The East is loaded with the 76ers, Nets and Bucks. The Heat made the 2020 NBA Finals. The Knicks and Hawks are on the rise. Where do the Celtics fit?
Author: Jeff Zillgitt, USA TODAY
Big 3 leads way as Brooklyn Nets close out Boston Celtics in Game 5 of first-round series
James Harden, Kyrie Irving and Kevin Durant combined for 83 points as the Nets closed out the Celtics in Game 5 of their first-round series.
Joel Embiid doubtful for Philadelphia 76ers’ NBA playoff Game 5 vs. Washington Wizards
Philadelphia 76ers All-Star center Joel Embiid is doubtful with right knee soreness for Game 5 against the Washington Wizards on Wednesday.
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The NBA features several players 25-and-under who are playing starring roles in the playoffs. And they are showing they are ready for the moment.
NBA Launchpad initiative seeks to improve basketball through emerging technologies
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‘Stay home. We don’t need you’: Wizards coach Scott Brooks delivers scathing rebuke of fan who ran onto court
NBA coach Scott Brooks delivered a scathing old-school rebuke of the fan who ran onto the court during Wizards-76ers Game 4 in Washington.
Fan apprehended by police after running onto court during Game 4 of 76ers-Wizards NBA playoff series
A fan at Game 4 of the 76ers-Wizards playoff series at Washington’s Capital One Arena ran onto the court and was tackled by a security guard.
Plastic water bottle thrown at Kyrie Irving after Nets’ victory in Boston
Boston police officers detained the person after the fourth time in the past week that a fan displayed unacceptable behavior at an NBA playoff game.
Former Jazz center, NBA defensive stalwart Mark Eaton dies at 64
Former Utah Jazz center Mark Eaton, a giant defensive force in the NBA in the 1980s, has died. He was 64.
US men’s basketball roster still expected to be gold standard, even with uncertain availability
Because of a tight window between the NBA playoffs and start of the Olympics, putting together the men’s basketball roster will carry some challenges.