The New York Knicks will look to even their best-of-seven series when they meet the Indiana Pacers in Game 2 of the NBA Eastern Conference Finals on Friday night. Indiana rallied from double-digits to earn a 138-135 overtime win in the series opener.

The Los Angeles Clippers are the latest team looking to potentially acquire Chicago Bulls guard Coby White in a trade.

The NBA's conference semifinals represent an escalation in both stakes and quality of competition. Nobody expected the play-in teams -- outside of the Golden State Warriors-- to compete for the 2025 title. But once the playoff field is whittled to eight ...

The Oklahoma City Thunder will look to take a commanding 2-0 series lead when they battle the Minnesota Timberwolves in Game 2 of their best-of-seven Western Conference final on Thursday. Oklahoma City cruised to a 114-88 win in the opener on Tuesday.

Sometimes, ratings stories are about a trend running through an entire season relative to previous years. At other times, though, they’re about specific matchups and the ways those matchups play out. And the latter seems to be the case for the NBA’s ...

The National Basketball Association, initially called the Basketball Association of America, was founded in 1946. It first realigned into two conferences -- the Eastern Conference and Western Conference -- prior to the 1970-71 season. Since then, the ...

The 2026 NBA playoffs will begin on April 18. The 2025-26 regular season wraps up on April 12, giving teams a short break before the postseason tips off. The Play-In Tournament, introduced in 2021 to keep more teams competitive and reduce tanking, determines the final two playoff spots in each conference.