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The Athletic has live coverage of 76ers vs. Knicks in Game 3 of the 2026 NBA Eastern Conference Semifinals. OKLAHOMA CITY — Inevitability, for the Oklahoma City Thunder, once required their MVP. That signature avalanche of a run. That series of expected blows that creates distance between the defending champs and their opposition. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander…

DETROIT — When Donovan Mitchell exited the court Thursday night, he was greeted, like always, by members of the Cleveland Cavaliers’ front office. The men in suits stood outside the visitors’ locker room, handing out conciliatory fist pumps after Game 2 in which the Cavs lost, and once again, looked lost. Mitchell nodded as he…

The Bounce Newsletter  | This is The Athletic’s daily NBA newsletter. Sign up here to receive The Bounce directly in your inbox. The good news is that James Harden joined Bob Cousy in a playoff stat! The bad news is that Harden tied Cousy with his 20th playoff game of shooting 25 percent or less with a minimum…

The Athletic has live coverage of 76ers vs. Knicks in Game 3 of the 2026 NBA Eastern Conference Semifinals. OKLAHOMA CITY — With 10:34 left in the third quarter of Thursday’s Game 2 between the Los Angeles Lakers and Oklahoma City Thunder, umpire Mark Lindsay blew his whistle as Austin Reaves went down in a…

DETROIT — These are the moments they pictured. That’s what they told us. When the Cleveland Cavaliers acquired James Harden at the trade deadline, it was for nights like this. “I’m really excited about when it gets to a chaotic time in the playoffs, and we’re on the road, and it’s a fever pitch, being able…

OKLAHOMA CITY — As the Los Angeles Lakers publicly and privately vented their anger with officials Thursday night after losing Game 2 to the Oklahoma City Thunder, the cases they made were compelling. Video did seem to show Jaxson Hayes had his shorts pulled down as he went for a rebound (a play that would…

A couple of weeks ago, a friend I hadn’t seen in a while was visiting Chicago. We decided to go to a bar, get something to eat, catch up and watch Game 3 of the Celtics-76ers series. As we walked in, I noticed MLB, the NHL and the NFL Draft were all being shown on…

In her dining room, Kathleen Reinhard can still see the tall teenager at her son’s funeral service in 2012. She is wearing a dark New York Knicks hoodie while sitting near a tray of her homemade banana bread, describing the church scene by pointing to different spots on her table. The altar was here. The…

Congratulations, tankers. You’ve made it. A loaded NBA Draft awaits the league’s worst teams from 2025-26, and the good news for them is that it may not matter much what happens in the actual lottery. While teams would of course rather pick first than, say, eighth, this is as “flat” a talent distribution at the…

The No. 1 seeds are taking care of business in the second round of the playoffs. Both the Detroit Pistons and Oklahoma City Thunder took 2-0 series leads on Thursday. Both teams are riding winning streaks in the playoffs. Oklahoma City is 6-0 in this postseason while the Pistons have won five in a row…