Basketball

The Nuggets are resting the majority of their rotation vs. the Spurs on Sunday, and three-time MVP Nikola Jokic is listed as questionable.

Around the NBA, no fewer than 168 players were held out of Friday’s games, including reigning MVP Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, three-time MVP Nikola Jokic and 14 members of the Grizzlies.

NBA players are spending more time than ever working on the boards — but we’re not talking rebounds.

Victor Wembanyama reached the 65-game threshold for awards eligibility with a 40-point outing that included 13 rebounds in a 139-120 win over the Mavericks.

Lakers coach JJ Redick believes other West teams that still have their seeding to be determined prefer Los Angeles as their first-round opponent in the playoffs.

The Celtics tied the franchise and NBA record with 29 3s on their way to clinching the Eastern Conference’s No. 2 playoff seed in a blowout win over the Pelicans.

Sixers star Joel Embiid has been discharged from a Houston hospital and is heading back to Philadelphia, with the team saying there is no set timeline for his return to the court.

The NBA fined the Orlando Magic $25,000 on Thursday for violating league injury reporting rules before Monday night’s home game against the Detroit Pistons.

Bulls coach Billy Donovan, who has yet to decide on his future with the team, appreciated team president and CEO Michael Reinsdorf’s endorsement of him but said he understood “everybody’s got to look out for […]