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The Brooklyn Nets have the most top-tier talent of any team in the NBA with their trio of Kevin Durant, James Harden and Kyrie Irving. Since all three of them were rarely healthy at the same time during the season, Brook...

The confined, roiled 2020 N.B.A. playoffs reflected their times. So, too, do this year's celebratory games.

For those who expect the 76ers to cruise past the Wizards, Tobias Harris -- who had a playoff career high 37 points during a Game 1 win -- has a message for them: Not so fast.

Fresh off a game-winning floater against the Knicks, Atlanta point guard Trae Young strutted back to the away locker room, his face gleaming. It got real quiet in there, he repeated. I don’t care. Next one. Last night,...

Playoff basketball returned to Manhattan as a cultural event with a loud, spirited crowd and a new archenemy, the Hawks' Trae Young.

In only the seventh playoff game of his early career, Luka Doncic was spectacular in a win over the LA Clippers. As the leader of the Dallas Mavericks, he finished with 31 points, 11 assists and 10 rebounds.  After the ...

The second batch of playoff openers kicked off on Sunday, with all four games turning out just as exciting as the day before. After the LA Clippers lost their first game of the postseason on Saturday, the Lakers dropped ...