The Boston Celtics came through in the clutch for the third time in four games, completing a sweep of the Indiana Pacers with a 105-102 victory and advancing to the NBA Finals.
The Indiana Pacers led three games of the Eastern Conference Finals late in the fourth quarter. They still got swept.
T.J. McConnell heated up early in the fourth quarter to give the Pacers a lead. A replace review extended it.
It’s not a surprise that Jayson Tatum is in a scoring duel in the Eastern Conference Finals. But no one expected him to be battling Andrew Nembhard.
The Pacers are missing their starting point guard, but they got a lot from their backups to start Game 4.
A second conference finals has turned into a one-sided — yet still close — affair. Dallas followed Boston’s lead and took a 3-0 series lead with a 116-107 victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves. Here are three stars from Sunday’s NBA games.
When Dallas paired Kyrie Irving with Luka Doncic, it hoped the trade would make them a contender. One season later, the Mavericks are on the brink of the NBA Finals.
With his Timberwolves trailing in the third quarter of Game 3, Anthony Edwards elevated his game. Literally.
Nobody’s perfect. Except Dereck Lively II in the Western Conference Finals. Lively still hasn’t missed through 13 quarters, shooting 3-for-3 in the first quarter of Game 3 against the Minnesota Timberwolves.
Here are three stars from a wild Friday night of NBA playoff action.
Doncic certainly went out and won the game, logging a 32-point triple-double and shooting 5-of-11 from behind the arc.
The Mavericks were in danger of getting blown out in Game 2. Then Luka Doncic got going.
Naz Reid is the reigning Sixth Man of the Year. After the first half of Game 2, he should consider entering the Three-Point Contest next season.
For Anthony Edwards, scoring just 19 points in Game 1 must've felt like a disappointment. He didn't waste any time putting up points in Game 2. Edwards had 10 points in the first quarter of the Timberwolves' Game 2 tilt with the Dallas Mavericks, doing most of his damage from the free throw line.
When an NBA team gets a new general manager, the old coach's job is always in danger, even if he signed a giant, record-breaking contract.
The All-Defense forward has a player option for $19.9M for next season, one he'll almost certainly decline.
Through three quarters, Siakam shot 12-for-16 from the field, making both of his three-pointers and totaling 26 points.
The Pacers were the NBA's highest-scoring team this season. That's why it was shocking to see the Celtics hold them scoreless for more than six minutes.
When All-NBA teams were announced Wednesday, the Celtics' Jaylen Brown got snubbed. He took it out on the Pacers in Thursday's Game 2.
On Wednesday, the Dallas Mavericks outlasted the Minnesota Timberwolves in Game 1 of the Western Conference Finals. Who upped their game under the lights?
On Wednesday, the Dallas Mavericks did something they had not managed since Jason Kidd took over as head coach. They won Game 1 in a postseason series.
The Dallas Mavericks and Minnesota Timberwolves have been dunking a-plenty during their Game 1 showdown to open the Western Conference Finals.
Anthony Edwards said he wanted to guard Kyrie Irving. It turned out that no one on the Timberwolves could stop Irving in the first half.
At the age of 39 years and 144 days old, LeBron James is now the oldest player to make an All-NBA team. Nineteen years ago, he became the youngest to do it.
Jaden McDaniels made his first All-Defensive Team Tuesday. But so far in Game 1, he's putting the "three" in "three-and-D."