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NBA Finals - Game 3

Mathurin, Haliburton lead Pacers to Game 3 win over Thunder

Tyrese Haliburton and Canadian Bennedict Mathurin led the Indiana Pacers to a 116-107 Game 3 win over the Oklahoma City Thunder to take a 2-1 lead in the NBA Finals.

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Cousins suspended for season, contract terminated after brawl with fans

Former NBA All-Star center DeMarcus Cousins was suspended for the rest of the season in Puerto Rico’s basketball league and his team terminated his contract after a brawl with fans during a game earlier this week.

Report: Suns, Durant's business partner weigh trade options

The Phoenix Suns and Kevin Durant's business partner, Boardroom CEO Rich Kleiman, have met multiple times over the past week and are sifting through trade scenarios, sources told ESPN on Wednesday. Both sides are expected to work together on potential destinations.

Clark, Miller, Robertson among those in crowd for Game 3 of NBA Finals

Report: Knicks' request to speak with Kidd, Udoka, Finch denied

The Dallas Mavericks have become the latest to rebuff the New York Knicks in their search for a new head coach.

Celtics' Brown undergoes knee surgery, to be ready for training camp

Boston Celtics All-Star Jaylen Brown had arthroscopic surgery on his right knee on Wednesday, and the team said he is expected to be available when training camp starts “without limitation.”

Ex-Knicks coach Thibodeau thanks players, coaches, fans in ad

Former New York Knicks coach Tom Thibodeau took out a full-page advertisement in The New York Times Wednesday, thanking his players, coaches and the team's fans a little more than a week after being fired by the club.

Indiana Pacers

Armstrong: Thunder are a little bit stunned right now ... people slept on the Pacers

NBA analyst Jack Armstrong joins SportsCentre to take a closer look at how the Pacers were able to outduel the Thunder in Game 3 of the NBA Finals and break down how Indiana was able to slow down Shai Gilgeous-Alexander.

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Indiana Pacers

How did Pacers overpower Thunder in the fourth quarter?

NBA analyst Jevohn Shepherd joins Jermain Franklin to share his thoughts on how the Pacers were able to overpower the Thunder in the fourth quarter, how Tyrese Haliburton was able to outduel Shai Gilgeous-Alexander in Game 3, and explain what impressed him the most about Bennedict Mathurin's performance.

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Oklahoma City Thunder

Thunder point to 'unforced errors' in Game 3 loss to Pacers

Jalen Williams swished a tough pull-up 3-pointer at the third-quarter buzzer to give the Oklahoma City Thunder a five-point lead. Not much went right for them after that point.

- Tim MacMahon

Oklahoma City Thunder

Thunder find themselves in familiar territory in NBA Finals

Game 1, a loss on the opposition’s final shot. Game 2, an easy win. Game 3, another loss to fall behind in the series again.

Breen marvels at Pacers' confidence in themselves

Mike Breen joins ESPN's Scott Van Pelt to break down what he saw courtside while calling Game 3 of the NBA Finals.

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Indiana Pacers

Mathurin tells SVP how he prepares from the bench

Canadian Bennedict Mathurin joins ESPN's Scott Van Pelt to explain how he mentally prepares from the bench after he put up 27 points in the Pacers' Game 3 win over OKC.

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Indiana Pacers

Bennedict Mathurin turns in 27 bench points in Pacers' win

Bennedict Mathurin fuels the bench offence for Indiana with 27 points in a Game 3 win.

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Indiana Pacers

Tyrese Haliburton credits bench for Game 3 win

Tyrese Haliburton says the Pacers' bench was critical in their Game 3 win against the Thunder.

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Indiana Pacers

Basketball in Indiana is booming with Pacers in NBA Finals, Clark starring for Fever

Basketball never loses importance in Indiana. But these days, the state — and Indianapolis especially — probably feels like the center of the basketball universe.

Indiana Pacers

Where Pacers land among league's most surprising runs to NBA Finals

When the Indiana Pacers host Game 3 of the NBA Finals on Wednesday (8:30 p.m. ET, ABC), it will be the first Finals game in Indianapolis in a quarter century. Yet this Pacers' run is still ahead of schedule -- if it was even scheduled at all.

