NBA Basketball 24-Hour Briefing
×Injury Updates
Celtics center Nikola Vucevic fractured the ring finger on his right hand in Friday's win over the Mavs and will miss approximately a month, sources tell ESPN. The Lakers will be without LeBron James and two big men against the Pacers, with Deandre Ayton and Maxi Kleber also sidelined. Ayton left Thursday's game with a knee injury while LeBron complained of a sore elbow afterward and said he wasn't sure of his status for Friday.
Player Performances
Trae Young dazzled in his Wizards debut, thrilling the D.C. crowd with 12 points in limited action and proving he's the type of player Washington hasn't had since John Wall. Pistons forward Ausar Thompson left Thursday's game with a sprained right ankle and didn't return in the loss to the Spurs.
Team News
The Warriors are reckoning with the future as a "mysterious" illness sidelines Kristaps Porzingis, who hasn't played since his Feb. 19 debut following the Feb. 4 trade. In the hours before their overtime win in Houston, Stephen Curry sent Draymond Green an encouraging text message as the team surprised in OT.