After falling short against the Warriors in 2015, LeBron James opened up about the pain of losing on the biggest stage.

After a terrible opening game vs Toronto, the Hawks were able to get back on track last night with a tough road win against the Orlanod Magic. It was not always

Nuggets-Knicks: After pushing the Thunder to Game 7 in last year’s Western Conference Semifinals, this time around it is Nikola Jokić and the bolstered Nuggets that prevail in seven games in the Western Conference Finals to dethrone Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and OKC and guarantee an eighth straight season with a new NBA champion.

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and the Oklahoma City Thunder once again needed six periods to win a game on Thursday night.

“The NBA will return to painting the Larry O'Brien trophy at center court and Finals script logo on the home team's floor for the Finals starting this season, per sources. The last time the large trophy was painted on court was 2009,” reported ESPN NBA insider Shams Charania on X, formerly Twitter.

There were complaints online during last year's NBA Finals that without it the game lacked the feel of an event.

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander had a historic 2024-25 season, leading the NBA in scoring with 2,484 points and securing both the NBA MVP and Finals MVP.

Marvin Gaye's rhythm-and-blues version of “The Star-Spangled Banner” at the 1983 All-Star Game was also condemned. The crowd at The Forum in Inglewood, California, looked confused in the first few minutes of the performance.