Bontemps’ ballot: Final selections for MVP, All-NBA and every award
Who is the MVP? The top rookie? The Defensive Player of the Year? Tim Bontemps reveals his official awards ballot.
OKC sixth team to win playoff game by 50 points
Oklahoma City opened a 35-point lead in the first half of Game 1 vs. Memphis, the biggest first-half lead in any playoff Game 1 since at least 1996-97.
Morant: Grizzlies ‘will never play that bad again’
Ja Morant vowed that the Grizzlies ‘will never play that bad again’ after Memphis was routed by Oklahoma City in Game 1.
Playoff odds: Thunder, Celtics the favorites to win the NBA Championship
Latest betting odds for every playoff team to advance to and to win the 2025 NBA Championship.
Redick: Wolves’ ‘physicality’ caught us off guard
The Lakers acknowledged after Saturday’s 117-95 loss in Game 1 that they were wholly unready for the raw, bruising physicality of the Wolves.
Wolves make opening statement, clobber Lakers
The Timberwolves made a franchise playoff-record 21 3-pointers in a 117-95 Game 1 rout of the Lakers in Los Angeles on Saturday night.
Knicks wrest Game 1 from Pistons with 21-0 run
The Knicks, down as much as eight in the fourth quarter, went on a 21-0 run to take control of Game 1 vs. the Pistons.
NBA Rank, playoffs edition: The 50 most impactful players for 2025
From MVP hopefuls to postseason heroes, we’re counting down the top 50 players who will decide the 2025 playoffs.
Westbrook’s clutch plays seal Nuggets’ rally in OT
Russell Westbrook came up big at the end of regulation and again in overtime for the Nuggets, who roared back from a 15-point deficit to beat the Clippers 112-110 in overtime in Game 1.
How the Nuggets outlasted the Clips in OT, and what to know for Wolves-Lakers
What’s standing out from each of the Western Conference first-round series?