Heat hold off Hawks 97-94 to reach Eastern semi-finals Oladipo’s 23 points lead top-seeded Miami in Game 5 Victor Oladipo scored 23 points, Bam Adebayo added 20 points and 11 Read more

Brooklyn began the season with a core of Kevin Durant, Kyrie Irving and James Harden. They ended it with zero playoff wins and a crushing loss to the Celtics The Read more

No 1 pick in the 2016 draft to miss Game 4 against Boston Australian facing prospect of not playing at all this season Ben Simmons has come in for heavy Read more

Former LA Lakers player and general manager claims HBO has ‘demeaned him for shock value’ in popular drama about basketball team The former Los Angeles Lakers player, coach and general Read more

The NBA named its All-Time European Teams last week. And three current players could easily surpass the German in the next decade Basketball has distinctly North American origins: it was Read more

All-Star guard has tense history with his former team Celtics, Bucks and Heat win their playoff series openers Kyrie Irving said he was returning “the same energy” to Boston Celtics Read more

Young’s 38 points lift Atlanta past Cavs for No 8 playoff seed Hawks will face top-seeded Heat in first round of NBA playoffs Trae Young scored 32 of his 38 Read more

Forward aimed mouthguard at abusive fan and hit bystander Incident came during play-in loss to Atlanta Hawks Charlotte Hornets forward Miles Bridges apologized on Wednesday after throwing his mouthpiece into Read more

Young, Hunter lead Hawks to 132-103 play-in rout of Hornets Atlanta to face Cleveland on Friday to claim No 8 seed in East Trae Young bounced back from a sluggish Read more

Nets see off Cavaliers to set up first-round series with Boston Cleveland will face winner of Friday’s Atlanta-Charlotte game Kyrie Irving had 34 points and 12 assists, Kevin Durant added Read more