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Despite a rash of injuries and being without Kyrie Irving, Marcus Smart and Gordon Hayward (yes that still counts), the Boston Celtics are playing great basketball and hold a 2-0 lead over the Milwaukee Bucks in their best of seven series. One of the reasons that the Celtics have gotten out to a 2-0 lead [...]

If you felt a sense of finality following Dwyane Wade’s 26-point detonation during the Miami Heat’s Game 2 victory over the Philadelphia 76ers, you’re probably not alone. You’re also not necessarily feeling something that’s there. On the flip side, you’re not exactly wrong either. Wade hasn’t made a decision about whether he’ll return for a [...]

Kobe Bryant has been lauded as one of the most competitive and hard-working superstars in NBA history, the kind of guy who was consumed by greatness and lived and breathed the game. Bryant was on Jim Rome’s podcast on Monday and he gave a glimpse into one of the situations that motivated Bryant to outwork [...]

It doesn’t sound like Jeff Van Gundy will be competing with ESPN colleague Mark Jackson in the New York Knicks’ head-coaching sweepstakes. Though Van Gundy’s name is one among many that has been floated around as a potential replacement for the fired Jeff Hornacek, ESPN.com’s Ian Begley reports the franchise doesn’t have any interest in [...]

Joel Embiid seems like he’s done watching the Philadelphia 76ers’ playoff campaign unfold from the sidelines. The big man has missed the past 10 games, both regular season and postseason, after having surgery to repair an orbital fracture near his left eye. Though the Sixers won the first nine of those contests without him, their [...]

We saw vintage Dwyane Wade on Monday night in Philadelphia. The future hall of famer and former NBA Finals MVP started Game 2 scorching hot, making his first seven shots and finishing with 21 points in the first half. He would finish with 28 points in the Heat’s 113-103 victory to even the series at [...]

CJ McCollum and Damian Lillard wasted little time breaking down the Portland Trail Blazers’ Game 1 loss to the New Orleans Pelicans on Saturday. And now, as a result, they’re feeling pretty good about Game 2. From NBC Sports Northwest’s Jason Quick: The text messages zipped back and forth. They talked strategy. They talked about [...]

LeBron James tallied a triple-double during the Cleveland Cavaliers’ Game 1 loss to the Indiana Pacers. On most nights, that would be enough to pick up a victory—or at least keep his team within striking distance until the final buzzer. But it wasn’t. The Cavaliers artificially hung around before fading away during the tail end [...]

On a seemingly daily basis LeBron James reaches some historical milestone for his legendary NBA career and did so again on Sunday in Game 1 of the Cavaliers series with Pacers by passing Michael Jordan for the 2nd most field goals made in NBA Playoff history. There was some other significance to Sunday’s game in [...]

The Indiana Pacers had their coming out party on the national stage on Sunday. They dominated the Cavaliers in Game 1 of their 1st round series, controlling the game from horn to horn and winning 98-80 behind an elite performance by their star Victor Oladipo. Oladipo had 32 points on 11-for-19 shooting to go with [...]