The 2025 NBA playoffs have moved on to the first round, with high drama already unfolding in Saturday's games. Game 1: Orlando Magic def. Atlanta Hawks, 120-95, Orlando advances to the playoffs ...

How do the NBA playoffs work? First-round matchups in each conference are No. 1 vs. No. 8, No. 2 vs. No. 7, No. 3 vs. No. 6, and No. 4 vs. No. 5. All postseason series are best of seven where the ...

With the postseason upon us, the majority of rookies are about to begin their first NBA off-season. Some first-year contributors, like the Miami Heat's Kel'el Ware and the Memphis Grizzlies' Zach ...

Three matchups have extended to Game 6s in the NBA playoffs' first round. What does each team need to do to advance or stay ...

The Bounce Newsletter | This is The Athletic’s daily NBA newsletter. Sign up here to receive The Bounce directly in your inbox. My apologies for missing this, but yesterday was a big NBA ...

Capsules on the Eastern Conference first-round NBA playoff series: Season series: Cavaliers, 2-1. Story line: It’s the classic — offense vs. defense. Cleveland was the highest-scoring team in ...

The NBA Playoffs have arrived and starting on Saturday ... the New York Knicks. New York won the first regular season matchup between the two by 30 but then Detroit went on to take the next ...

The NBA playoff picture came into full focus Friday ... Mavericks 120-106 to take the eighth seed in the West. In the first game of the night the Heat rolled into Atlanta looking for a second ...

A four-year NBA veteran, Mobley has been named the Kia NBA Defensive Player of the Year for the first time. The 7-footer is the first player to earn the honor with the Cavaliers. Mobley is the ...

The Suns ( Rockets) won their tiebreaker with the Blazers to have the 9th best odds in the draft to land the first pick. The number one overall pick in the NBA draft is Cooper Flagg. Flagg had one ...

Chuck Cooper, Earl Lloyd and Nat Clifton transformed the NBA in 1950 as the league's first Black players. Steve Aschburner Chuck Cooper, Earl Lloyd and Nat Clifton were the first 3 Black players ...