FOUR MONTHS before the season devolved unexpectedly into chaos, the extended Boston Celtics franchise gathered in a theater to celebrate yet another championship. I checked in at a small table and went inside, just a few blocks from the Brahmin church where Bob Cousy eulogized John Havlicek, and from the four-star hotel where Red Auerbach … Read more
The Western Conference semifinals between the Denver Nuggets and Oklahoma City Thunder are a matchup between the likely 2025 NBA MVP and runner-up: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Nikola Jokic. Editor’s Picks 2 Related Gilgeous-Alexander averaged 32.7 points, 6.4 assists and 5.0 rebounds in the regular season, aiding Oklahoma City’s run to a league-best 68-14 record. Jokic, … Read more
The Oklahoma City Thunder will look to close out the Denver Nuggets in Game 6 of their Western Conference semifinal series on Thursday. Oklahoma City took a 3-2 series edge with a 112-105 win on Tuesday. The Thunder (68-14), who are looking to reach the conference finals for the first time since 2015-2016, are 35-9 … Read more
The Oklahoma City Thunder are one victory away from advancing to their first Western Conference Finals since 2016. The Thunder (-4.5, 216) will attempt to close the series on the road against the Denver Nuggets at 8:30 p.m. ET on Thursday with a 3-2 series lead. The Thunder are coming off back-to-back victories, most recently … Read more
This is an article version of the CBS Sports HQ AM Newsletter, the ultimate guide to every day in sports. You can sign up to get it in your inbox every weekday morning here. 🏀 Good morning to all, but especially to … ANTHONY EDWARDS AND THE MINNESOTA TIMBERWOLVES When Anthony Edwards arrived in Minnesota, … Read more
Tim MacMahonMay 15, 2025, 07:00 AM ET Close Joined ESPNDallas.com in September 2009 Covers the Dallas Cowboys and Dallas Mavericks Appears regularly on ESPN Dallas 103.3 FM WITH A SECOND remaining in Sunday’s Game 4, Denver Nuggets center Nikola Jokic called for the ball after Jalen Williams hit a pair of free throws to push … Read more
Ohm YoungmisukMay 15, 2025, 03:22 AM ET Close Ohm Youngmisuk has covered the Giants, Jets and the NFL since 2006. Prior to that, he covered the Nets, Knicks and the NBA for nearly a decade. He joined ESPNNewYork.com after working at the New York Daily News for almost 12 years and is a graduate of … Read more
BOSTON — Throughout this highly strange series — which has featured a number of huge leads followed by double-digit, second-half comebacks — the only thing that has seemed like a sure bet is that things would eventually tighten if the New York Knicks fell behind the defending champion Boston Celtics. That wasn’t the case in … Read more
Never was Stephen Curry’s impact more clearly illustrated than when the Golden State Warriors struggled to even compete against the Minnesota Timberwolves without him. Curry was sidelined with a hamstring strain for all but 13 minutes of the Warriors’ five-game elimination in the Western Conference semifinals, and the team sputtered to an anemic 104 points … Read more
When the Minnesota Timberwolves traded Karl-Anthony Towns to the New York Knicks last October, it was covered, almost entirely, as a cost-cutting move. The possibility that the Timberwolves, fresh off a conference finals run, might have actually gotten better by swapping out Towns for Julius Randle was hardly considered. If anything, the Randle fit with … Read more
The Minnesota Timberwolves are back in the Western Conference finals. And the Indiana Pacers are back in the Eastern Conference finals. Last year’s conference finals losers were the first two teams to advance to the final four of the NBA playoffs this year. The Wolves eliminated the Golden State Warriors on Wednesday, their fourth straight … Read more
Stephen Curry doesn’t have that many chances left to win a fifth championship. The Golden State Warriors know that. It informed every decision they made during the 2024-25 season. When ESPN’s Shams Charania reported at the trade deadline that the Warriors were “legitimately calling about every All-Star player,” they did so because they understood how precious the … Read more