The Knicks erased an eight-point deficit in Game 1 of their first-round NBA playoff series against the Pistons to escape with a victory.

New York beating Detroit had become something of an NBA certainty, with the Knicks doing it 16 straight times over a span of five years

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NBA playoffs are here, the full first-round schedule is set and the best-of-seven series are kicking off on Saturday. Sixteen teams remain in the playoff picture as the H

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Nikola Jokic scored 29 points and Aaron Gordon added 25, including a pair of huge free throws with 12 seconds left and the Denver Nuggets roared back from a 15-point first-half deficit to power past the Los Angeles Clippers 112-110 in overtime in the

The first-round playoff series between the No. 4 seed Denver Nuggets and No. 5 seed LA Clippers figured to be an evenly matched pairing. Saturday’s Game 1 in Denver bore that out, with the teams battling to overtime before Denver ultimately came out with a hard-fought, 112-110 victory.

Nikola Jokic scored 29 points and Aaron Gordon added 25 as the Denver Nuggets edged the Los Angeles Clippers 112-110 in an overtime thriller to open their NBA playoff series

NBA playoff bracket is officially set, as the Memphis Grizzlies and Miami Heat earned the No. 8 seeds in their respective conferences on Friday night in the final games of the NBA Play-In Tournament.

The Athletic has live coverage of the 2025 NBA Play-In Tournament. The Miami Heat escaped the Atlanta Hawks in an overtime thriller, and the Memphis Grizzlies handily defeated the Dallas Mavericks to keep their seasons alive and advance to the NBA playoffs.

Klay Thompson has played in 33 NBA Finals games. “I know it’s not the NBA Finals or conference finals,” Thompson, in his first season with the Mavericks, said after Dallas extended its season Wednesday with a win at Sacramento that eliminated the Kings.

Luka Dončić carried the Dallas Mavericks to the Finals last season and has some of the most eye-popping all-time playoff stats in the league, averaging 30.9 points, 9.4 rebounds and eight assists over four postseason appearances.

Another NBA season of treading water by the Atlanta Hawks has reached its predictable endpoint with a Play-In Tournament loss to the Miami Heat. The questions now become whether they plan to finally bolt from the treadmill of mediocrity and which direction they want to head during the upcoming offseason.