference between winning and losing.
Head coach Steve Kerr addressed the Warriors’ third quarter issue, acknowledging it’s become a recurring theme for the team.
Warriors head coach Steve Kerr noted Golden State’s “pattern” of underwhelming third quarters.
“We’re playing a really solid half and then we just can’t sustain it. That’s where you really feel the injuries. You need more depth.”
Brandin Podziemski was one of the few bright spots offensively, finishing with 23 points on 8-of-14 shooting from the field and 5-of-8 from three, while committing zero turnovers. Still, even his efficient night couldn’t make up for the team’s mistakes.
In total, the Warriors committed 13 turnovers — just two more than Denver — but the impact told a different story. Golden State managed only 13 points off Nuggets turnovers, while Denver turned theirs into 22 points.
After the game, Podziemski pointed to a key stretch of turnovers late in the second quarter that helped shift the momentum and gave Denver confidence heading into the second half.
Brandin Podziemski highlighted late second-quarter turnovers as confidence boosters for Denver.
“Against a good team when you’re not at full strength on the road, you’ve got to play pretty close to perfect.”
Sunday was another reminder that the Warriors can compete with most teams but sustaining that level throughout the course of the game has been the challenge — especially when playing short-handed and relying on a limited rotation. Until they solve that, games like this will continue to slip away with time running out before the April 14th Play-in Tournament.
For more on this and other news around the NBA, here is our latest news round-up for Monday, March 30th:
In 10 games now with the Warriors, Porziņģis has a 30-point game and a 28-point game, and both were against the Wizards. His 22-point game came against the lowly Mavericks, and he needed overtime to reach 20 points against the Minnesota Timberwolves.
Playing Jokić and the Nuggets was a new test for Porziņģis. The biggest one yet, perhaps. It’s safe to say the big man stepped up yet again. Yes, Jokić got his. But so did Porziņģis.
He started the game strong and made two threes in the first quarter to give the Warriors an early lead. Porziņģis then scored eight points in the second quarter to bring him 14 first-half points as a plus-6 in a battle with the three-time NBA MVP. The Warriors fell flat in the third quarter, but Porziņģis still scored nine of their 20 points.
The Warriors made what has been described as a determined trade run at the Clippers’ Kawhi Leonard in the final hour before the Feb. 5 trade buzzer sounded under the belief that Leonard might be unexpectedly unavailable after LA agreed to ship Ivica Zubac to Indiana. The Clippers ultimately balked then, but it is reasonable to presume that Golden State will investigate that possibility once again.
The Warriors are likewise routinely described by rival teams as one of the few credible destinations for LeBron James’ 24th NBA campaign if James and the Lakers indeed part ways after eight seasons together. “It has some legs,” one league source said of the LeBron link to the Warriors.
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Los Angeles Lakers star Luka Doncic has been suspended one game for receiving his 16th technical foul in Friday’s win over the Brooklyn Nets, the NBA announced on Saturday.
Doncic will serve the suspension during Monday’s game against the Washington Wizards.
Doncic and Nets forward Ziaire Williams were assessed double techs with 5:12 remaining in the third quarter of Friday’s game after jostling with each other following an offensive foul called on Doncic.
For a half, a shorthanded Warriors team (no Steph Curry, Jimmy Butler, or Moses Moody among others) — was outplaying a legitimate title contender on their home floor.
Then Jokic took over as he’s done so many time as Denver flipped the script completely. The Nuggets finished shooting 50% from the field and 47% from three-point range, going 19-for-40 beyond the arc for the game. Jokic ended with 25 points, 15 rebounds, and 8 assists, doing it all with that infuriating casual efficiency that makes you want to both applaud and flip a table.
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Correction: A previous version of this story misidentified Craig Smith as the current coach of Utah.
Utah State announced the hiring of longtime Northern Iowa coach Ben Jacobson on Monday, March 30, poaching the five-time NCAA Tournament attendee to replace Jerrod Calhoun.
It's a splash hire at the mid-major level, especially with how long Jacobson spent at Northern Iowa. He has four NCAA Tournament wins in his career, including a second-round upset over No. 1 seed Kansas in 2010.
Utah State is one of the best non-Power program jobs in college basketball, and Jacobson will lead the program into the rebuilt Pac-12 next season. There, he'll be conference foes with Colorado State and coach Ali Farokhmanesh, his former player and March Madness hero from 2010.
