For many, Game 5 at Boston Garden was the key moment of the 1984 Finals that broke the spirit of Riley’s team.

Most of us think of NBA stars as living in some kind of perfect, high-profile bubble. The media attention, the glamour, the ...

Most importantly, the Bulls won the championship in 1997. After going 15-3 in the playoffs during the 1996 title run, the ...

However, the Thunder are looking to demolish the concept of parity and everything in their path before the boogeyman second ...

In 1991, Magic Johnson was everything in the NBA. The Los Angeles Lakers’ star point guard was a leading scorer and the face of several major brands, including Pepsi, Converse and Nestlé. But all of ...

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During Game 1 of last season’s NBA Finals, complaints quickly arose online that there was nothing on the court in Oklahoma City to identify it as a Finals game — it looked exactly like the court from ...

When basketball great Reggie Miller thinks about NBC’s long history of televising NBA games starting in the 1990s, “my hands start to tremble,” he confides recently during a press conference. “As a ...

2. De’Andre Hunter will keep the starting small forward spot Every team searching for a title has a “fit” player, someone who doesn’t just fill a role but sharpens an identity. De’Andre Hunter is that ...

After three straight postseason exits at the hands of the Detroit "Bad Boys" Pistons, Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls finally got over the hump in 1991. They won their first NBA championship ...

PHOENIX (AP) — Phoenix Mercury coach Nate Tibbetts was ejected from Game 4 of the WNBA Finals after receiving two quick technical fouls in the third quarter against the Las Vegas Aces on Friday night.

Mercury head coach Nate Tibbetts was ejected during the fourth quarter of Game 4 of the WNBA Finals against the Aces. Nate Tibbetts being ejected in Game 4 of the WNBA Finals sparked a rally from the ...