All five professional winter-season teams in the metro area made the playoffs for the first time since 1994.
Category: Basketball
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Warriors Win at Home, Which Is Part of Their Problem
Golden State beat Sacramento to earn its first win of the playoffs, but in doing so reinforced a troubling trend from the regular season.
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Joel Embiid Says He Can ‘Do Anything’ on the Court. Let Him Show You.
The Philadelphia 76ers center is one of the best big men in the N.B.A., but he may be coming for the jobs of the guards.
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Draymond Green’s Suspension Could Sink Golden State. Again.
The Golden State forward’s antics are a constant threat to his team’s championship hopes.
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Phoenix Suns Even Series With Game 2 Win Over Los Angeles Clippers
A rough start to Game 2 had Kevin Durant and Phoenix looking vulnerable. They recovered to turn a must-win game into a shooting clinic.
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Golden State’s Draymond Green Suspended for Game 3 Against Kings
Green, the Golden State forward, who stepped on Sacramento center Domantas Sabonis in Game 2 Monday, was suspended in part because of a “history of unsportsmanlike acts,” the N.B.A. said.
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The Nuggets Are in the Playoffs Again. Hold the Champagne.
Woe be to Denver, where the Nuggets’ playoff failures — 37 chances without a championship so far — haunt the city like the ghost of a bearded cartoon miner.
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Former NBA Star Shawn Kemp Charged in Tacoma Mall Shooting
Kemp, the former N.B.A. star, is accused of shooting at people in a mall parking lot last month after he said his car was broken into. Kemp’s lawyer said it was self-defense.
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N.B.A. Suspends Miles Bridges for 30 Games for Domestic Violence
Bridges pleaded no contest to felony domestic violence in November. He was accused of assaulting the mother of his children.
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Dallas Mavericks Fined $750,000 for ‘Desire to Lose’ a Game
The N.B.A. fined the team for resting players and making statements that indicated it did not want to win against the Chicago Bulls this month.
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Old Friends. New Team. Same Knicks Championship Dream.
Knicks guards Jalen Brunson and Josh Hart were college friends, then took a twisty road to a reunion in the N.B.A.
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Michael Jordan Was an Activist After All
Jordan wasn’t vocal about social justice like today’s N.B.A. stars, but his secret brand of activism is a key reason they have the spotlight now, our columnist writes.