The New York Knicks staved off elimination against the Indiana Pacers on Thursday, but now have to find a way to keep the series going when Game 6 shifts back to Indianapolis Saturday night.
The Miami Heat could have to wait until Monday before learning their opponent in the Eastern Conference finals.
When he was asked to name the NBA teams he felt were the best fit for him, Otto Porter Jr. never hesitated in mentioning the Cavaliers. In fact, it was the first team out of his mouth. Yet he won't be meeting with General Manager Chris Grant or anyone from the team's traveling party during this week's NBA combine.
New 76ers president of basketball operations and general manager Sam Hinkie might not look the part, with his small, unathletic frame covered in tan pants, a button-down dress shirt and a blue sport jacket.
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Regardless of what happens this summer, the Bulls' biggest offseason addition will be the youngest most valuable player in NBA history.
No Kevin Durant.
MILWAUKEE-Atlanta Hawks coach Larry Drew will interview for the Milwaukee Bucks vacant coaching position Monday, a league source confirmed Friday.
There's a thought that Indiana post player Cody Zeller would have gone in the top five of last year's NBA draft.
They were globally insignificant and, on the whole, an object of civic ridicule. There had been so much failure and futility, so much shameful history, so many years of shoddy product peddled by an infernally inept ownership.
Not many were calling Victor Oladipo a potential top-10 draft pick when he was a freshman defensive specialist at Indiana.
One might assume that Heat guard Dwyane Wade was happy to see the Knicks push the Pacers to a sixth game in their series, because it guaranteed an extra two days of rest for Wade before the start of the Eastern Conference finals, now set for Wednesday.
The Miami Heat have LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh. The Spurs have dominated for years with the trio of Tim Duncan, Tony Parker and Manu Ginobili.
Sacramento mayor Kevin Johnson held a press conference Friday to announce the deal to keep the Kings in the city has been completed.
When the Memphis Grizzlies continue their unheralded postseason journey in the Western Conference Finals, they'll be facing a bear of a task in the San Antonio Spurs.
It all proved to be too much: the injuries, the minutes, the machine that is the San Antonio Spurs. Willpower simply wasn't enough.
OAKLAND, Calif. - There was no need for metaphors on this night, no greater meaning gained from hyperbole.
Gold T-shirts were all over the building, worn over tank tops and underneath the uniforms of police officers. The noisy support was there during the best of times. The crowd at Oracle Arena tried just about everything.
SEATTLE - The last unresolved question over the fate of the Sacramento Kings was answered Thursday night when it was reported that the Maloof family had reached a deal to sell the team to a Sacramento group led by Vivek Ranadive.
The Maloof era in Sacramento, at times spirited and uplifting, at times dismal and depressing, appears to have come to an end.
OAKLAND, Calif. - It all proved to be too much: the injuries, the minutes, the machine that is the San Antonio Spurs. Will simply wasn't enough.
LOS ANGELES-The strong relationship between Los Angeles Clippers coach Vinny Del Negro and owner Donald Sterling could mean Del Negro will be back with the team in 2013-14.
Carmelo Anthony made two jumpers to open the game, knowing it wouldn't stay that easy.
Tim Duncan, Tony Parker, Manu Ginobili and the San Antonio Spurs are back in the Western Conference finals for the second straight season with the same style that has carried them to four NBA titles.
Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson announced to screaming throngs of Kings fans Friday that the deal to sell the NBA franchise to a group led by software tycoon Vivek Ranadive has been signed.