- Kevin Pelton

Phoenix Suns

Four trade proposals that could make sense for Durant

Let the games begin! With less than three weeks until the start of NBA free agency, and less than two until the 2025 NBA draft, ESPN's Sham Charania reported Wednesday that Kevin Durant and the Phoenix Suns had met several times to sift through possible trade scenarios.

- NBA insiders

Phoenix Suns

Shams shares Kevin Durant's main trade suitors

Shams Charania tells Pat McAfee that Kevin Durant is the biggest trade domino, with five teams interested: Rockets, Spurs, Heat, Timberwolves and Knicks.

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Milwaukee Bucks

Williams: Giannis handles things differently than other players

Jay Williams weighs in on Giannis Antetokounmpo's future in the NBA and how he handles things differently than other players.

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Indiana Pacers

Udonis Haslem joins McAfee, fires up Indiana crowd with Pacers pick

Udonis Haslem hypes up the crowd after telling Pat McAfee he's siding with the Pacers and trusting Rick Carlisle's leadership.

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Debates start for Spurs at No. 2 in NBA mock draft

ESPN draft analysts Jonathan Givony and Jeremy Woo explored the first round of the 2025 NBA draft from two differing perspectives: selecting for team need versus drafting for best available.

- Jonathan Givony and Jeremy Woo

Oklahoma City Thunder

The moment isn't too big for SGA as Thunder answer back with win in Game 2

The moment is clearly not too big for Shai Gilgeous-Alexander. These are his first NBA Finals. It's hard to remember that sometimes

Oklahoma City Thunder

Stephen A.: SGA will be best player in Thunder history if they win title

Stephen A. Smith explains why winning a title would make Shai Gilgeous-Alexander the best player in Thunder history.

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Indiana Pacers

Pacers fail to sweep Games 1 and 2 in a series for the first time in these playoffs

For the Indiana Pacers, a chance at being perfect in Games 1 and 2 of these playoffs went awry.

Milwaukee Bucks

'He has not asked for it': Windhorst says there's no trade market for Giannis right now

According to NBA Insider Brian Windhorst on Monday's airing of ESPN's Get Up, Milwaukee Bucks superstar Giannis Antetokounmpo is currently not up for grabs.

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NBA

10 teams to watch as NBA offseason nears

If the 2025 NBA offseason resembles this season's trade deadline, then there will be no shortage of storylines. The Bucks and Suns are among the 10 teams we're watching closely this summer -- a list that also includes the 2024 champion Boston Celtics -- that could change the landscape of the offseason.

- Bobby Marks

NBA FINALS - GAME 2

Gilgeous-Alexander shines as Thunder pull even with Pacers in NBA Finals

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander topped all scorers with 34 points as the Oklahoma City Thunder defeated the Indiana Pacers 123-107 in Game 2 on Sunday to even the NBA Finals at one game apiece.

Indiana Pacers

Perkins on SGA: 'He's knocking at the door of being the best player in basketball'

ESPN's Kendrick Perkins offers high-praise for Canadian Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, explaining that "he's knocking at the door of being the best player in basketball" and compares some of his characteristics to Kobe Bryant and Michael Jordan. Perkins goes on to say SGA is on an "unstoppable" run right now in the NBA Finals.

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Oklahoma City Thunder

Gilgeous-Alexander reaches 3,000 points for season, 12th player to do so in NBA history

The milestones keep coming for Oklahoma City’s Shai Gilgeous-Alexander. With his first basket of Game 2 of the NBA Finals on Sunday night, Gilgeous-Alexander — the NBA’s reigning MVP — reached the 3,000-point mark for the season, including playoffs.

Canada's MVP

Hamilton's Shai Gilgeous-Alexander wins NBA MVP

Oklahoma City Thunder guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander is the NBA's Most Valuable Player. The Hamilton, Ont., native beat out Nikola Jokic after he finished runner-up to the Denver Nuggets star a year ago, joining Steve Nash as the only Canadian to win the award.

Nash calls SGA’s MVP win ‘amazing’

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander joined an extremely exclusive club Wednesday when he was named NBA Most Valuable Player, becoming only the second Canadian ever to win the award. Victoria, B.C.’s Steve Nash, who won MVP in back-to-back seasons in 2005 and 2006 with the Phoenix Suns, is happy to have company.

SGA gets emotional thanking family after winning MVP

Thunder star Shai Gilgeous-Alexander sheds tears while thanking his family as he accepts the MVP award for the 2024-25 NBA season.

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