The Heat are just the second eighth seed to reach the N.B.A. championship series. They beat Boston, the No. 2 seed, in the Eastern Conference...

The Heat let a 3-0 series lead slip away in the Eastern Conference finals with sloppy play, bad shooting and disappearing acts by their stars.

Boston hadn’t looked like the team that went to the N.B.A. finals last season — or like a team that wanted to get there this...

Butler has shaped the Miami Heat in his no-quit, self-assured image, which is bad news for a reeling Boston team that is one loss from...

The Miami Heat have nine undrafted players — more than any other N.B.A. team. “When you’re in that position,” one player said, “you’re willing to...

Tatum scored 51 points to help send the Celtics to the Eastern Conference finals, where they will face the Miami Heat.

Tatum said after Game 6 that he is “one of the best basketball players in the world.” But for the first three quarters against the...

Harden, the Sixers guard, summoned the scoring machine he had been for previous teams but had not been in Games 2 and 3, and Philadelphia...

Harden took a back seat in Games 2 and 3 to Joel Embiid, but in Game 4, he summoned the scoring machine he had been...

Curry’s 50 points were the most ever in a Game 7, helping Golden State survive a contentious first-round series with Sacramento.