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The New York Knicks won handily, 121-108, on Saturday night at Rocket Arena, going up 3-0 in the Eastern Conference finals. The Cleveland Cavaliers are now facing an elimination game on Monday night. The Knicks have won 10 games in a row, with their only two postseason losses coming in games 2 and 3 of…

The Oklahoma City Thunder took the lead in the Western Conference finals against the San Antonio Spurs by showing just why they have been so formidable all season: Two-time MVP Shai Gilgeous-Alexander led a team effort of such depth and versatility that just one of Oklahoma City’s role players managed to outscore the entire Spurs…

CLEVELAND — Send the Brooklyn Nets more picks. They can consider all the cash they want, too. Mikal Bridges’ short trek from Brooklyn to Manhattan two summers ago initiated arguments that got as heated as subway platforms in July. The New York Knicks traded five first-round picks and more to the cross-town rival Nets to…

CLEVELAND — Before we get to a hand-wringing season in Cavstown (and to be clear, it’s coming), can we just pause to remember the New York Knicks were in the Eastern Conference finals last year? And didn’t win? And are on the verge of taking the step this season they couldn’t take a year ago? It…

CLEVELAND — The bill has come due, and the account is overdrawn. That’s where we’re at with a Cleveland Cavaliers team that didn’t handle its business properly in the first two rounds of these playoffs. Now there’s nothing left. Nothing left in their legs. Nothing left to celebrate. Nothing left to say. Advertisement No team…

The most remarkable thing Victor Wembanyama did this season didn’t even happen during a game. In early January, the San Antonio Spurs’ 7-foot-5 French superstar was near the hoop during pre-game warmups and saw a few balls stuck in the net at the same time. Instead of just grabbing the balls out of the net…

SAN ANTONIO — Just a hunch here, but Minnesota Timberwolves guard Ayo Dosunmu probably shouldn’t expect a Christmas card from De’Aaron Fox and his family this year. As the San Antonio Spurs guard slowly left Frost Bank Center on Saturday night, his right ankle still tender after Oklahoma City Thunder’s Lu Dort dove on it…

The NBA Playoffs truly do bring out the stars. And not just in the Big Apple. Pop star Taylor Swift and fiancé Travis Kelce of the Kansas City Chiefs were spotted sitting courtside at Game 3 of the Cleveland Cavaliers’ Eastern Conference finals series against the New York Knicks. New York entered Saturday with a…

Oklahoma City Thunder guard Ajay Mitchell has been ruled out for Game 4 of the Western Conference finals against the San Antonio Spurs on Sunday. Mitchell’s name was listed on the injury report along with teammates Jalen Williams (questionable, left hamstring soreness) and Thomas Sorber (right ACL surgery recovery). Advertisement Mitchell strained his right soleus…

Anthony Edwards said there was no ulterior motive behind his decision to dap up San Antonio Spurs players and coaches with eight minutes remaining in the Minnesota Timberwolves’ series-clinching Game 6 loss in the Western Conference semifinals. Edwards, who addressed his actions during a behind-the-scenes-style video posted to his YouTube channel, said he didn’t want…