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Anthony Edwards was upgraded to questionable on the Minnesota Timberwolves’ injury report Sunday evening, further indication he is pushing to get into this second-round series against the San Antonio Spurs as quickly as possible. He suffered a hyperextension of his left knee in Game 4 of Minnesota’s first-round series against the Denver Nuggets, missing the…

BOSTON — Joel Embiid took a glance at his watch. It was a few minutes after midnight. Dressed in a black T-shirt, adorned with black sunglasses and an omnipresent smile, the Philadelphia 76ers star big man basked in the glow of the first Game 7 victory of his career. It was over two hours since…

BOSTON — Give credit to Boston Celtics fans: They followed the script Saturday night at TD Garden, and followed it beautifully. The Celtics were mounting a furious fourth-quarter comeback in their Game 7 showdown against the Philadelphia 76ers, on four different occasions closing to within one point of tying it up, and because of that,…

NEW YORK — In the few minutes that Jalen Brunson isn’t on the court, the New York Knick guard is often staring at an iPad. Maybe you’ve caught it briefly on television. Maybe you’ve caught it in person while inside Madison Square Garden. It’s unique, so it does stick out. Brunson spends his limited time…

Every Sunday, he’d watch his mother, and his grandmother, prepare the coconut. He’d watch how precisely, how intensely, they’d shave each piece with a grater for arroz con gandules, rice and pigeon peas, the Panamanian version, one of his grandmother’s best dishes. A nod to their heritage. His grandmother never wrote down the recipe; never…

BOSTON — Some of head coach Joe Mazzulla’s coaching tactics Saturday night might have seemed miles outside of the box, but they led to a Boston Celtics style Jaylen Brown preferred. Despite a 109-100 Game 7 loss to the Philadelphia 76ers, Brown felt the Celtics had finally played like themselves after two straight duds in…

After his heroic 34-point effort in Game 7 to push the Philadelphia 76ers into the second round, Joel Embiid shared a special moment with his five-year-old son, Arthur, during his postgame interview on the court at TD Garden. Just words into his dad’s first answer, Arthur stole the show. “Daddy, look at my tooth,” he…

On Saturday, the Philadelphia 76ers came up with what is arguably the biggest win the franchise has had in 25 years. On Monday, they have to forget about that and face another rival. The Sixers and New York Knicks will meet in the second round of the Eastern Conference playoffs in a series that could…

BOSTON — The Philadelphia 76ers advanced to the Eastern Conference semifinals with a 109-100 win over the Boston Celtics in Game 7 of their first-round series Saturday night. Joel Embiid scored a game-high 34 points with 12 rebounds and six assists, and the Sixers completed a comeback from a 3-1 series hole. Philadelphia will move…

One of the most memorable and likely important interactions during All-Star Weekend in Los Angeles did not happen on the court during the games. It happened in the cavernous backstage area of Intuit Dome before the ball was even tipped. San Antonio Spurs star Victor Wembanyama called Minnesota Timberwolves star Anthony Edwards before their teams…