The Aggies have made six of the last seven NCAA Tournaments, and its coaches have gone on to earn high-profile jobs shortly after their tenure. Calhoun took the opening at Cincinnati after Danny Sprinkle left for Washington, and Sprinkle's predecessor, Ryan Odom, is now at Virginia. Craig Smith was the Aggies coach before Odom and took the Utah job. He was coach of the Utes for four seasons before being fired in 2025.
"I'm thankful for the opportunity to join Utah State as it enters its next chapter in the Pac-12," Jacobson said. "I'm grateful to Cameron Walker for trusting me to lead such a historic program and to continue its tradition as one of the top men's basketball programs in the West. I look forward to getting to know Aggie Nation and the HURD, and for my family to become part of the Cache Valley and Logan community."
Jacobson leads the Missouri Valley Conference in all-time wins (220) and conference tournament wins (24), but the allure of the new Pac-12 was likely too enticing to pass up, as the league will be anchored by powerhouse programs Gonzaga, San Diego State and Utah State, to a lesser degree.
Numerous college basketball coaches commented on the hire in Utah State's announcement, including Purdue's Matt Painter and Nebraska's Fred Hoiberg.
"Ben is not only an exceptional coach but also a truly remarkable person," Painter said. "He has achieved tremendous success at Northern Iowa, and this opportunity at Utah State gives him the chance to build on that success both on the court and within the community. I'm excited for him and his family as they embark on this exciting new chapter in their lives.
Hoiberg added: "Ben Jacobson is one of the great coaches in our sport, and Utah State is fortunate to land a coach of his caliber. He built Northern Iowa into one of the top programs in the Missouri Valley Conference for the past two decades.
"When I was at Iowa State, we played his UNI teams several times over the years, and you always knew you would be in for a battle. I have so much respect for the job he has done over the years."
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It’s hard to be a good team without being a good clutch team. Of the 12 teams currently in a playoff spot (plus Philly, who’s on the cusp of it), 10 of them are in the top 11 in clutch net rating (the other team is Milwaukee, somehow). The others are Minnesota (15th), Denver (20th), and Houston (24th). Good teams are good because they can grit their teeth and come out on top in clutch scenarios.
The Knicks are among the best of the best in the clutch. Even after Sunday night’s meltdown against OKC, the Knicks are 19-13 with a plus-17.3 clutch net rating, only behind the Lakers, Thunder, and Sixers. Their defense is third-best, their offense is fourth-best, and their turnover rate is fourth-lowest. It’s overall pretty good.
But it’s not perfect. Now, perfection is an impossibility, but you should always strive to get as close to perfect as humanly possible. The limitations of the Knicks in crunchtime were shown on Sunday, albeit against maybe the most unstoppable force in the NBA in a fully healthy Thunder squad.
The Knicks’ clutch offense revolves around Jalen Brunson, as it should. As you may expect, he’s taken by far the most shots (73), has the most minutes (109), and the most points (99) in clutch scenarios this season among Knicks. No other Knick has even attempted 30 shots. He’s also been efficient, registering 46.6/42.3/76.9 splits. The reigning Clutch Player of the Year is absolutely the right man to assume this responsibility.
But there will be games that teams will sell out to shut his water off. That’s when you usually see guys like OG Anunoby and Landry Shamet get funneled the ball in the corner (Anunoby is 13-26 and 6-12 from 3 in the clutch this season, but what happens when they get the ball out of Brunson’s hands before he can make that read?
Brunson’s 19 assists are also by far the most in the clutch, with Josh Hart second with 8. Speaking of Hart, he’s the black sheep of the starters in crunchtime, only being a plus-2 in 50 minutes, while seven players currently sit at plus-15 or higher. There’s not much ball movement, but that makes sense considering that it’s almost always a Brunson-focused isolation down the stretch. The captain has an exceptionally high 37.2 usage rate in clutch scenarios.
There’s one thing in particular that the Knicks probably should’ve been working on all season, but could still stand to try out to diversify the late offense, and that’s getting Karl-Anthony Towns involved. He’s only attempted 23 shots in clutch scenarios this season and has a paltry 18.8 usage rate. He’s usually reduced to the occasional pick-and-pop and being forced to get his touches on the glass. There are games like last night in OKC where Towns got going with post-ups on smaller defenders and then it just… stopped.
The first, second, and third options should always be Brunson making decisions with the ball in his hands, but Towns is an All-NBA talent in his own right. You didn’t just get him for the other 43 minutes of the game, we saw what he can do when he saved the season by himself in Detroit last April.
