Victor Oladipo of the Miami Heat goes up for a layup against the Atlanta Hawks during Game Five of the Eastern Conference First Round at FTX Arena on April 26, 2022 in Miami, Florida. (Photo by Michael Reaves / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP) Victor Oladipo and Bam Adebayo...
Jayson Tatum of the Boston Celtics is surrounded by Kevin Durant and Nic Claxton of the Brooklyn Nets as he heads to the net in the second quarter during Game Four of the Eastern Conference First Round Playoffs against the Boston Celtics at Barclays Center on April 25, 2022 in the Brooklyn borough...
Nikola Jokic of the Denver Nuggets drives against Andrew Wiggins of the Golden State Warriors in the first quarter during Game Four of the Western Conference First Round NBA Playoffs at Ball Arena on April 24, 2022 in Denver, Colorado. (AFP) Nikola Jokic scored 37 points and the Denver Nuggets...
Jayson Tatum of the Boston Celtics and Jaylen Brown defend a shot from Kevin Durant of the Brooklyn Nets during the fourth quarter of Game Two of the Eastern Conference First Round NBA Playoffs at TD Garden on April 20, 2022 in Boston, Massachusetts. (AFP) Brooklyn's NBA championship aspirations...
Jayson Tatum of the Boston Celtics dunks the ball during the game against the Brooklyn Nets during Round 1 Game 3 of the 2022 NBA Playoffs on April 23, 2022 at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. (AFP) The Toronto Raptors stayed alive, the Utah Jazz pulled level and the Boston Celtics pushed the...
Trae Young of the Atlanta Hawks goes up for a layup against Gabe Vincent and Dewayne Dedmon of the Miami Heat during second half in Game Three of the Eastern Conference First Round at State Farm Arena on April 22, 2022 in Atlanta, Georgia. (AFP) Trae Young delivered the game-winner for Atlanta in a...
Brandon Ingram of the New Orleans Pelicans attempts a shot over Cameron Johnson of the Phoenix Suns during the second half of Game Two of the Western Conference First Round NBA Playoffs at Footprint Center on April 19, 2022 in Phoenix, Arizona. The Pelicans defeated the Suns 125-114. (Photo by...
File Photo (AFP) Brooklyn Nets guard Kyrie Irving was fined $50,000 by the NBA on Tuesday for directing obscene gestures and profane language at spectators, the league announced. The league fined Irving for words and gestures made during Brooklyn's 115-114 loss at Boston on Sunday. The news came on...
Jalen Brunson of the Dallas Mavericks drives to the basket against Donovan Mitchell of the Utah Jazz in the fourth quarter of Game Two of the Western Conference First Round NBA Playoffs at American Airlines Center on April 18, 2022 in Dallas, Texas. (AFP) Jalen Brunson scored a career-high 41...
Marcus Smart (AFP) Boston Celtics guard Marcus Smart was named Monday as the 2021-22 NBA Defensive Player of the Year, the first backcourt player to take the award since Gary Payton in 1996. Smart became the second Boston player to capture the award after Kevin Garnett in 2008. "I'm proud to have...
Jayson Tatum of the Boston Celtics celebrates the game winning basket as Kyrie Irving of the Brooklyn Nets looks on during the fourth quarter of Round 1 Game 1 of the 2022 NBA Eastern Conference Playoffs at TD Garden on April 17, 2022 in Boston, Massachusetts. (AFP) Jayson Tatum spun in for a...
Nikola Jokic of the Denver Nuggets drives to the basket against the Golden State Warriors during Game 1 of the 2022 NBA Playoffs on April 16, 2022 at Chase Center in San Francisco, California. (AFP) Reigning NBA Most Valuable Player Nikola Jokic of Denver, Philadelphia's Joel Embiid and Giannis...
