Tag: NBA Eastern Conference
In the 2021 playoffs, the NBA’s class of 2018 is showing up
Phoenix's Deandre Ayton had Guy Fieri leaping out of his courtside seat with a thundering dunk. Atlanta's Trae Young had Spike Lee leaving early...
New York’s Tom Thibodeau picked as NBA’s coach of the year
NEW YORK — Tom Thibodeau got the New York Knicks back to the playoffs, guiding the team to its second-best record in 20 years.
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Durant has 32, Nets up 2-0 after 125-86 blowout of Bucks
NEW YORK — Kevin Durant scored 32 points in three quarters of a top-to-bottom blowout that sent the Brooklyn Nets halfway to the Eastern...
Nets rout Bucks and Suns beat Nuggets
NEW YORK — Kevin Durant scored 32 points in three quarters of a top-to-bottom blowout that sent the Brooklyn Nets halfway to the Eastern...
Former Michigan State basketball star charged with murder
DETROIT — A former captain of the Michigan State University basketball team was charged with murder Monday in the fatal shooting of a man...
Morey, 76ers fined for team president’s Stephen Curry tweet
NEW YORK — The Philadelphia 76ers and their president of basketball operations, Daryl Morey, have each been fined $75,000 for a tweet Morey sent...
Harden reinjures hamstring in opening minute of Game 1
NEW YORK — James Harden left less than a minute into Game 1 of the Eastern Conference semifinals Saturday with a right hamstring injury,...
Young scores 35, Hawks top Embiid, Sixers 128-124 in Game 1
PHILADELPHIA — Trae Young put an early smackdown on Philly and again rose to the occasion in the playoffs for a Hawks team that...
Harden to miss Game 2 vs Bucks with hamstring tightness
NEW YORK — James Harden will miss Game 2 of the Eastern Conference semifinals Monday night because of right hamstring tightness.
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Durant, Irving carry Nets in opener after Harden hurt
NEW YORK — Kevin Durant scored 29 points, Kyrie Irving had 25 and the two superstars carried the Brooklyn Nets after James Harden's early...