Jaylen Brown holds up the Larry O'Brien Championship Trophy after the Celtics won the 2024 NBA Finals. / Brian Fluharty-Imagn Images Everything changes in the playoffs. In the NBA, the playoffs ...

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Over the years, the NBA playoffs have seen significant changes. Evolving with the league itself, initially the playoffs were a much smaller, shorter affair—which was reflective of the size and ...

Last season, the Boston Celtics took down the Dallas Mavericks in the NBA Finals in a series that was not particularly close. With ESPN's Mike Breen, JJ Redick, Doris Burke, and Lisa Salters ...

Keep track of the nightly movement in the NBA standings. The NBA playoffs begin on April 19. NBA.com Staff Fred VanVleet and the Rockets rallied for their 9th straight win, building a small ...

The Thunder will give you one. Oklahoma City went into Boston and beat the Celtics, 118-112, in a potential NBA Finals matchup. (OKC also beat Boston, 105-92, back on Jan. 5.) Of course ...

Smith hinted on "NBA Countdown" that neither team might reach the NBA Finals. Instead, he suggested that an upcoming game on Saturday night might serve as a preview of the championship series.

Stephen A. Smith is predicting an NBA Finals matchup with an incredible narrative in June. Speaking on ESPN's Sunday pregame show, Smith made his pick for the Cleveland Cavaliers to win the ...

The 28-year-old NBA Finals MVP's playlist may need an update. By Michael Saponara Sabrina Carpenter’s “Espresso” felt inescapable in 2024, but none of Carpenter’s Short n’ Sweet ...

While neither team will be at full strength (OKC's Jalen Williams is out with a hip strain, Boston's Kristaps Porziņģis is out with an illness), this could be a preview of the NBA Finals.

At that point, all eyes will be on which squads will make it to the NBA Finals. Can the Celtics make it to the Finals for the third time in four years? Can Dallas make a second consecutive ...

The Oklahoma City Thunder defeated the Boston Celtics 118-112 in a blockbuster matchup between two NBA Finals favorites Wednesday. Behind Chet Holmgren's double-double (23 points, 15 rebounds ...