NBA playoffs

LA Lakers coach Darvin Ham wasn’t the least bit surprised that Anthony Davis had one of the most spectacular games in playoff history. AD led the Lakers’ 117-112 victory over the Golden State Warriors in Game 1 of their series. Davis…

Anthony Davis led a defensive masterclass as the Los Angeles Lakers defeated the Golden State Warriors 117-112 on the road to take a 1-0 lead in their NBA Western Conference playoff series on Tuesday.The eagerly anticipated showdown between…

James Harden scored 45 points as the Philadelphia 76ers stunned the Boston Celtics in the NBA playoffs on Monday before Nikola Jokic and the Denver Nuggets took a commanding 2-0 series lead over the Phoenix Suns.  In a pulsating Eastern…

James Harden scored 45 points as the Philadelphia 76ers stunned the Boston Celtics in the NBA playoffs on Monday before Nikola Jokic and the Denver Nuggets took a commanding 2-0 series lead over the Phoenix Suns. In a pulsating Eastern…

Fending off the advance of time is an impossible feat. The Los Angeles Lakers and Golden State Warriors both spent their first-round series successfully keeping the sand in their hourglasses from pouring out. Both the Warriors and LeBron…

Stephen Curry scored 50 points in a record-shattering performance Sunday to send the defending champion Golden State Warriors into the second round of the NBA playoffs while a Jimmy Butler ankle injury raised tensions for the triumphant…

A second-half surge led by Jamal Murrayinspired Denver Nuggets to go past visitors Phoenix Suns 125-107 on Saturday to take a 1-0 lead in the Western Conference semifinals. Out of his 34 points in the game, Jamal Murray scored 20 in the…

Trae Young nailed a last-gasp three-pointer as the Atlanta Hawks stunned the Boston Celtics 119-117 to keep their Eastern Conference playoff series alive on Tuesday.Young drained a 29-footer with just 1.8 seconds remaining to silence…

The first round of the NBA playoffs usually isn’t all that good, which doesn’t stop people from complaining about it. The difference between the top seeds and lower seeds is large enough that those series should result in nothing more than…

In an electrifying battle at Miami's Kaseya Center, Butler all but single-handedly led Miami to a 119-114 win that leaves the Bucks 3-1 down in the best-of-seven Eastern Conference first-round series. Milwaukee, who welcomed Giannis…