Knicks fans travel well, especially when there is a series sweep on offer. The Philadelphia 76ers' home arena was bursting with belligerent New Yorkers during Game 4 of the second round, and that augured grim possibilities for the Cleveland Cavaliers headed into what would be the last game of the Eastern Conference Finals on Monday night. Would Cavs owner Dan Gilbert be able to keep Knicks fans…
The New York Knicks are headed to the NBA Finals for the first time since 1999 after defeating the Cleveland Cavaliers 130-93 in Game 4 of the Eastern Conference Finals…
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The New York Knicks are headed to the NBA Finals for the first time in 26 years after defeating the Cleveland Cavaliers 130-93 in Game 4 of the Eastern Conference…
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CLEVELAND— As the clock wound down, few Cleveland Cavaliers fans could be found. The New York Knicks left them with no reason to stick around. Karl-Anthony Towns scored 19 points and grabbed 14 rebounds as the Knicks advanced to the NBA Finals for the first time since 1999, routing the Cavaliers 130-93 in Game 4 […]
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The Knicks, barring cosmic intervention, are headed to the NBA Finals. All that is left to learn in this series is whether or not New York will let Cleveland have a game. The 121–108 scoreline from Game 3 pretty badly misrepresents the gap between the East's last remaining contenders. The Cavs appear physically spent and mentally boomed. The Knicks, meanwhile, haven't lost in a month, and…
What is Josh Hart? If you had never watched his tenure with the New York Knicks and had to reconstruct the player from box scores, season averages, and the sauced utterances of people milling around outside Madison Square Garden, it would be a puzzling task. OK, so he's 6-foot-5, but teams can guard him with centers, or with no one at all, and he doesn't score much anyway. Fans are yelling the…
The New York Knicks continued their dominant postseason run Thursday night, defeating the Cleveland Cavaliers 109-93 to take a commanding 2-0 series lead in the Eastern Conference Finals. New York…
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Can you call a team that has advanced to the Eastern Conference Finals "unserious"? I'm honestly not sure, but it's very difficult to find another descriptor for the Cleveland Cavaliers the morning after they blew a 22-point fourth-quarter lead in Game 1 against the Knicks. It's not just that they blew it, but how they blew it.
The Knicks won Tuesday's game in overtime, 115-104, while playing…
New York Knicks delivered one of the most dramatic comebacks in NBA playoff history Tuesday night, defeating the Cleveland Cavaliers 115-104 in overtime to take Game 1 of the Eastern…
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There was a moment early in the first quarter of Sunday's Game 7 between the Detroit Pistons and Cleveland Cavaliers when James Harden had the ball and was isolated against Tobias Harris. "James Harden, acquired from the Clippers, this was the big move that the Cavaliers made for moments like this," said play-by-play man Ian Eagle moments before Harden drove to the lane and kicked a grenade out…
You probably do this, too: When an interesting basketball game is getting down to the end, you look at the scoreboard, you see which team is leading, and you try to figure what score that team can get to that the other cannot. I usually do it right around the five-minute mark of the fourth quarter. Watching Wednesday night's Game 5 between the Cleveland Cavaliers and the Detroit Pistons, I hit…
To watch the Detroit Pistons is to marvel at the highest level of team defense being played anywhere in the NBA. The mental strain they induce in opponents is remarkable, as offenses will cycle through primary, secondary, and tertiary options with increasing mania, unable to engineer anything open despite putting the Pistons deep in rotation. They fly around the perimeter, making dozens of…
The Detroit Pistons won Game 1 of their Eastern Conference semifinal series Tuesday night against the Cleveland Cavaliers, 111–101. The home team took control in the first quarter, smashing and bashing their way into the paint and forcing the involvement of the game's referees. The Pistons responded to a lot of fun and zippy off-ball stuff from the Cavaliers by running fast and having large…
The Detroit Pistons opened their first Eastern Conference Semifinals appearance since 2008 with a statement victory, defeating the Cleveland Cavaliers 111-101 on Tuesday night. Despite Detroit surrendering an 18-point lead…
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In a series where neither team gave an inch, Jarrett Allen went the extra mile to lead the Cleveland Cavaliers to a 114-102 victory over the Toronto Raptors. The Game…
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Monty McCutchen remembers the play unfolding in front of him.
With just under two minutes left in Game 7 of the 2016 NBA Finals, the game tied at 89, Golden State's Andre Iguodala grabbed a rebound and dribbled up the floor. He was coming right at McCutchen, who was backpedaling and would end up as the "lead" official positioned underneath the basket Iguodala was sprinting toward. Iguodala and…
Luka Doncic had 42 points and 12 assists, and LeBron James scored 14 points in his NBA-record 1,229th career win, powering the Los Angeles Lakers to a decisive 127-113 victory over the visiting Cleveland Cavaliers on Tuesday. Los Angeles (50-26) won for the 13th time in its last 14 games, clinching a playoff spot and the […]
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Only two teams have a shot at sneaking into the Eastern Conference play-in tournament coming into this week, with the Bucks looking to keep pace against the Chicago Bulls in the standings.
With the All-Star break behind them, the Bucks begin a push for the NBA play-in tournament in the Eastern Conference with the time starting to tick away.
LeBron James says his decision to join the Miami Heat was driven by a clear goal to win championships and elevate his career. Reflecting on his departure from the Cleveland…
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