P.J. Washington is doing it all for the Mavericks with Luka Doncic sidelined. Normally a fourth or fifth option for Dallas, Washington has stepped up his game with the perennial MVP candidate hurt for most of this season.

The Miami Heat are set for an Eastern Conference clash with the Milwaukee Bucks on Thursday night. Here's what you need to know before tip-off in this battle.

Milwaukee’s scheduled game with the Miami Heat on Thursday has been pushed back an hour due to the Bucks’ difficulties arriving from snowy weather in New Orleans. The NBA announced at 4:05 p.m. Central time — less than two hours before the game’s scheduled start — that it would begin at 7:30 p.

The Milwaukee Bucks will have a participant in the all-star slam dunk competition this year on Feb. 15 at the Chase Center in San Francisco, as second-year guard Andre Jackson Jr. has committed to participate.

Milwaukee Bucks forward Andre Jackson Jr. has committed to the Slam Dunk Contest at NBA All-Star Weekend, sources tell ESPN.

Andre Jackson Jr., whose high school career at Albany Academy included a number of highlight-worthy jams, will participate in next month’s NBA Slam Dunk Contest. Multiple reports Thursday confirmed that development,