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Anthony Edwards scored 30 points, Julius Randle added 24 and the Minnesota Timberwolves rallied past the Denver Nuggets 119-114 on Monday night to tie their Western Conference playoff series at one game apiece.
CJ McCollum scored 32 points and the Atlanta Hawks rallied to stun the New York Knicks 107-106 on Monday night, tying their first-round playoff series at one game apiece.
Timberwolves coach Chris Finch hasn’t gotten over the free-throw disparity in his team’s series-opening loss to the Denver Nuggets. “Maybe we ought to start flopping, too,” Finch said before Game 2 on Monday night.
Donovan Mitchell scored 30 points, James Harden added 28 and the Cleveland Cavaliers held on for a 115-105 victory over the Toronto Raptors on Monday night for a 2-0 lead in their Eastern Conference first-round series.
Backup big man Mouhamed Gueye left early in Game 2 of the playoffs Monday night with a bruised right hip, leaving the Atlanta Hawks even thinner up front against the New York Knicks.
Donovan Mitchell and James Harden spearheaded the Cavaliers’ hot offensive start, leading Cleveland to a 54-48 halftime lead over the Toronto Raptors in Game 2 of their first-round series.
There had never been a unanimous NBA Defensive Player of the Year. Until now.
Rockets star Kevin Durant went through around half of Houston's practice on Monday and will be a game-time decision for Game 2 on Tuesday.
Draymond Green said while he hopes Steve Kerr is back, he'd guess that this past season was Kerr's last as coach with the franchise.
The Nets have signed head coach Jordi Fernandez and his entire coaching staff to multi-year contract extensions, sources told ESPN.
It wasn’t an easy watch, but Scottie Barnes says it was a necessary one. Barnes told media at the Toronto Raptors’ morning shootaround on Monday that intensive film sessions reviewing Saturday’s 126-113 loss in Game 1 of their Eastern Conference quarterfinal with the Cleveland Cavaliers were eye-opening.
The Bulls have started the search for their new head of basketball operations, receiving permission to interview multiple NBA executives, sources told ESPN.
The Toronto Raptors are back in action Monday as they look to even up their first-round series against the Cleveland Cavaliers before the action shifts north of the border.
Dozens of NBA players have been mentored by the future Hall of Famer, and many of them are vying for this season's Larry O'Brien Trophy.
Golden State enters another offseason in search of a co-star for Stephen Curry, and the Warriors might be searching for a new coach too.
It has proven almost as difficult to rattle Victor Wembanyama as it is to get a shot off against San Antonio’s 7-foot-4 star. Still, if there was ever a time to experience some nerves it was Sunday.
Victor Wembanyama scored 35 points in his playoff debut and the San Antonio Spurs rolled to a 111-98 victory over the Portland Trail Blazers in Game 1 of their first-round Western Conference playoff series Sunday night.
The Detroit Pistons opened the NBA playoffs with a flop. Detroit went into the postseason as the top-seeded team in the Eastern Conference, openly talking about exceeding modest expectations and winning the franchise’s fourth championship.
San Antonio arrived in style for its first home playoff game since April 2019 with matching attire.
Toronto Raptors guard Immanuel Quickley is officially listed as questionable with a right hamstring strain for Game 2 of the team’s first-round playoff series against the Cleveland Cavaliers Monday night.
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