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For the second consecutive year, the Bucks entered the playoffs with the league's best regular-season record. Down 3-0 against the Miami Heat, questions are swirling around the future of the team and its superstar.

Lakers coach Frank Vogel gave Rajon Rondo a vote of confidence despite a shaky performance in Friday night's Game 1 loss, which was Rondo's first game action since March.

"It doesn't matter if I get blocked -- I'm going to go right back in the paint again," the Liberty guard said. They bring that same tenacity to their role on the W.N.B.A. union's executive committee.

If Miami’s unbeaten streak in the postseason wasn’t enough to get your attention, perhaps the first hand account of one of the league’s promising stars will shed light on just how far Bam Adebayo has come in the NB...

The Lakers lost Game 1 to the Rockets yesterday. But at least they won in getting guard Rajon Rondo back in action. That’s a win of sorts, right? Maybe? Here’s the OC Register reporting: With Rajon Rondo, the story i...

The Heat are up 3-0 on the Bucks, who had the best regular season record in the league and were favorites in the series. Here’s the South Florida Sun Sentinel reporting: As for the state of the Bucks' mental state, per...

It’s awards season in the NBA, as winners of the league’s regular season awards are announced during the playoffs. Here’s the South Florida Sun Sentinel reporting on how Miami Heat players fared in the results: Wit...

For the first time since 2016, Russell Westbrook is competing in the second round of the NBA playoffs. Before he got there, the Rockets guard led his team to a Game 7 win against his former squad, the Oklahoma City Thund...

P.J. Tucker is one of the most important players in the NBA playoffs who doesn’t put up big numbers in the scoring department. Here’s the Los Angeles Times on a key member of the Houston Rockets, who currently lead t...

Though the Houston Rockets are known for their offensive output, it was their defense that got the job done against the Los Angeles Lakers on Friday. "We're here. We're not going [anywhere]," Houston's Russell Westbrook ...

The Milwaukee Bucks have found themselves in an 0-3 hole in the Eastern Conference semifinals. For much of the Game 3 collapse that allowed the Miami Heat to take such a commanding lead of the series, 2018-19 NBA MVP Gia...

If there’s one thing that we’ve learned in the bubble its that anything can happen. On this night the league’s two No. 1 seeds each got worked by the underdog challengers hungry to send a memo to the hoops world. T...

Giannis Antetokounmpo said his right ankle, which he tweaked in the first quarter, felt "great" and he could've played more following Friday's loss to the Heat.