Basketball

Miami used team defense to smother Atlanta’s Trae Young and then leaned on Jimmy Butler to take the scoring lead....

The Denver Nuggets aren’t fazed. They realize no team has ever won four elimination games in a single postseason series....

 Jayson Tatum scored 39 points, Jaylen Brown had 23 and the Boston Celtics took a 3-0 lead over the Brooklyn...

It was a thumbs down day for Joel Embiid and the Philadelphia 76ers, who couldn’t complete a first-round sweep of...

Toronto Raptors forward Scottie Barnes won the NBA Rookie of the Year award on Saturday. Barnes received 48 first-place votes...

The stoppers are suffocating the scorers. And as Boston was finishing another shutdown effort against Kevin Durant and the Nets,...

Ghanaian Center/ Power Forward Nathan Mensah remains undecided about his immediate future in basketball; be it to go pro or...

Joel Embiid hit a stunning three-pointer with 0.8 seconds remaining to give the Philadelphia 76ers a shock 104-101 overtime NBA...

The Milwaukee Bucks suffered a nightmarish Game 2 against the Chicago Bulls on Wednesday. There were careless turnovers. There were defensive breakdowns. There were...

Celtics fans got under Kyrie Irving’s skin in the opening game of their first-round matchup with the Nets. It was Boston’s defense that...