NBA Playoff Power Ranking: Where Every Team Stands Heading Into the First Round There are 16 teams left to battle for the championship—how do they stack up against each other? Sports Illustrated · Apr 18
Top Five Players We Want to See Win Their First NBA Championship As the NBA’s young stars take over, some seasoned veterans are still on the hunt for their first Larry O’Brien trophy. Sports Illustrated · Apr 18
Luka Dončić, Anthony Edwards, Kevin Durant Lead NBA Playoff Injury Reports Ahead of Saturday Slate A few stars dot the injury report for Saturday’s opening slate of NBA games. Sports Illustrated · Apr 18
Five NBA Playoffs Burning Questions: Knicks’ Title Chances, LeBron James’s Leadership Plus, is it too soon for San Antonio to break through, how far can Jayson Tatum take the Celtics after returning from injury and if the Pistons are built for the postseason. Sports Illustrated · Apr 17
Who Made NBC’s Kevin Kisner Apologize to CBS? NBC’s golf analyst did a mea culpa after ripping coverage of the Masters’ final round. Sports Illustrated · Apr 17
Great Barrier Thief: Dyson Daniels emerges as key to unlocking Atlanta’s NBA playoff hopes Australian guard has endured a mixed campaign but will be one of the Hawks’ main protagonists in a marquee match-up against the New York Knicks The Guardian - AU · Apr 17
Nuggets vs. Timberwolves: Three Bold Predictions for Star-Studded First-Round Series For the third time in four years, Denver and Minnesota will meet in the postseason. Sports Illustrated · Apr 17
NBA playoff predictions 2026: the winner, key players and dark horses Will a Thunder repeat end an NBA-record run of seven different champions in seven years? Our writers make their picks ahead of Saturday’s postseason tip-off The Guardian - US · Apr 17
The Best and Worst Case Scenario for Every NBA Team in the Postseason Postseason expectations have a pretty wide range in the NBA. Sports Illustrated · Apr 14
Here Are the NBA’s 2025–26 Iron Men. How Do They Compare to Years Past? How many NBA players suited up for all 82 games this year, and how does that stack up in recent NBA history? Sports Illustrated · Apr 13
Mike Breen Expresses Displeasure With NBA Playoffs TV Change As part of the NBA’s new media deals, local broadcasters are completely shut out of postseason games. Sports Illustrated · Apr 13
Aussies set to get NBA playoff party started Dyson Daniels was among a swag of players left out of Atlanta's final regular-season game as the Australian guard gets set for the NBA playoffs. AAP · Apr 13
NBA Playoffs: Ranking the Superstar Matchups We Want to See in the First Round Ranking the six NBA superstar matchups we want to see the most in the first round of the 2026 postseason. Sports Illustrated · Apr 12
NBA Playoff Picture: A Breakdown of Everything to Play for on Last Day of Regular Season Here’s what’s at stake during Sunday’s full 15-game slate to wrap up the regular season. Sports Illustrated · Apr 12
Sports Illustrated · Apr 10 NBA Playoff Picture: Everything at Stake for Every Seed During Friday’s Games Here’s what every playoff team is playing for during a busy Friday slate.
Sports Illustrated · Apr 10 Jayson Tatum Confronts His Past at Madison Square Garden—and It Might Haunt Him Again The Celtics and Knicks are on a collision course in the postseason, marking another reminder of the star’s Achilles injury a year ago.
AAP · Apr 10 Knicks keep heat on Celtics, Raptors level with Hawks The race for a direct finals berth will come down to the last days of the NBA's regular season, with Australian star Dyson Daniels' Atlanta in the spotlight.
Sports Illustrated · Apr 8 NBA Championship Power Rankings: Why These Six Teams Have the Best Shot at Winning a Title Breaking down the six teams left standing in the final edition of SI’s NBA championship power rankings.
AAP · Apr 7 Dyson's Hawks denied as McCollum game-winner waved away Dyson Daniels registered a double-double and then strategically fouled out before CJ McCollum almost snatched victory in a crazy finish against the Knicks.
Sports Illustrated · Apr 5 All Signs Point to An Ugly End for Giannis Antetokounmpo’s Time With Bucks Things have gotten real bad in Milwaukee.
Sports Illustrated · Apr 1 NBA Championship Power Rankings: Knicks’ Status As True Contender in Question Amid Losing Streak Breaking down the Knicks’ shaky status as a true contender in this week’s NBA championship power rankings.
Sports Illustrated · Mar 30 NBA Playoff Picture: Everything at Stake With Two Weeks Remaining in Regular Season Breaking down everything at stake in the NBA playoff picture with two weeks to go in the regular season.
Sports Illustrated · Mar 30 Mike Brown Finding Creative New Ways to Complain About SGA’s Free Throw Shooting Shai Gilgeous-Alexander shot 16 free throws while the Knicks shot just 17. Mike Brown had some more thoughts after he earned his second technical of the season.
Sports Illustrated · Mar 27 Kon Knueppel Made History, Then Got Hit in the Head by a Fan’s Ill-Advised Shot Please don’t throw basketballs at the young stars.
Sports Illustrated · Mar 26 Josh Hart Tells Stephen A. Smith to ‘Shut the Hell Up’ After Latest Bout of Knicks Criticism Josh Hart said Stephen A. Smith needs to zip it after his latest bout of harsh criticism aimed at the Knicks.