Celtics’ Jaylen Brown was cleared to play for Sunday’s game against the Milwaukee Bucks after weeks of absence due to injury. This leaves Brown available to play for tonight’s matchup against the Nets.
The San Antonio Spurs announced Wednesday that head coach Gregg Popovich suffered a mild stroke at the start of November, leading to his recent indefinite medical absence from the team.
In the statement released by the team, the Spurs said the stroke occurred on Nov. 2 at their home arena, the Frost Bank Center. Now 11 days after the stroke, the team says Popovich has already started a rehabilitation program and “is expected to make a full recovery.” However, there is no timeline for his return, so we don’t know when he might be back this season, or if next season is a more realistic target
Timberwolves at home. Popovich did not coach that game and assistant Mitch Johnson prowled the sideline instead. It was announced on Nov. 4 Johnson would be the interim coach while Popovich was out. In the six games Johnson has coached in Popovich’s absence, the Spurs are 3-3.
Popovich, 75, is in his 29th season with the Spurs, and is the longest-tenured head coach in the league. He leads the NBA in wins with 1,391 career regular-season victories and another 170 postseason wins. He has also coached five Spurs teams to NBA titles.
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (SKYFORCE) — The Sioux Falls Skyforce lost a 106-97 decision to the Iowa Wolves in the home opener at the Sanford Pentagon on Tuesday evening.
Miami HEAT two-way player Keshad Johnson (26 points on 8-15 FGA and nine rebounds) posted his second straight game of 20-plus points. Nassir Little added 13 points on 6-12 FGA and six rebounds for Sioux Falls (0-2).
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Iowa (3-0) jumped out to a 62-45 lead at intermission, as they shot 51 percent from the field (25-49) and 52.6 percent from beyond the arc (10-19 3PA). Minnesota Timberwolves two-way player Jaylen Clark had 19 points on 7-11 FGA (5-6 3PA) in the half.
The Skyforce battled back to trail 64-60 at the 6:06 mark of the third quarter but trailed 81-72 with 12 minutes remaining.
Timberwolves two-way Daishen Nix scored 12 of his 21 points in the final frame to help secure the victory. He added seven rebounds and eight assists in the winning effort. Minnesota assignee Leonard Miller led the team with 23 points and 18 rebounds.
