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NBA Playoffs Superlatives: Handing Out Awards Ahead of Knicks-Spurs Finals

Handing out superlatives, from best dunk to worst use of analytics, from the 2026 NBA playoffs.

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Thunder Offseason Preview: Critical Summer Lies Ahead for OKC After Game 7 Loss to Spurs

The Thunder will have to make tough decisions on a couple key players this summer as the core of Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Chet Holmgren and Jalen Williams gets increasingly expensive.

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10 Best NBA Players to Never Win a Championship

Many of the greatest players to step on an NBA court were never able to win a championship.

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Jason Kidd, Mavericks Part Ways: Where Masai Ujiri, Dallas Could Turn for Next Coaching Hire

Kidd is out less than two years after leading the Mavs to the NBA Finals in 2024.

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Jalen Williams Injury Update: Inside the Thunder's Decision to 'Hold Back' J-Dub Until the Spurs Series

Jalen Williams is set to return from a hamstring injury for the Thunder's Western Conference Finals against the Spurs, following a cautious recovery strategy that paid off during his absence.

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Two NBA Players Received Exactly One Vote for 2025–26 MVP Award—Full Results

A look at some interesting nuggets from the full voting results for 2025-26 NBA MVP.

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The Minnesota Timberwolves’ motley crew brought a burst of fun to the NBA playoffs

The Wolves probably won’t win a title without big roster changes, but their postseason run made their case as one of the league’s most entertaining teams

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NBA MVP Award: Our Case for Each of the Three Finalists for Basketball’s Most Prestigious Award

Who should win this year’s NBA MVP award? Breaking down the case for Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Nikola Jokić and Victor Wembanyama ahead of Sunday’s ceremony.

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Timberwolves Offseason Preview: Will Minnesota Make Another Push for Giannis Antetokounmpo?

The Timberwolves failed to reach the Western Conference finals this season for the first time since 2023. Now what?

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Highest-Scoring NBA Playoff Games: Where Knicks’ Playoff Explosions Stack Up

A look at the highest-scoring NBA playoff games of all time both in combined scores and single-team performances.

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Key Injuries We're Monitoring in the Second Round of the NBA Playoffs

From Ant's bone bruise to Luka's hamstring strain, these are the main ailments to know for the conference semifinals.

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NBA Playoff Power Rankings: How the Final Eight Teams Stack Up Entering Second Round

After a wild first round of games, here is how the eight remaining NBA playoff teams compare ahead of the conference semifinals.

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Broken bodies everywhere: are injuries about to be declared winners of the NBA playoffs?

A host of stars have gone down with injuries this postseason. For as long as the league resists change, its players will pay the price

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Winners and Losers From the First Round of the NBA Playoffs

With just eight teams left standing, a look back at one of the best first rounds in recent memory.

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Rockets Season Grades: Judging Houston’s Year After Disappointing First-Round Exit to Lakers

This season was an interesting one for the Rockets. Pegged as a top-tier title contender after swapping Dillon Brooks and Jalen Green for Kevin Durant, things w

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Above-the-Rim Angle of RJ Barrett’s Game-Winner Is Absolutely Mesmerizing

As the ball hung in the air in Toronto on Friday night, time stood still.

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RJ Barrett Channeled His Inner Kawhi Leonard With Epic Shot to Keep Raptors' Season Alive

Toronto Raptors forward RJ Barrett’s game winner to force Game 7 against the Cleveland Cavaliers looked a lot like Kawhi Leonard’s buzzer beater to defeat the 76ers in 2019.

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Magic's Dreadful Shooting Woes Spark Pistons' Historic Comeback to Force Game 7

The Orlando Magic couldn't buy a bucket in the second half in Friday's Game 6 against the Detroit Pistons. Detroit erased a 22-point halftime hole to force a Game 7 back at home.

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There’s a Really Simple Reason Behind the Nuggets’ Playoff Collapse

The Nuggets were bounced from the playoffs by the Timberwolves for a simple reason: the NBA’s best shooting team couldn’t hit threes in the series.

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Bones Hyland Shades Nuggets in Post After Timberwolves Eliminate Denver. There’s a History Here.

Comments have flown back and forth over the years between Hyland and his former team.

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Anthony Edwards Injury Timeline: When Timberwolves Star Could Return for Spurs Series

Anthony Edwards suffered a bone bruise during the Timberwolves’ first-round series win over the Nuggets. Here’s when he could be back.

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Jaden McDaniels Is the NBA’s New King of Trash Talk

The Timberwolves’ forward called his shot against the Nuggets, and was proven right again and again.

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SI:AM | Six Mind-Boggling Stats About the Knicks’ Historic Blowout Win

New York thrashed the Hawks in one of the most lopsided NBA playoff games ever.

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You Won’t Believe What the Nuggets Did that Gave the Timberwolves Extra Motivation

The Timberwolves didn’t like how often he Nuggets were winning during the regular season.

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Grading the Nuggets Season: What Went Right, Wrong for Denver After Disastrous Playoff Loss

Evaluating the Nuggets’ season after their rough first-round loss to the rival Timberwolves.

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