Playing without Damian Lillard, the Milwaukee Bucks were up seven points with 40 seconds to go in overtime to stave off elimination. Then Tyrese Haliburton led a furious comeback, again.
Antetokounmpo had an altercation with Haliburton's father following the Bucks' heartbreaking loss in Game 5.
It can be argued that the Magic didn't truly test the Celtics in their first-round series win, but there's even a stronger case to be made that the champions forced the young Magic into submission.
Haliburton helped the Pacers complete an epic comeback to eliminate the Bucks and took a jab after the game at his peers who voted him "most overrated" in a recent poll.
Can you name every player to average at least 17.0 PPG in the 2024 NBA playoffs?
Since 1996, no NBA team has lost a playoff game where it led by at least seven points with less than 40 seconds to go. But as he's proved so many times, there's no playoff lead so big that Rivers can't blow it.
Orlando couldn't keep up with the Celtics' high-flying offense.
Stephon Castle won a national championship with the University of Connecticut in his lone college season. The 20-year-old wing has now earned a major individual accolade.
The Kings will remove the interim tag from Doug Christie and make him their permanent head coach, according to Shams Charania of ESPN, who reports that the two sides are finalizing the details of a multiyear contract.
Two teams advanced to the second round, one team saved their season and another shot the lights out. Here are four stars from a very busy night of NBA playoff basketball.
Jalen Brunson may be the NBA's Clutch Player of the Year, but it was Cade Cunningham who took over late to keep his Detroit Pistons from going home.
Four years ago, the Milwaukee Bucks won their first NBA title in half a century. Since then, they've only won a single playoff series.
Milwaukee will head into the offseason with similar questions to previous years. With each passing year, Giannis Antetokounmpo is inching away from his prime.
The Milwaukee Bucks' season came to an end on Tuesday night with a 119-118 overtime loss to the Indiana Pacers in Game 5 of their first-round series. There is sure to be some frustration with that.
He recently committed to Duke after taking an official visit.
After a dominant regular season campaign that landed them in second place in the Western Conference, the Rockets are on the brink of elimination. Following another shaky performance against the Warriors, one analyst feels Jalen Green could be on the move in the coming months.
Despite being swept at the hands of the Oklahoma City Thunder, multiple members of the team feel they could have stacked up with the title hopefuls.
How many of the 28 players in NBA history to post at least one 30-point, 20-rebound game in the NBA postseason can you name in five minutes?
The Boston Celtics have begun their title defense in a bit of a funk. Despite leading their first-round series against the Orlando Magic 3-1, they have struggled to get their typically high-powered offense into gear.
Butler joined some elite company with his latest playoff performance.
Is a parting of the ways in the best interests of both Antetokounmpo and the Bucks? If so, one Western Conference team seems like a perfect fit to facilitate the move.
The eight-time All-Defensive ace has wreaked havoc on the Rockets offense through the first four games of their playoff series.
Despite the Houston Rockets’ narrow 109–106 loss to the Golden State Warriors in Game 4, Alperen Sengun delivered a performance that placed him among elite company.
The top-seeded Cavaliers and Thunder didn't just sweep their first-round playoff opponents; they drubbed them.
Nelson won 422 games as Warriors head coach, helping them to multiple playoff upsets. His old team used a classic Nelson strategy to help it win a playoff game Monday night.
Doncic shot 1-of-6 in the fourth quarter and struggled mightily on defense in the Lakers' 116-113 loss to the Timberwolves in Game 4 of the first round on Sunday.
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