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The Thunder rode another great game from their role players to a decisive 127-114 win over the Spurs to take a 3-2 series lead.

It's been a very simple formula for the San Antonio Spurs in these Western Conference finals. When Victor Wembanyama has been the best player on the floor, they win. Wembanyama, who has had 41-point and 33-point outings in winning efforts during the series, never seemed to get fully rolling and the Spurs lost 127-114.

Red Auerbach, Tommy Heinsohn, and Bill Fitch are the only others to win COTY in team history.

The Spurs can take control of the series with a win tonight

Locking down the Villain makes sure the Suns stick to their new identity

The team's president, usually behind the scenes, got visibly emotional in the stands watching the team he helped build reach the NBA Finals by completing a sweep of the Cavaliers in the Eastern Conference finals at Rocket Arena on Monday.

Who wouldn’t love a “homecoming?”

Today is Game 5 of the Western Conference Finals. The San Antonio Spurs play the Oklahoma City Thunder at 8:30 p.m. ET. Watch it on NBC (WRC-TV) in the DMV. Enjoy hearing “Roundball Rock” non-stop and the basketball.

A Victor Wembanyama rookie card recently sold for $5.11 million, a record for a non-autographed NBA card. Wemby has helped the Spurs to a 2-2 tie with Oklahoma City in the Western Conference finals.

The East has been decided, but things in the West are all tied up again.

After years of pain, the Jazz finally hit big. The No. 2 pick could be a true franchise-changer.

Jalen Williams was downgraded to out by Oklahoma City Thunder for Game 5 of the Western Conference finals on Tuesday night, after being listed as questionable throughout the day because of his ongoing issues with a strained left hamstring. Ajay Mitchell, who typically starts in Williams' place, was ruled out earlier by the Thunder with a strained right soleus. The Thunder opted to put Jared McCain in the starting lineup, alongside Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Chet Holmgren, Isaiah Hartenstein and...

The NBA draft early entry withdrawal deadline is Wednesday at midnight, meaning these big-time players have to decide if they'll stay or go.

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The lack of competitiveness of the Eastern Conference finals was offensive to Kendrick Perkins.

Jamahl Mosley sat comfortably at the end of a conference table at New Orleans Pelicans headquarters on Tuesday and suggested that his recent downfall in Orlando stemmed in no small part from how he handled success. Mosley proved in five years with the Magic that he can take a collection of young players in a relatively small market and mold them into a playoff team. As New Orleans' new coach, he'll be expected to do that — and more.

Joe Mazzulla of the Boston Celtics was asked a couple months ago about the possibility of winning the Coach of the Year award this season, and his answer was succinct. “I think it's a stupid award.” On Tuesday, Mazzulla won a stupid award.

Joe Mazzulla has won Coach of the Year for the 2025-26 season after leading the Celtics to 56 wins and the No. 2 seed in the Eastern Conference.

After years of finishing as a runner-up, Joe Mazzulla has his first Coach of the Year award.

Current Knicks coach and former Warriors assistant Mike Brown cited Steph Curry as an premier comparison for Jalen Brunson's leadership in the NBA.

Even before the New York Knicks won the Eastern Conference title, some of their fans took to the streets of Manhattan with a message. The Knicks have done their part, getting to the NBA Finals. Before Game 5 of the Spurs-Thunder series on Tuesday night, San Antonio coach Mitch Johnson was asked if he has heard about the chants from those Knicks fans.

No team in the history of the NBA has ever accomplished this feat.

After a dominant victory, sometimes you need a little something to wine-d down.

The six — among thousands of Knicks diehards who partied like it was 1999 outside The Mecca — were issued summonses for disorderly conduct and processed at the NYPD’s Midtown South Precinct, authorities said.

Aces coach Becky Hammon didn't completely back down from her assertion that a player of Jalen Brunson's stature could lead a team to an NBA title, saying Brunson will have to prove her wrong.

Brooke Rose captured a candid moment of some of the Knicks' WAGs, and diehard fan, Timothée Chalamet, after the New York’s Eastern Conference finals sweep of the Cavaliers on Monday night.

Las Vegas Aces coach Becky Hammon didn't completely back down from her assertion a small player can't lead his team to the NBA championship now that Jalen Brunson has taken the New York Knicks to the NBA Finals. Hammon made her initial comments on ESPN in December 2023, saying the Knicks couldn't win the championship if the 6-foot-2 Brunson was their best player.

Just as soon as the Eastern Conference Finals began for the Cleveland Cavaliers, it ended. The Cavaliers were swept by the Knicks in the Eastern Conference Finals. Now they begin...

Clyde Frazier and John Starks were among the Knicks legends in Cleveland to celebrate New York's first NBA Finals berth since 1999.