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Knicks head coach Mike Brown showed why his system could lead to success in the playoffs in his first season in New York.
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NBA Commissioner Adam Silver not worried about 2025 NBA Finals TV ratings
Well, NBA Commissioner Adam Silver rolled his eyes at the thought. Ahead of the 2025-26 Opening Night, where the Thunder handed out rings and unveiled their championship banner, he said there's zero correlation between market size related to TV ratings. He talked to ESPN's Pat McAfee.
Nuggets-Knicks: After pushing the Thunder to Game 7 in last year’s Western Conference Semifinals, this time around it is Nikola Jokić and the bolstered Nuggets that prevail in seven games in the Western Conference Finals to dethrone Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and OKC and guarantee an eighth straight season with a new NBA champion.
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5'11" NBA veteran recalled guarding Michael Jordan in the playoffs: "We were matching strength for strength"
Former Pacers point guard Travis Best, who stands at 5’11,” remembered having to guard Michael Jordan in a critical playoff game.
There's a case to be made that the Pacers should use Tyrese Haliburton's injury as a way to bolster the roster, but they have standards to maintain.
The Celtics described Porziņģis' condition as an upper respiratory and non-COVID illness during the Eastern Conference semifinals series with the Knicks. The veteran center played 13 minutes in Game 1 and 12 minutes in Game 5, with coach Joe Mazzulla saying afterward that Porziņģis didn't play in the second half because " he couldn't breathe ."
Victor Wembanyama is back in action after recovering from deep vein thrombosis. He starts his third season with the San Antonio Spurs on Wednesday against the Dallas Mavericks.
Jayson Tatum is working on making a miraculous recovery after going down with an Achilles injury during the 2025 NBA Playoffs. The Boston Celtics star publicly