KAT in game 4 of last year’s first round vs the pistons:
🏀27 points 🎯5/7 3PT ⏰8 points in the last 3 minutes
But that’s only one thing that could be improved upon in these scenarios. There are two areas where the Knicks are normally quite good, but are mediocre-to-bad in the clutch. The first sorta makes sense, OREB%. Mitchell Robinson has played just 23 total clutch minutes this year for a variety of reasons, and he’s the biggest reason why the Knicks are as monstrous on the boards as they usually are. I’d imagine that more minutes for Big Mitch would increase that rate, and we’ll see it at times in the playoffs, but it’s certainly interesting.
The one that’s more baffling is free-throw percentage. The Knicks, who currently rank 12th in FT% at 79.1% (if you include Mitch, it’s 81.6%), are catastrophically bad in the clutch, ranking 28th at 70.5%. As I said earlier, Mitch barely plays in the clutch and has only attempted four of the team’s 88 clutch free throws. While OG Anunoby and Deuce McBride are shooting fine, others are shooting much worse than their season averages:
There are many reasons why the Knicks lost Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Finals to the Pacers, but the biggest one might have been an inability to cash in at the line in the final minute. It’s just not tenable to leave points on the line in games that matter. You might get away with it in Brooklyn, but you won’t in Boston.
The No. 1 overall seed Blue Devils were knocked out of the NCAA Men's Tournament when Braylon Mullins knocked down a 40-foot buzzer beater following a turnover by Duke on Sunday, March 29. That gave UConn the 73-72 win to advance to the Final Four this weekend in Indianapolis.
Krzyzewski joined the Pat McAfee Show on Monday, March 30, to talk about the loss.
"It was heartbreaking," Coach K said. "I am telling you. Even though I haven't coached for four years now. It was a great, great basketball game. Not a good one. It was a great game."
"It was heartbreaking and it was a great basketball game..
I haven't coached for four years and I couldn't fall asleep last night..
Krzyzewski led the Blue Devils to five national titles between 1980 and 2022, before he retired. While he did win national titles with Duke, he suffered many heartbreaking losses in the single-elimination tournament, with 13 total Final Four appearances.
Even while not coaching actively, the loss still stings for Krzyzewski.
"I could not fall asleep last night," Krzyzewski said. "I felt like I was a part of that. And then you're thinking of all these individual kids and how you are going to take care of them. You have such great empathy for our guys. Obviously, I am a Duke guy and have concerns for them. It's a tough one to get over."
Wade, who coached LSU from 2017-22, was fired by the program for recruiting violations. He was also suspended in 2019 after an FBI wiretap uncovered him conversing with a recruit about a potential monetary offer.
Wade made light of how he left his LSU career during his re-introduction, saying one way or another, he's going to make history with the Tigers this time around.
"We're gonna make history one way or the other," he said. "We're coming back to try to hang a banner and win a national championship, or I'm gonna be the first coach fired from the same school twice. One way or another, we're gonna make history."
Will Wade (re)introduced at LSU:
"We're gonna make history one way or the other. We're coming back to try to hang a banner and win a national championship, or I'm gonna be the first coach fired from the same school twice. One way or another, we're gonna make history!" 😂 pic.twitter.com/jZOZP9SObN
Wade led McNeese to an NCAA Tournament win over Clemson in 2024, before leaving for NC State, where he coached one season. He left the Wolfpack in controversial manner, leaving NC State fans in frenzy over the situation.
It isn't the first joke Wade has made since the LSU news has come to light.
"They're gonna kill me if I start answering questions. I'm trying to follow more rules this time," Wade said to a group of reporters who saw him arriving in Baton Rouge.
LSU never formally announced Matt McMahon's firing in a separate announcement, rather burying the news in an announcement noting Wade's return to LSU.
Wade won games for the Tigers, though, and led the program to an SEC regular season title and Sweet 16 in 2019. He took LSU to the NCAA Tournament in three of his five seasons. He made the NIT before COVID-19 wiped out March Madness in his other season at the helm.
Wade will now look toward rebuilding an LSU team that finished 15-17 last season and has missed the NCAA Tournament in every season since Wade left the program. Perhaps his jokes will also work on the next cycle of recruits for the Tigers.
