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Magic hire veteran Weltman to head basketball operations

Jeff Weltman is the new president of basketball operations for the Orlando Magic, who have failed to reach the playoffs for ...

Kevin Durant

Warriors ready for third straight NBA Finals appearance

Kevin Durant does not need to be told that Golden State should have a muted celebration after winning the Western Conference ...

Stephen Curry

Curry's 36 points leads Warriors to sweep Spurs, 129-115

Golden State made sure the inevitable was unavoidable. Heavily favored to beat the Spurs, especially once Kawhi Leonard ...

LeBron James, Jae Crowder

'He's human': Cavs coach defends LeBron after 'weird' loss

LeBron James was nowhere to be seen, staying behind the scenes, keeping a low profile. Just as he did in Game 3. James did ...

LeBron James, Kevin Love

LeBron struggles, exchanges words with fan after Game 3 loss

LeBron James' frustrating night kept going after one of the worst playoff games of his splendid career. James exchanged words ...

Jonas Jerebko, Al Horford

Celtic pride: Bradley's last-second shot stuns Cavs 111-108

Leprechauns are imaginary. Celtic pride is very real. Avery Bradley's 3-pointer danced on the rim and dropped with less than ...

Stephen Curry, Kevin Durant

Finals are 1 win away for Warriors, who have Spurs on brink

San Antonio's sense of humor was still there Sunday. Gregg Popovich predicted that Golden State stayed out way late after ...

Isaiah Thomas

Celtics stagger on: Isaiah Thomas done, may need surgery

Isaiah Thomas pushed his undersized body — and the Boston Celtics — as far as he possibly could. Battling a hip injury the ...

Kevin Durant, Warriors beat Spurs 120-108, take 3-0 lead

The Spurs were injured, but Golden State was expecting a fevered fight on the home floor of the five-time NBA champions.

Isaiah Thomas, Iman Shumpert

Celtics' Thomas out for rest of playoffs with hip injury

Boston Celtics guard Isaiah Thomas will miss the rest of the playoffs because of a hip injury, further damaging — if not ...

Kawhi Leonard

Spurs' Leonard will not play Game 3 against Warriors

Spurs forward Kawhi Leonard will not play against Golden State in Game 3 of the Western Conference Finals because of a ...

LeBron James, Jae Crowder, Isaiah Thomas

Cavs send Celtics to record loss, 130-86, lead series 2-0

An NBA playoff-record, 41-point halftime lead. A franchise record for total points. A 13th consecutive playoff win, tying ...

Isaiah Thomas, LeBron James

Thomas injured, Celtics find new low in Game 2 loss to Cavs

After Boston was beaten up in the Eastern Conference finals opener, Isaiah Thomas was confident the Celtics could bounce back ...

LeBron James, Iman Shumpert, Deron Williams

Cavs set NBA record with 41-point halftime lead

The Cleveland Cavaliers set an NBA record on Friday night by opening a 41-point halftime lead over the Boston Celtics in Game ...

Zaza Pachulia expected to be enemy No. 1 for Spurs fans

Stephen Curry pulled Zaza Pachulia aside and made one thing clear to the Warriors big man: We got your back. Other teammates ...

LeBron James

LeBron, Cavs have reeling Celtics in must-win for Game 2

LeBron James did pretty much whatever he wanted to against the Celtics in the Cavaliers' dominating win in Game 1 of the ...

James Harden

Harden, James top All-NBA team; George, Hayward shut out

For Cleveland's LeBron James, there was history. For Houston's James Harden, there was affirmation. And for Indiana's Paul ...

LeBron James, Jae Crowder, Kelly Olynyk, Al Horford

LeBron, Love help Cavs rout Celtics 117-104 in Game 1

So much for the Cavaliers being rusty. LeBron James embarrassed every defender Boston threw at him and Cleveland picked up ...

Lonzo Ball, LaVar Ball

LaVar Ball ups shoe deal asking price to $3 billion

LaVar Ball has upped the ante. The outspoken father of former UCLA star Lonzo Ball said Wednesday on Fox Sport 1's "The Herd ...

Draymond Green, JaVale McGee, Stephen Curry

Warriors become just the 5th team to start NBA playoffs 10-0

The Golden State Warriors' rare unbeaten start this postseason doesn't necessarily mean they're on their way to a title.

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