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The NBA playoffs are upon us, with the league’s Play-In Tournament wrapping up on Friday night.That leaves us with just 16 teams left to win the NBA Finals, and history tells us that only eight of those teams have a legit shot to win the…

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Karl-Anthony Towns had 28 points and 11 rebounds to lead Minnesota into the playoffs, as the Timberwolves muscled and hustled their way past the Oklahoma City Thunder 120-95 to finish the play-in tournament on…

Max Strus and Jimmy Butler scored 31 points apiece, and the Miami Heat got into the playoffs by rallying in the final minutes to beat the visiting Chicago Bulls 102-91 in an Eastern Conference play-in game Friday night.Tyler Herro added 12…

The Minnesota Timberwolves went all-in last summer. They're one game from finding themselves all out of the postseason.Last summer, Minnesota gave up a huge package of players and picks for 30-year-old center Rudy Gobert, the…

Fred VanVleet thinks it's time for the Toronto Raptors to move on from their 2019 NBA championship. Not necessarily a wholesale personnel change, but come to grips with the fact that they're a different team now.VanVleet spoke frankly about…

TORONTO – Fred VanVleet thinks it’s time for the Toronto Raptors to move on from their 2019 NBA championship. Not necessarily a wholesale personnel change, but come to grips with the fact that they’re a different team now. VanVleet…

The Miami Heat hosted the Atlanta Hawks in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Play-In Tournament, but they let their first chance to get into the playoffs slip away.The Hawks won 116-105 and it didn’t feel that close. Jimmy Butler only had…

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Shai Gilgeous-Alexander exercised patience during his lowest-scoring first half all season, routinely deferring to teammates such as Lu Dort and Josh Giddey in an effort to keep New Orleans defenders off balance in a…

Let’s not bury the lede here. The last five to eight minutes and overtime between the Los Angeles Lakers and Minnesota Timberwolves was some of the worst basketball on offer this season, and certainly a contender for worst fare offered up…

TORONTO — All season long, the Toronto Raptors‘ goals kept getting smaller. A team that started the season with visions of a top-four finish in the East, fancying themselves having a punchers’ chance to make the Conference Finals…