Tonight's Peacock NBA Monday coverage features a tripleheader. The excitement starts at 7:00 PM ET when the Philadelphia 76ers head to Miami to take on the Heat. Then, at 8:00 PM, the Chicago Bulls go head-to-head with Victor Wembanyama and the San Antonio Spurs. At 9:30 PM ET it's the Detroit Pistons vs the Oklahoma City Thunder. Live coverage begins with NBA Showtime at 6:00 PM on Peacock. See below for additional information on how to watch each game.
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The 76ers and Heat meet for the third and final time this season. Miami won the first contest on November 23, while Philadelphia won the most recent match-up on February 26.
The 76ers sit seventh in the Eastern Conference after Saturday's 118-114 win over the Charlotte Hornets.
In his first game back since missing the previous ten with a pinky injury, Tyrese Maxey finished with 26 points, 8 assists, and 7 rebounds. Joel Embiid, playing in his second game back after missing 13 games with a right oblique strain, scored 29, while Paul George — also in his second game back since serving a 25-game suspension — finished with 26 points and 13 rebounds.
With eight games remaining and a healthy roster, the 76ers are just a half-game behind the Atlanta Hawks for sixth place.
The Heat are currently ninth in the East, 2.5 games behind the 76ers after falling to Cleveland and Indiana this weekend.
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Tonight's Peacock NBA Monday tripleheader begins at 7:00 PM ET when the Philadelphia 76ers head to Miami to take on the Heat. Then, at 8:00 PM, the Chicago Bulls go head-to-head with the San Antonio Spurs. At 9:30 PM ET, it's the Detroit Pistons vs the Oklahoma City Thunder. Live coverage begins with NBA Showtime at 6:00 PM on Peacock. See below for additional information on how to watch each game.
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For the eighth time in the last nine seasons, the Chicago Bulls will miss the postseason.
The Bulls were eliminated from playoff contention after falling 131-113 to the Oklahoma City Thunder on Friday night.
Although the Bulls have made the Play-In Tournament in each of the last three seasons, they haven't made a postseason appearance since 2022.
“Whether we’re making the playoffs or not, it’s just important that we just finish this thing out the right way. We don’t throw the towel in. We get to play in the NBA for a living. So not taking it for granted and just kind of blowing these last 10 games by," said guard Josh Giddey ahead of Friday’s contest.
San Antonio has won its last eight straight games. The Spurs have already clinched a playoff berth but have their sights set on the top seed. The team is currently second in the Western Conference, just 2.5 games behind the Thunder.
Victor Wembanyama continues to make his case for MVP. He leads the Spurs in scoring (24.2 ppg), rebounds (11.2 rpg), and leads the league in blocks (3.0 bpg)
Tonight's game marks the second and final meeting of the season between the two teams. San Antonio won the last match-up 121-117 on November 10.
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Michael Jordan explained that his massive NBA fame caused a burden in his life and ultimately was a reason he retired from the sport in 2003.
Michael Jordan explained that his massive NBA fame caused a “burden” in his life and ultimately was a reason he retired from the sport in 2003.
During a recent interview with CBS Mornings, Jordan looked back on his illustrious career — winning six NBA titles and achieving two separate “three-peats” — and what drove him to seek a “quieter life” outside of basketball.
“When I say I wanted to retire and get to a quieter life, I wanted to get away from basketball in terms of what I represented in that arena and how big I’d gotten,” Jordan, who is considered the greatest basketball player of all time, told CBS’s Gayle King while at Phoenix Raceway.
Michael Jordan says, “The burden of living a certain way,” pushed him to step back from basketball’s spotlight and to seek a quieter life.
“It was such a huge burden for me in that sport. Here [in NASCAR], the burden is not quite the same. It’s something that I think that keeps me alive and vibrant.
“The burden of living a certain way, trying to maintain whatever everybody’s perspective is for you or was for you. That is a burden. And it’s a lot of people that have to endure it. And at some point and time, you say, I’m tired of doing that.”
Jordan, who has lived a private life after hanging up his jersey for good, co-founded the NASCAR team 23XI Racing with Denny Hamlin in 2020.
23XI Racing Owner Michael Jordan sits on the wall during the Goodyear 400 at Darlington Raceway in Darlington, South Carolina on March 22, 2026. Scott Kinser-Imagn Images23XI Racing co-owner Michael Jordan celebrates after driver, Tyler Reddick wins the NASCAR Cup Series Goodyear 400 at Darlington Raceway on March 22, 2026 in Darlington, South Carolina. Getty Images
The 63-year-old Chicago Bulls legend has been in the spotlight recently as his team is dominating this season, winning four of six races thus far.
