Basketball News · LatestMonday, May 25, 2026

Sebastian Aho scored 14:04 into overtime and Carolina outlasted the Montreal Canaiens 3-2 on Sunday night in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference Final at the Bell Centre, giving the Hurricanes a 2-1 series lead on the strength of back-to-back OT victories.

The Knicks are onto the NBA Finals for the first time since 1999, and New York City mayor Zohran Mamdani made sure to troll the Cavaliers.

Brunson has led the Knicks to the NBA Finals for the first time this century -- if he pulls off a title, he'll cement his place in franchise history

"It's just too expensive," a Queens resdient who spent just $137 for a Rocket Arena ticket said of Knicks game prices at MSG. "The cheapest ticket is like $500, $600. Even then, I can't get myself to pay for that."

Monday morning, the Knicks were preparing to fulfill that mandate.

The 2026 WNBA season is already going in an unpredictable direction as the competition begins to heat up ahead of the Commissioner's Cup.

Knicks captain Jalen Brunson has been named the 2026 Eastern Conference Finals MVP.

The New York Knicks are just four wins away from an NBA title. Here's the full schedule for the NBA Finals with Spurs-Thunder still undecided.

New York heads to the Finals on an 11-game win streak. The Cavaliers head into an offseason with a lot of questions.

The Cavaliers are headed home, and Charles Barkley has an idea why

The NBA Finals won't start until June 3, so the schedule will do something that the Atlanta Hawks, Philadelphia 76ers and Cleveland Cavaliers could not in recent weeks. It'll prevent the New York Knicks from winning. The Knicks are headed to the NBA Finals, and they're headed there on a roll like few others in league history.

The New York Liberty went in all guns blazing this offseason. They fired Sandy Brondello, the coach that got them their only title and brought in an unproven Chris DeMarco.

ESPN's 'Inside the NBA' crew didn't hold back on the 'quitting" Cavaliers' during their Game 4 halftime show.

The Cavaliers’ season ends with a whimper.

Donovan Mitchell and the Cavaliers finally got past the second round and face-planted in the Eastern Conference finals. Cleveland's season ended with a resounding, demoralizing and embarrassing 130-93 loss on Monday night in Game 4 to the New York Knicks, who swept the series and advanced to the NBA Finals for the first time since 1999. Playing on tired and wobbly legs after being pushed to seven games by Toronto and Detroit in the earlier rounds, the Cavs, whose fate was sealed when they ble...

New York, on an incredible 11-game winning streak, will have a lengthy layoff before NBA Finals Game 1

With a commanding Game 4 win over the Cavaliers on Monday night, the Knicks officially completed a Eastern Conference Finals sweep and booked their ticket to the Finals.

Brittney Griner has missed the Connecticut Sun's last two games due to a rib injury.

Sarah Ashlee Barker scored all seven of her points in a fourth quarter run to lift the Portland Fire to an 81-74 win over the New York Liberty on Monday night. Trailing 65-60, midway through the fourth quarter, Portland (4-3) scored 12 straight points with Barker leading the way to go up 72-65.

CLEVELAND (AP) — New York Knicks sweep Cleveland Cavaliers in Eastern Conference finals, advance to 1st NBA Finals since 1999.

Here's how bold moves and a coaching change fueled the New York Knicks' improbable journey to the NBA Finals.

Maurice Edu takes you through what it's like during the final World Cup roster crunch.

NY looks to win their eleventh straight and punch their ticket to the Finals.

Rohan Ramadas has worked in the NBA ... and done jobs for NASA.

Swedish driver Felix Rosenqvist made history Sunday by winning the closest Indianapolis 500 ever, earning the largest payout in race history.

Happy Memorial Day! Game 4 of the Eastern Conference Finals is tonight between the New York Knicks and the Cleveland Cavaliers. Watch it on ESPN at 8 p.m. ET. The Knicks lead the series 3-0 and will win their first Eastern Conference championship since 1999 if they win tonight. Enjoy the game everyone!

Despite growing momentum to eliminate conference championship games, the SEC commissioner is holding firm

The Knicks and their fans threatened to turn Game 4 of the Eastern Conference finals into a Garden party. Madison Square Garden, that is. Based on the decibel level and “Let's Go Knicks!” chants during pregame warmups, New York fans seemed to outnumber Clevelanders, who are holding out hope that the Cavs can somehow overcome an 0-3 deficit in the series.

The 2025-26 season is still far from over for the all-time Zag.

The Golden State Valkyries (3-2) return home after splitting a pair of road games to host the Connecticut Sun (1-6) at Chase Center in San Francisco on Monday night. MORE: Early favorites for the 2026 WNBA MVP Award How to…