Facing elimination at home, short-handed and under pressure, the Denver Nuggets beat the Minnesota Timberwolves 125-113 in Game 5 to cut the series deficit to 3-2 and force the first-round …
The Oklahoma City Thunder did not leave Phoenix any room for a miracle. In Game 4, the defending champions finished their first-round sweep with a 131-122 win over the Suns, …
The Orlando Magic are one win away from turning the Eastern Conference bracket upside down. In Game 4, Orlando beat the top-seeded Detroit Pistons 94-88, taking a 3-1 lead in …
Vlade Divac remembers the Kobe Bryant trade not as trivia, but as impact. In 1996, the Los Angeles Lakers sent Divac to the Charlotte Hornets in exchange for the draft …
Jeff Teague has always been generous with James Harden’s place in basketball history, which is what makes his latest praise of Shai Gilgeous-Alexander more interesting. Teague was not dismissing Harden’s …
The Houston Rockets were not ready for their season to end quietly. Facing elimination, still without Kevin Durant, and already buried in a 3-0 series hole, Houston answered with its …
Joel Embiid came back, but the series did not come back with him. In Game 4 in Philadelphia, the Boston Celtics overwhelmed the 76ers 128-96, taking a 3-1 lead in …
For years, Nikola Jokić made the conditioning conversation feel foolish. He did not look like the league’s sculpted ideal, but he played 35 minutes of genius, bent defenses with touch …
Game 4 between the Minnesota Timberwolves and Denver Nuggets felt less like a playoff game than a stress test. Minnesota lost Donte DiVincenzo to a torn right Achilles almost immediately, …
Kevin Durant did not play in Game 3, and for the Houston Rockets, that was damaging enough. But on a night when their season all but slipped away in a …
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