Jordan explained that he thinks he’s “cursed with this competitive gene” that has taken over everything he does — even at home.
He joked that he races his wife, Yvette Prieto, to see who could shower and get dressed first.
Chicago Bulls guard Michael Jordan #23, drives past New York Knicks Willie Anderson during a game at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois on May 7, 1996.
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“Anything that I do is from a competitive lens and in some ways that keeps me young that keeps me aggressively [and] thinking positively,” Jordan said. “It helps me understand everything that I’m involved with or connected with… I think my appetite to prove as a kid created this competitive thing within me that has transcended and taken over everything that I do.”
When asked if he misses basketball, Jordan said: “100 percent. It’s a huge piece of me [that misses basketball] but I’ve compensated that feeling through NASCAR and fishing.”
A two-time Olympic gold medalist, Jordan also earned the title of NBA MVP five times, is a six-time NBA Finals MVP, a 14-time NBA All-Star and a three-time NBA All-Star MVP. He also made the All-NBA First Team 10 times and is a nine-time NBA All-Defensive First Team honoree.
Michael Jordan with his wife, Yvette Prieto, in 2019. Getty Images for Cincoro
He won the NBA Defensive Player of the Year award in 1998 and was named NBA Rookie of the Year in 1985.
Jordan was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame as an individual player in 2009 and as a member of the 1992 U.S. Olympic Team in 2010.
The Connecticut men’s and women’s basketball teams each are one victory away from the championship game of the NCAA Tournament, and that could be very expensive for a furniture store, an insurance company or both.
Jordan’s Furniture, a company based in Massachusetts, will be on the hook for $50 million if both win their first games of the Final Four and advance to the championship games, according Eliot Tatelman, the former CEO whose sons run the company.
Jordan’s Furniture created the financial risk with the following promotion: customers could buy as much furniture and mattresses as they wanted from Jan. 20 to March 1, according to the company’s website. Jordan’s has pledged to reimburse those customers if the Huskies reached the Final Four and then advance to the championship game.
Tatelman, who remains the face of the company, said Jordan’s Furniture has eight stores, including two in Storrs, Connecticut, home of the Huskies. He said Jordan’s held a similar promotion in 2007, when the company became the official furniture store of the Boston Red Sox.
"We said, 'Come into Jordan's and buy a sofa, a bed, a mattress, a dining room table,’" Tatelman said. "And if the Red Sox win the World Series, it'll all be free.’"
The Red Sox swept the Colorado Rockies in the World Series, and Tatelman said Jordan’s returned $35 million to its customers without ending up in bankruptcy.
"I bought insurance for it," he said cheerfully.
Would Warren Buffet approve?
Tatelman, 79, said he’s been in the business for 65 years and his grandfather started the store. It’s now owned by Berkshire Hathaway, an American holding company founded by Warren Buffett.
When Jordan's was sold to Berkshire Hathaway in 1999, Jordan’s put its annual revenue at about $250 million, according to Bloomberg News.
Although Tatelman did not provide annual sales figures – they're not public knowledge, he explained – he did provide details about the stores.
One features an indoor ropes course. Another has two Max 3D theaters. In yet another, Boston is duplicated by 25 million jelly beans. Boston. Beantown. Get it?
Coming soon: Big screen TVs for the Final Four games.
In essence, are customers wagering with furniture purchases?
"This is not gambling," Tatelman said. "You're buying furniture at a good deal and you're getting something for it.''
GUWAHATI, India (AP) — Young sensation Vaibhav Sooryavanshi smashed a 15-ball half-century as Rajasthan Royals thrashed Chennai Super Kings by eight wickets in the Indian Premier League on Monday.
On a pitch which was under covers for most of the last two days due to wet weather, Chennai was put in and crumbled to 127 all out in 19.4 overs. All six Rajasthan bowlers shared the wickets.
The 15-year-old Sooryavanshi was dropped on the first ball he faced then powered the chase with 52 off 17 balls — raising the third fastest fifty in the IPL — as Rajasthan cruised to 128-2 in only 12.1 overs.
Five-time champion Chennai has undergone a youth movement in order to make a long-term rebound from finishing in last place last year. But it made an inauspicious start thanks to the youngest player in the league.
