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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, …

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 …

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 …

Playoff games often hinge on possessions, but sometimes they hinge on interpretations. In Game 4 between the Los Angeles Lakers and Houston Rockets, Deandre Ayton’s ejection became exactly that: a …

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 …