SportsLine's Top Weekend Picks: NBA Playoffs Get Interesting
With NBA teams facing playoff elimination, SportsLine offers its top picks for the weekend.
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With NBA teams facing playoff elimination, SportsLine offers its top picks for the weekend.
The Rockets spent almost no time celebrating their first-round playoff series win over the Timberwolves on Wednesday. The victory simply moved them a little closer toward their goal.
J.J. Redick's surprise decision to come to Philadelphia is paying dividends now, as 76ers roll through Eastern Conference playoffs.
Durant scored 25 points, Green led a smothering Golden State defense, and the Warriors held off the late-charging San Antonio Spurs 99-91 on Tuesday night.
With every Anthony Davis dunk, alley-oop, 3-pointer or block in the playoffs, the Pelicans take a step closer to becoming the NBA's next small-market success story.
Jimmy Butler hit four 3-pointers among his 28 points and Karl-Anthony Towns snapped back from a bad start to the series with 18 points and 16 rebounds.
Several NBA teams, Knicks, Suns and Hawks among them, are searching for a head coach who would be the right fit.
Kansas center Udoka Azubuike is declaring for the NBA Draft, but is not hiring an agent, leaving open the possibility of returning to the Jayhawks for his junior season.
Michigan standout Charles Matthews is entering the NBA Draft without hiring an agent, giving him the option to stay in school. Matthews announced his decision on Friday.
With the NBA Playoffs and NHL Playoffs chugging along, SportsLine offers its top sports picks for the weekend. The action starts on Friday night with games in both leagues.
Zhaire Smith is turning pro after a standout freshman season at Texas Tech that included several highlight dunks and the Red Raiders going to the NCAA Elite Eight for the first time.
The wife of Spurs coach Gregg Popovich has died. She was 67 years old. The Spurs confirmed Erin Popovich's death on Wednesday. The team did not provide any further details.
The Pelicans beat the Trail Blazers twice in Portland to start their NBA Playoff series, thanks to Jrue Holiday's unexpected performance.
The Mavericks will play a pair of preseason games against the 76ers in China later this year, 10 years after Dirk Nowitzki played for Germany in the 2008 Olympics in Beijing.
Who doesn't like a good Kardashian baby name announcement? Khloe and Cleveland Cavaliers player Tristan Thompson have named their new addition True.
Duke forward Wendell Carter Jr. is leaving for the NBA Draft after one season in college. Carter announced his decision through the school on Monday.
James Harden scored 44 points and powered a big fourth-quarter run that allowed the Houston Rockets to outlast the Minnesota Timberwolves.
Kevin Durant, Draymond Green and Klay Thompson took charge in Game 1 of the first-round series.
With the NBA Playoffs set to tip off, SportsLine offers its top picks for the weekend.
Dennis Smith Jr. will be half of Dirk Nowitzki's age when the Mavericks open next season, looking to end the team's first two-year playoff drought in nearly two decades.
The best time of the NBA year is finally here. The playoffs are back, with Golden State and Cleveland not looking like the overwhelming favorites that the league has come to expect.
Lakers rookie Andre Ingram played his first NBA game Tuesday night, after 10 years in the NBA G League, inspiring dreamers everywhere.
Dirk Nowitzki said he planned to return next season, which would make him the first NBA player to play 21 seasons with the same franchise.
Jalen Brunson, The Associated Press men's college basketball player of the year, has declared for the NBA Draft after winning two national titles at Villanova.
After 384 games across a full decade in the minors, Andre Ingram seized the chance to live his dream by scoring 19 points for the Lakers in his NBA debut.
