The stars were shining for the Boston Celtics and Dallas Mavericks on Wednesday.
Three months ago, calling the Mavericks a lockdown defense would have been wild. After holding the Oklahoma City Thunder to 92 points in a Game 5 win, it simply sounds accurate.
A decade ago, the Los Angeles Clippers were “Lob City.” Dallas might steal that nickname after Game 5.
The Knicks and Pacers are embroiled in a physical second-round series. In Game 5, they added some extracurricular physicality.
The Knicks bounced back from a blowout to return the favor to the Pacers. The Nuggets continue to bounce back from dropping two games at home, thanks to the best player in the world. Here are three stars from Tuesday's two big Game 5s.
Rudy Gobert won his fourth Defensive Player of the Year award this season, but he had no answer for Denver's three-time MVP in the Nuggets' 112-97 win over the Minnesota Timberwolves on Tuesday.
Aaron Gordon may have never won a dunk contest at All-Star Weekend, but he's delivering some perfect-50 efforts in Game 5 against the Timberwolves. The Nuggets forward scored only six points in the first half, but he did it in style, scoring one dunk on a one-man fast break.
It's a rare easy win for the Knicks in this postseason after their previous six playoff wins were all single-digit victories.
The Knicks went on a 19-1 run to erase any doubt about the outcome.
The Knicks started three guards and a 6-foot-4 power forward in Game 5. Somehow, they dominated in the paint in the first quarter.
The Thunder came back from double-digit deficits to win 17 times in the 2023-24 season. They did it again in Game 4.
Tim Hardaway Jr. drilled a tough three-pointer to keep Dallas in Game 4. Seconds later, his costly turnover handed the Thunder a back-breaking basket.
Gafford threw down two dunks in the first quarter against the Thunder as Kyrie Irving dissected the Thunder’s defense to get him easy baskets.
Even with Donovan Mitchell and Jarrett Allen out, the Boston Celtics didn’t put the Cleveland Cavaliers away until a Jaylen Brown three-pointer with 1:09 to go.
There's been no official announcement on the NBA's upcoming TV deal, but one big-time podcaster says it's a done deal. And TNT is out.
Rudy Gobert drew a $100K fine for making the "money sign" to the referees in March. It didn't stop him from doing it again in Game 4.
On Mother’s Day, the Indiana Pacers made the New York Knicks call them daddy, while the Denver Nuggets and Minnesota Timberwolves continued to refuse to win a home game. Here are three stars from Sunday's action.
On a night where the Timberwolves offense disappeared for stretches, Anthony Edwards tried to take over by himself.
Minnesota had weathered a Denver run and got Game 4 to a seven-point game. Then the Nuggets scored eight points in the final 20 seconds.
Minnesota has the league’s top defense, but Denver showed it's no slouch on that side of the ball early in Game 4 of the Western Conference semifinals.
On Mother's Day 2024, the Indiana Pacers delivered the mother of all blowouts to the New York Knicks.
The Indiana Pacers are playing lights-out basketball on Mother's Day as they look to tie up their second-round series with the New York Knicks.
The Nets are lacking a first-round pick in the 2024 NBA Draft.
For six months, NBA teams battle each other to get home-court advantage. In the Nuggets-Timberwolves series, that's been meaningless. After the Wolves blew out the Nuggets in Denver in Game 2, Denver returned the favor in Minneapolis in Game 3.
The Pacers finally won a game in crunch time and the Nuggets jumped back in their series aggressively. Here are three stars from Friday’s NBA playoff games.