Sooryavanshi's miscued pull shot against Matt Henry in the first over was dropped by debutant Kartik Sharma, a tough two-handed catch over his shoulders while running backward from midwicket. Sharma failed to chase the ball and it dribbled over the boundary, the first of Sooryavanshi's four boundaries plus five sixes.
Sooryavanshi gave Rajasthan a blazing start of 74-0 in the powerplay. He clobbered wrist-spinner Noor Ahmad for successive sixes and raised his half-century off just 15 balls before he holed out to Sarfaraz Khan at sweeper cover in the seventh over.
Fellow opener Yashasvi Jaiswal had a front row seat to Sooryavanshi's artistry. He was dropped on 26 before finishing 38 not out off 36 balls.
“The plan was to decide the game in the powerplay as we’d restricted them to a low score," Sooryavanshi said. “After every ball Jaiswal doesn't tell me to take a single. He tells me that the ball's going off the bat nicely and to keep going.”
New Rajasthan skipper Riyan Parag’s decision to bowl first in favorable conditions was vindicated when Chennai slumped to 38-4 against the express pace of Jofra Archer (2-19) and Nandre Burger (2-26).
Former Rajasthan skipper Sanju Samson (6) had a forgetful first game for his new franchise Chennai when Burger flattened his off stump with a 140 kph delivery.
Samson was hired to fix the top order batting issues for Chennai but captain Ruturaj Gaikwad also made only 6 when he exposed his stumps against Archer’s pace and was clean bowled.
Left-arm spinner Ravindra Jadeja (2-18), playing for Rajasthan after 17 seasons with Chennai, struck twice in his first over to reduce Chennai further to 57-6.
With Mahendra Singh Dhoni not available for the first two weeks due to a calf injury, Chennai was in danger of opening its campaign with less than 100 runs. But Jamie Overton top-scored with 43 off 36 balls before he was run out in the last over.
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It’s amazing what can happen in a week, especially for a franchise as strange as your Philadelphia 76ers.
This was the Sixers’ starting lineup last Monday against the Oklahoma City Thunder:
But hey, Saturday’s win over the Hornets was a big one. It felt like a playoff atmosphere and the Sixers dominated in the fourth quarter to pull out the victory. They’re in seventh in the East as of this posting, but with plenty of room for movement at 41-33. They’re a full game back of the fifth-place Toronto Raptors and a half game back of the sixth-place Atlanta Hawks (who swept the Sixers this season). They’re two games up on the Orlando Magic, who sit in eighth (the Sixers own the tiebreaker).
They’ll continue their run of good health when they take on the Miami Heat Monday night. The Heat are coming off an embarrassing loss to the Indiana Pacers Sunday. This is also the season rubber match for these teams after they split the first two matchups. It’s not a must-win by any means, but taking care of business in South Beach would be another meaningful win.
So, what’s on your mind right now? Hit me with your questions and comments below.
Two division leaders in the Eastern Conference tip off for the second time in four days when the Atlanta Hawks host the Boston Celtics.
Points might be hard to come by against Boston, but Atlanta forward Jalen Johnson will do his best to get his teammates involved.
I’ll break down my Johnson prop and more in my Celtics vs. Hawks predictions and NBA picks for Monday, March 30.
Celtics vs Hawks prediction
Celtics vs Hawks best bet: Jalen Johnson Over 7.5 assists (-110)
The Atlanta Hawks have been on a heater since the All-Star break, but they face a tall task tonight when they take on the Boston Celtics, who have won three straight and seven of their last eight games — including last Friday’s meeting versus Atlanta.
The C’s are expected to have all three of their top scorers — Jaylen Brown, Jayson Tatum, and Derrick White — in the lineup, so the Hawks will need someone to step up and equalize. Enter Jalen Johnson.
The Hawks forward is a jack of all trades, averaging 22.9 ppg, 10.2 rpg, and 8.1 apg for Atlanta this season, but it’s his playmaking that’s been exceptional down the stretch.
Since the start of March, Johnson is logging 8.8 dimes per contest and has recorded Over 7.5 assists in nine of 12 appearances.
The Celtics, who own the best defense in the NBA, will try their best to shut Johnson down, but his ability to threaten the shot and find the open man is borderline unstoppable.
Atlanta is averaging 91.8 field goal attempts per game this season, the second-most in the NBA, and that high-volume approach will also help Johnson’s chances of picking up Over 7.5 assists.
Celtics vs Hawks same-game parlay
If Johnson’s going to hit his assist numbers, he’ll need someone to dish the rock to, and his best option tonight will be Nickeil Alexander-Walker.
