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Dick Garrett was part of the 1974 Milwaukee Bucks team that lost in the finals. Now, as a security guard, he has a front-row seat to watch Giannis Antetokounmpo.

Coming off his explosive performance in Game 6 against the Rockets, Stephen Curry scored 36 points and tied a career playoff high with nine 3-pointers as the Warriors took Game 1 of the Western Conference finals.

Opening the Western Conference finals, Curry shot 12 for 23 from the field in his fourth 30-point performance this postseason.

After months of speculation, Ben Simmons has confirmed his intention to pull on the Australian national singlet once again in the upcoming series against Team USA and Canada and September's FIBA World Cup in China.

The Heat didn't defy the odds. Instead, Miami ended up right where the odds said it would. The second envelope opened by NBA Deputy Commissioner Mark Tatum revealed the Heat …

Kanter's team, the Portland Trail Blazers, played a conference final on Wednesday, but Turkish fans had a hard time finding it.

For the first time in N.B.A. history, brothers -- Stephen and Seth Curry -- are up against each other in a conference finals. This is tricky -- for their parents.

With the Heat securing the 13th pick in the June 20 NBA Draft, we solicited the views of respected ESPN college basketball and NBA Draft analyst Fran Fraschilla (the former …

The promise of Zion Williamson was ejected from Madison Square Garden, a reminder of how difficult it will be for the Knicks to return to the center of the N.B.A. universe.

Magic Johnson and Larry Bird, whose coast-to-coast rivalry in the 1980s propelled the NBA to a new level of popularity, will be honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award.

By now, hoop heads have seen, read and heard about 6-7 wing/forward De'Andre Hunter's heroic performance guiding Virginia to the program's first national championship in April. They've also heard all the jokes about the ...

New Orleans won the NBA Draft Lottery on Tuesday night, giving the city’s basketball community their first reason to celebrate in a long time, and head coach Alvin Gentry told reporters that the Anthony Davis saga “w...

The chief executive of Deloitte has been hired to be the commissioner of the league, which is rebranding and engaged in labor negotiations.

ZION TO NOLA?! RJ TO NEW YORK?! Immediately after the lottery order for the 2019 NBA Draft was revealed on Tuesday night, the SLAM staff knocked out a mock. Each person was assigned a team prior to the event and then ask...

With just more than a month remaining before the NBA Draft held at Brooklyn's Barclays Center, coaches, executives and scouts are in Chicago this week for the NBA Draft combine. …

Stephen Curry hit 9 three-pointers Tuesday night en route to 36 points, six rebounds and seven assists in the Warriors’ 116-94 Game 1 win against Portland. Curry was making “practice shots,” according to Damian Lil...

Jerry West is returning to the Clippers as a special consultant ahead of the team's big offseason this summer.

Blazers 94, Warriors 116 (Golden State leads 1-0) Holding on to just a 6-point lead heading into the fourth quarter, the Warriors proceeded to outscore the Blazers by 16 in the final frame. Stephen Curry dropped a game-h...

The New Orleans Pelicans have won the first overall pick in the 2019 NBA Draft Lottery. Suddenly the future of a organization that had been strong-armed into entertaining trade packages for their franchise pillar has ano...

Update #1, 9:27pm: The NBA Draft Lottery is officially in the books. The Grizzlies slid up to the No. 2 spot and will thus owe a top-six protected first-rounder to Boston next season. The Kings stayed put at No. 14 and w...