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Game 5 did not become a thriller. It became a statement. The San Antonio Spurs closed out Portland with a 114-95 win at Frost Bank Center, and the night had …

In Game 5, the Philadelphia 76ers beat the Celtics 113-97 at TD Garden, using a brutal fourth quarter to turn a tense playoff game into a road statement. Boston was …

Madison Square Garden did not get suspense. It got release. The New York Knicks hammered the Atlanta Hawks 126-97 in Game 5, turning a potential pressure night into something close …

Draymond Green knows better than most how complicated Kevin Durant discourse can become. He has been Durant’s teammate, opponent, critic, defender and forever-linked co-star in one of the most dissected …

Kendrick Perkins has never been shy about Kevin Durant, but this latest criticism cuts deeper than a hot-take argument about scoring or all-time rankings. Perkins is asking whether Durant, still …

Cooper Flagg already handled the real rookie tests this season: the expectations, the Dallas spotlight, the nightly scouting reports, the burden of becoming Rookie of the Year before he was …

Steve Kerr has described Draymond Green before as the best defender he has ever seen, but his latest comments in The New Yorker went deeper than praise. They sounded like …

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, …