Boston's star duo comes up big to help make up for Kristaps Porzingis' absence and put the Celtics 1 win from a title. Shaun Powell The Celtics hold off a fourth-quarter rally from the Mavericks to ...

Who's headed for the 2026 NBA Finals? Our writers make their early predictions as the new season tips off. NBA.com Staff The Cavs and Thunder are among the early favorites to reach the 2026 NBA Finals ...

After a four-game sweep of the Memphis Grizzlies, Tim Duncan and the San Antonio Spurs are headed back to the NBA Finals for the first time since 2007 and the fifth time in Duncan’s illustrious career ...

The NBA Finals MVP odds weren't primed for an upset after all. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander of the Thunder had been the favorite in this market since the Finals began, and as OKC ultimately won the NBA ...

Oklahoma City, the reigning champs and a heavy preseason favorite to repeat, are a massive +125 favorite to win the NBA ...

Game 7 of the Blue Jays-Dodgers World Series drew almost 26 million viewers. (Photo by Emilee Chinn/Getty Images) Baseball is clearly having a moment — a big one — and maybe the greatest proof is how ...

Tim Bontemps is a senior NBA writer for ESPN.com who covers the league and what's impacting it on and off the court, including trade deadline intel, expansion and his MVP Straw Polls. You can find Tim ...

Both are undeniably among the top three or four players in NBA history. Few others—perhaps Kareem Abdul-Jabbar—are even mentioned in the same breath. But choosing between Jordan and LeBron often comes ...

The NBA Finals get underway on Thursday night, as the Indiana Pacers and the Oklahoma City Thunder meet in Game 1 of their best-of-seven series, as both organizations vie for their first-ever world ...

Miles Dana just smiled and went with the flow. He watched his mom and dad, Jeremy and Stacie, come to an agreement during last week’s fan fest that the 1992-93 Phoenix Suns were the best team in ...