History last night. Quick breath today. History coming all week. Let’s catch you up. THE LINEUP Must-see from Saturday Two rallies, two different results Roundup: 10 games in 2 min ⏱️ Knockouts: Look ahead Tournament: Look back No games today Knockout Rounds Start Monday Celtics-Pacers, 7:30 ET, TNT Pelicans-Kings, 10 ET, TNT 1. SUNDAY MORNING…

May 3: State Farm Play-In Tournament update What happens when six of the seven Western Conference teams placed fifth through 11th play on the same night? Chaos. Beautiful chaos. Swirling at its center were the Lakers, who entered Monday night 1) with LeBron back on the bench and 2) locked into a three-way race for…

Tony Parker is synonymous with San Antonio, so the city dedicated an entire day to the Spurs legend. Nov. 9 marked Tony Parker Day in the former point guard’s NBA town, a place where he won four NBA championships and a Finals MVP award. The honor comes just two days before Parker will see his…

Big day ahead. Let’s go in for a closer look. Want to get the Starting 5 delivered to you each day? Tap here.  THE LINEUP Must-see moments from Monday Monday’s winners: ⚔ Wemby, Chet and NBA history 10 Group Play games on tap Where We Stand: In-Season Tourney MUST-SEE MOMENTS FROM MONDAY NIGHT Spicy P gets red-hot late….

New York Knicks center Mitchell Robinson defends Chicago Bulls forward Patrick Williams. Chicago forward Patrick Williams left Thursday night’s nationally televised game against New York with 9:42 remaining and did not return due to a left wrist injury, the Bulls announced. The second-year forward finished with six points and two rebounds in over 16 minutes…

Warriors’ Andrew Wiggins is among the NBA players to join Canada basketball’s training camp roster. (AP) — Virtually all of Canada’s top NBA players, excluding those who are injured, have accepted invitations to attend training camp next month in advance of that country’s last chance to qualify for the Tokyo Olympics. 21 athletes accept invitations…

Years later, Tim Hardaway is still waiting for the invitation to the reunion, optimistic but not blindly hopeful, believing but not convinced, patient but not without limits. This is after the others have gathered, of course, and that’s the whole point. Chris Mullin — the C — made the Hall of Fame in 2011 and…

Already without starting center Tristan Thompson, the Cleveland Cavaliers nearly suffered another casualty before their showdown with the Boston Celtics. During warmups an errant pass drilled Kevin Love in the face. Fortunately, J.R. Smith was on the scene to break his fall. No one is safe in Cavs' warm-ups. pic.twitter.com/LGPkhLVXLx — ESPN (@espn) April 6,…

Over the last four seasons, the Golden State Warriors (258-70) and San Antonio Spurs (245-83) have the league’s two best records and two of its three championships. But they haven’t faced each other in the playoffs in that time … until now. When the Spurs won the title in 2014, the Warriors were knocked out…

Nikola Jokic did Jokic things … and even some stuff we don’t see too often. The champs opened with a W. The Dubs had a vintage 3rd quarter, but the Suns rallied back. And just like that, we’re underway. Want to get the Starting 5 delivered to you each day? Tap here.  THE LINEUP Murray pulls out The…

With Kevin Durant and Stephen Curry on the same team, the Golden State Warriors might be the favorites to win the 2016-17 NBA championship no matter who else they had. But they also have Draymond Green and Klay Thompson, as well as one of the league’s best benches. On top of that, they have a…

NEW YORK – The NBA announced today it has fined Miami Heat President Pat Riley $25,000 for violating the league’s anti-tampering rule. The fine is in response to comments Riley made during a June 4 radio interview regarding the Los Angeles Lakers’ LeBron James.