Excitement grows louder as the San Antonio Spurs and the New York Knicks dispute the NBA crown in a best-of-seven series that promises intense action and high-stakes drama. And this year’s Finals brings a meaningful storyline for this basketball-crazed nation with Jordan Clarkson and Dylan Harper...
SAN ANTONIO (AP) — For a few hours on Tuesday, June 2, the San Antonio Spurs and New York Knicks held practices on a floor that had the NBA Finals logo painted at midcourt. They did interviews with the logo as a backdrop. They saw finals mentions basically everywhere they looked. It might have...
SAN ANTONIO (AP) — It 's official: The NBA Finals logos are back at the NBA Finals. With no fanfare other than a social media post, the NBA announced Sunday, May 31, that the image of the Larry O 'Brien Trophy — the one given to the winner of the finals — will be painted at midcourt...
One Filipino is surely raising the Larry O’Brien trophy for the first time ever at the end of the NBA Finals regardless of who wins it between the San Antonio Spurs and the New York Knicks. The only question is who it will be between Dylan Harper of the Spurs and Jordan Clarkson of the Knicks —...
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Victor Wembanyama and the San Antonio Spurs started the Western Conference finals with a win in Oklahoma City, then ended the series the same way. The champions are dethroned. Wembanyama and the Spurs are headed to the NBA Finals. Wembanyama scored 22 points, Julian...
CLEVELAND (AP) — Karl Anthony-Towns had 19 points and 14 rebounds, OG Anunoby scored 17 and the New York Knicks routed the Cleveland Cavaliers 130-93 Monday night to complete a four-game sweep of the Eastern Conference finals and advance to the NBA Finals for the first time since 1999. Landry...
CLEVELAND (AP) — Donovan Mitchell has lacked his customary explosiveness and not looked like himself through three games of the Eastern Conference finals. Something seems off with the All-Star guard. Same for the Cavaliers. They may soon have time to heal. Like all summer. Cleveland is on the...
NEW YORK (AP) — Josh Hart scored a playoff career-high 26 points, Jalen Brunson had 19 points and 14 assists, and the New York Knicks moved halfway to their first NBA Finals appearance since 1999 by beating the Cleveland Cavaliers, 109-93, on Thursday night, May 21. Mikal Bridges also scored 19...
As the country continues to wait for a full-blooded Filipino player to break into the NBA, local fans have remained steadfast in throwing their support for players with Filipino roots who continue to carry the nation’s hopes in the world’s premier basketball league. Leading that group are...
NEW YORK (AP) — Jalen Brunson sparked one of the NBA 's greatest postseason comebacks, a rally from a 22-point deficit in the fourth quarter, and finished with 38 points as New York beat the Cleveland Cavaliers, 115-104, in overtime on Tuesday night, May 19, in Game 1 of the Eastern...
DETROIT (AP) — Donovan Mitchell scored 26 points, Jarrett Allen and Sam Merrill each added 23 and the Cleveland Cavaliers beat the Detroit Pistons, 125-94, on Sunday night, May 17, in Game 7 to advance to the Eastern Conference finals. The fourth-seeded Cavaliers ousted the East 's top seed...
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Jalen Brunson, Josh Hart and the New York Knicks are back in the Eastern Conference finals, tying the NBA postseason record with 25 3-pointers in front of a raucous crowd rooting for the road team and rolling past the Philadelphia 76ers, 144-114, on Sunday, May 10, to sweep...