The NBA champion Boston Celtics launch their bid for a title repeat in a playoff landscape altered by the emergence of the ...

After a historic season of dominance, the Cleveland Cavaliers have claimed the No. 1 seed in the East. The defending ...

After a week of six play-in games, the first round of the 2025 NBA playoffs opens this weekend with four games on Saturday ...

After a historic season, the Cleveland Cavaliers begin what's expected to be a deep playoff run Sunday. Why it matters: The ...

After a December 2023 home win over Indiana, Bucks superstar Giannis Antetokounmpo was incensed when the game ball from his ...

The wait is over. The highly anticipated 2025 NBA playoffs are set to begin, featuring spicy first-round matchups, a ...

The first round of the 2025 NBA playoffs begins Saturday. Who will advance to the conference semis? Here are our staff predictions for every series: Dan Devine: Celtics in 4 Vincent Goodwill: Celtics ...

There was Toronto in 2019, the Los Angeles Lakers in 2020, Milwaukee in 2021, Golden State in 2022, Denver in 2023 and Boston ...

Detroit’s best pathway to victory is if the Knicks start running out of players, but we’re early in the playoffs for that, ...

The Memphis Grizzlies host the Dallas Mavericks in an NBA Play-In game to decide the last team in the West Playoffs.

In the three playoff appearances since (2009, 2016, 2019), they were the eighth seed each time and were swept in the first round by the Cleveland Cavaliers ... games behind the current fourth-seeded ...

Here are first-round NBA playoff predictions from USA TODAY Sports NBA staff writers and editors: Noteworthy: The Cavaliers ...