The Hawks guard has been scorching hot this month, shooting 54% from the field and over 47% from long range while averaging 23.1 ppg. Alexander-Walker has scored Over 17.5 points in four straight and 12 of his last 13 games, including 20 points vs. the Celtics last week.
Celtics vs Hawks SGP
Jalen Johnson Over 7.5 assists
Nickeil Alexander-Walker Over 17.5 points
Our "from downtown" SGP: Double up the J's
Johnson has 13 triple-doubles this season, tied for the second-most in the NBA. The Hawks forward has two in his last seven games while averaging 8.3 rpg and 8.8 apg this month.
Tatum has found his groove since returning to the lineup in early March, logging three double-doubles in his last four outings.
Celtics vs Hawks SGP
Jalen Johnson to record a triple-double
Jayson Tatum to record a double-double
Celtics vs Hawks odds
Spread: Celtics +2 | Hawks -2
Moneyline: Celtics +105 | Hawks -125
Over/Under: Over 222 | Under 222
Celtics vs Hawks betting trend to know
Atlanta is 6-3 ATS in the last nine meetings, and 13-4 ATS in its last 17 overall. Find more NBA betting trends for Celtics vs. Hawks.
How to watch Celtics vs Hawks
Location
State Farm Arena, Atlanta, GA
Date
Monday, March 30, 2026
Tip-off
7:30 p.m. ET
TV
NBC Sports Boston, FDSN SE-Atlanta
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Mar 28, 2026; Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA; San Antonio Spurs forward Victor Wembanyama (1) and guard Dylan Harper (2) shake hands during the fourth quarter against the Milwaukee Bucks at Fiserv Forum. Mandatory Credit: Jeff Hanisch-Imagn Images | Jeff Hanisch-Imagn Images
Welcome to Week in Review: a Monday feature that looks back at the week that was for the San Antonio Spurs, takes a look at the week ahead, and more. Enjoy!
Week 22: The Spurs saw it all in another undefeated week, from tight wins against potential first-round opponents in the Clippers and Suns, to blowout yawners against two of the worst teams in the league (the Kings and Pacers). The win over the Suns at home was especially notable since it featured Victor Wembanyama’s first ever NBA game-winner as he hit a jumper with under a second left to officially secure the Spurs’ first playoff berth since 2019.
After talking the talk, especially with regards to defense, Bam Adebayo and Co. couldn’t walk the walk against the surging Spurs. While still at least play-in bound, the slumping Heat stuck to their physical, transition/pace-dictated style of play and were able to hang around for a quarter, but it didn’t take long for the Spurs to insert their will and turn what could have been a fun game into another laugher on national TV streaming. The Heat had no answer for Wemby on either side of the ball and couldn’t hit enough jumpers to keep up with the Spurs’ red-hot shooting against their zone defense. (The win also secured the Spurs’ first Southwest Division title since 2017 and 23rd overall, not that it matters since it has zero impact on seeding these days.)
The Spurs seem officially done taking inferior teams lightly, as the blew out a short-handed Grizzlies squad that has always found ways to be a thorn in their side over the years. The Spurs got a little complacent on offense in the second quarter after dominating the first, but they got the memo after halftime and ended things with a 41-20 third quarter in a game that will mostly be remembered for a massive amount of posterization dunks.
Usually this is an exciting matchup between Wemby and Giannis Antetokounmpo, but with the latter (plus many other main rotation Bucks) out and the former not having his finest game on offense, there wasn’t much excitement in this one. Instead, the Spurs rode their depth and another triple-double from Stephon Castle to methodically put away another shorthanded team, although to the remaining Bucks’ credit, they played a physical game and made the Spurs work for it. The win technically gave the Spurs their third winning streak of eight games or longer this season (reminder: the Cup Finals loss doesn’t count). It also made them the first team in NBA history with win four road games in a row by 25+ or more points, going back to their win in Sacramento.
With the league’s longest active winning streak (eight games), the Spurs are keeping the pressure on the Thunder, who they trail by just two games in the loss column.
