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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.  

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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.  

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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.  

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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.  

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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.  

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Did your team meet its preseason projections? Tim Bontemps grades all 30, from surprise contenders to franchises banking on lottery luck.  

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ESPN analyst Zach Kram ranked and tiered the 50 NBA players most likely to make the biggest impacts in the postseason.  

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