The second round of the 2025 playoffs was dominated by injuries. All three All-Stars from the Cleveland Cavaliers were hurt by the end of their second-round loss. The Boston Celtics was banged up even before Jayson Tatum tore his Achilles, with Jrue Holiday and Jaylen Brown playing through pain and Kristaps Porziņģis struggling with an … Read more
The Oklahoma City Thunder went 68-14 in the regular season and broke the NBA’s single-season record for point differential. They have a championship-caliber roster, and, entering Sunday’s Game 7 against the Denver Nuggets, they had chance to clinch a berth in the conference finals for the first time since 2016. A win would be a … Read more
Imagn Images The Oklahoma City Thunder and Minnesota Timberwolves are the two teams left standing in the West. The Thunder and Wolves are meeting in the Western Conference finals with both sides looking for a long-awaited NBA Finals appearance. Oklahoma City has not been to the NBA Finals since 2012, while the Timberwolves have no … Read more
Getty Images The New York Knicks and Indiana Pacers are meeting once again in the playoffs, and this time there is an NBA finals berth on the line. The New York-Indiana postseason rivalry gets its newest chapter in the 2025 Eastern Conference finals, as one team will make the NBA Finals for the first time … Read more
The second round wrapped up in the 2025 NBA playoffs on Sunday, and the conference finals are set: Thunder vs. Timberwolves in the West and Knicks vs. Pacers in the East. The West finals kick off Tuesday, with Game 1 of the East finals following on Wednesday. In the West, the Thunder ousted the Nuggets … Read more
May 18, 2025, 06:20 PM ET OKLAHOMA CITY — The Oklahoma City Thunder grew up on Sunday. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 35 points, Jalen Williams added 24 and the Thunder rolled into the Western Conference finals, beating the Denver Nuggets 125-93 in Game 7. The top-seeded Thunder will host the sixth-seeded Minnesota Timberwolves starting Tuesday. It’s … Read more
Trae Young may not have faced the New York Knicks this postseason, but he still found a way to troll his familiar foes. Editor’s Picks During Sunday’s Game 7 between the Oklahoma City Thunder and Denver Nuggets, the Atlanta Hawks guard took to X with a subtle jab at Knicks fans. He complimented Thunder fans … Read more
Think of the Cleveland Cavaliers right now. They won 64 games. They had the second-best offense in NBA history and the Defensive Player of the Year. They swept their first-round series by 122 combined points. But they made 10 fewer 3s than the Indiana Pacers in Game 1 of their second-round series. Game 2 was … Read more
When the Boston Celtics were eliminated by the New York Knicks on Friday, 2025 became the sixth straight NBA postseason in which the defending champ has failed to advance past the second round. It was the latest bullet point in the current study that is NBA parity, raising questions about how it’s happening and whether … Read more
The final four is set in the 2025 NBA playoff bracket. The Oklahoma City Thunder eliminated the Denver Nuggets on Sunday in Game 7 of their second-round matchup to advance to the Western Conference finals. The Thunder will face the Minnesota Timberwolves in the West finals, while the New York Knicks and Indiana Pacers will … Read more
Leonard Solms Close Jack of all sporting trades. Author of my 11-year-old self’s fantasy story about his road to FIFA World Cup glory. Perfecting the art of writing about people who do what I said I was going to do. May 18, 2025, 04:45 PM ET KIGALI, Rwanda — Libya’s Al Ahli Tripoli handed Kenya’s … Read more
Leonard Solms Close Jack of all sporting trades. Author of my 11-year-old self’s fantasy story about his road to FIFA World Cup glory. Perfecting the art of writing about people who do what I said I was going to do. May 18, 2025, 04:58 PM ET KIGALI, Rwanda — Basketball Africa League (BAL) Nile Conference … Read more