Getty Images Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark tipped off her second WNBA season on Saturday and got a shoutout from Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James on Instagram. “Good luck and DO YOU per usual this season!!!” the four-time NBA champion wrote. James shared the post, which included three photos of him and Clark, at … Read more
The Denver Nuggets and Oklahoma City Thunder are the only second-round teams playing a Game 7, and although there have only been three Game 7 contests in the 2025 NBA playoffs, the Nuggets have been involved in two of them. This time, the Nuggets will visit the Oklahoma City Thunder (-8.5, 213.5) on Sunday for … Read more
Getty Images Boston Celtics wing Jaylen Brown played perhaps the most complete game of his career on Wednesday when he scored 26 points, dished 12 assists, grabbed eight rebounds and committed only two turnovers in 37 minutes in the Celtics’ 127-102 win against the New York Knicks in Game 5 of their second-round series. Even … Read more
Denver Nuggets forward Aaron Gordon is questionable for Game 7 against the Oklahoma City Thunder on Sunday after straining his left hamstring late in Game 6, Nuggets interim coach David Adelman told reporters Saturday, via DNVR. “He just went through the walkthrough,” Adelman said. “Game-time decision, obviously. But he fully was part of it, the … Read more
Ramona ShelburneMay 17, 2025, 04:35 PM ET Close Senior writer for ESPN.com Spent seven years at the Los Angeles Daily News Boston Celtics star Jaylen Brown finished the season with a partially torn right meniscus, sources told ESPN. Brown had been playing in pain during the last month of the regular season and the playoffs, … Read more
A spot in the Western Conference finals is on the line when the Denver Nuggets battle the Oklahoma City Thunder in Game 7 of their conference semifinal series on Sunday. Denver forced the deciding game with a 119-107 win on Thursday in Game 7. The Nuggets (50-32), the NBA champions in 2022-2023, are 2-4 on … Read more
NEW YORK — Leading up to Game 6 of the New York Knicks’ second-round series against the Boston Celtics on Friday, the stakes were high. A Knicks win would mean advancing to the conference finals for the first time in 25 years. A loss would mean returning to Boston for a Game 7 that the … Read more
Say what you will about New York Knicks fans, but they have endured many difficult years waiting for this moment. After their thorough 119-81 demolition of the Boston Celtics on Friday night at Madison Square Garden, the Knicks advanced to the Eastern Conference finals for the first time in 25 years, ending the third-longest active … Read more
Brian WindhorstMay 17, 2025, 01:40 AM ET Close ESPN.com NBA writer since 2010 Covered Cleveland Cavs for seven years Author of two books NEW YORK — A 38-point defeat in an elimination game has a way of hurrying the stages of loss. The Boston Celtics were at acceptance by the time they left Madison Square … Read more
The Boston Celtics were eliminated from the 2025 NBA postseason on Friday by the New York Knicks, but their season — and this entire era in team history — ended the moment Jayson Tatum tore his Achilles in Game 4. Boston was already in a somewhat precarious position entering the 2025 offseason. Their projected payroll … Read more
The New York Knicks are back in the Eastern Conference finals for the first time since 2000. The Knicks eliminated the reigning champion Boston Celtics on Friday night in Game 6 of their second-round playoff matchup. New York will face the Indiana Pacers in the East finals, starting on Wednesday at Madison Square Garden. The … Read more
The Eastern Conference finals are set in the 2025 NBA playoff bracket: It’s the New York Knicks vs. the Indiana Pacers. The East finals begin Wednesday, with New York hosting Indiana. The Knicks eliminated the reigning champion Boston Celtics on Friday night to make their first Eastern Conference finals since 2000. The Pacers are back … Read more