Three takeaways
1. Victor Wembanyama had three steals and seven blocks (in less than 27 minutes) in the Spurs’ win in Memphis on Wednesday, giving him 11 games of at least 10 steals + blocks over his three seasons in the league. The rest of the league has just five such games over those three years, with no other player having more than one. 2. Wembanyama being healthier this season is one reason why the Spurs have been the league’s most improved defensive team by a wide margin, allowing 6.2 fewer points per 100 possessions than in 2024-25. However, he’s still only played about 200 more minutes (1,725) than he did in 2024-25 (1,527), and the Spurs have been much better defensively in both his minutes on the floor (102.9 vs. 110.0 allowed per 100) versus his minutes off the floor (113.8 vs. 118.2 allowed per 100). 3. The Spurs are the only team that ranks in the top five in both opponent field goal percentage in the paint (54.4%, fourth) and opponent free throw rate (23.0 attempts per 100 shots from the field, first). Their win on Saturday was the first time in more than five years that a team (the Bucks) attempted fewer than 25 shots in the paint (they were 14-for-24) and fewer than 10 free throws (5-for-6).
Coming up: With the Spurs set to finish first or second in the West, a first-round series with the eighth-place Clippers is a distinct possibility. The Spurs have won both of the first two meetings (both in March) by exactly four points, and the final meeting will be in LA on Thursday, the second half of the Spurs’ final back-to-back.
Center Victor Wembanyama already made his case for MVP, and presumably Defensive Player of the Year and supreme alien leader. But he did not advocate for the Power Rankings Frontier Award. That is going to Champagnie this season, who went from undrafted in 2022 and waived by the Philadelphia 76ers in 2023 to a fixture in San Antonio’s starting lineup since the turn of the new year. Champagnie has been durable and consistent, playing in every Spurs game this season and hitting 38.3 percent of his 3s. Along the way, the Spurs have continued to steamroll the league, winning 24 of 26 games since the beginning of February.
The Spurs have moved back into the top spot of the NBA power rankings with two weeks remaining in the season by picking up three wins with a point differential of +82. There is no word to describe the Spurs right now other than dominant.
This team only has two losses since the start of February, and San Antonio’s third-ranked defense continues to improve. Three road games in four days against Golden State, LA, and Denver will be a small test for this group, but their hopes of catching the Thunder and claiming the 1-seed are still very much alive.
Coming up: Mon. 3/30 vs. Chicago Bulls (29-45); Wed. 4/1 at Golden State Warriors (36-39); Thurs. 4/2 at Los Angeles Clippers (39-36); Sat. 4/4 at Denver Nuggets (48-28)
Prediction: 4-0 — 3-1 would be a much safer prediction here (and it might have been 2-2 if this were January), but the Spurs have been on such a roll lately that I can’t bring myself to doubt them. They should at least start 2-0 against a shorthanded Bulls team at home and a Warriors squad on the road that reportedly still won’t have Steph Curry back, but then things get tougher. The Spurs continue their final road trip of the regular season with their third and final match-up against another potential first round opponent that should have Kawhi Leonard again, followed by a trip to Denver, who are starting to find their groove and will be fighting for seeding. This game should also feature the first Wemby-Joker match-up of the season.
MARIETTA, Ga. (AP) — Ahead of the World Cup, Chris Richards has a new take on what makes America unique.
“Maybe the TSA lines right now, that’s pretty American,” the U.S. defender said Monday ahead of a World Cup warmup match against Portugal.
A native of Birmingham, Alabama, Richards lives much of the year in London, where he plays for English club Crystal Palace. He arrived in the U.S. last week for a pair of national team friendlies in Atlanta.
His earlier take on what was uniquely American focused on food. During October friendlies in Texas and Colorado, he took teammates Cameron Carter-Vickers and Antonee Robinson, who grew up in England, to Chili's Grill and Bar as part of a group with Tim Weah, Weston McKennie and Mark McKenzie, according to cbssports.com.
“The Triple Dipper you have to get but then I think it’s the endless chips and salsa, but then also there’s sports on TV and also the chocolate molten lava cake and it’s just like you’re sitting there and you’re looking at the ground, the tile,” Richards was quoted as saying. “You’re like, this is beautiful. This is nostalgia. This is really America … I think that’s one of the things that makes us American — places like Chili’s are like a staple and I think they finally could have that stamp on their passport now that they’ve had Chili’s so I was happy for them.”
France coach Didier Deschamps spoke of airport security ahead of Sunday's friendly against Colombia at Landover, Maryland.
Speaking in a news conference ahead of Sunday’s clash with Colombia in Maryland, Deschamps revealed his shock at the rigorous protocols encountered upon arrival.
“At our arrival, we spent an incredible amount of time at the airport, with checks that I’ve never seen in my life,” the coach explained to reporters. “We are adapting.”
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