Still angry over a blowout loss in Miami that cost them home-court advantage in the Eastern Conference finals, the Heat jumped to a 26-point first-half lead over the Boston Celtics in Game 3. Then Bam Adebayo made sure it…
Ever since the Brooklyn Nets put together their Big 3 of Kevin Durant, Kyrie Irving and James Harden four months ago, the basketball world has waited to see what these Nets would look like in the playoffs. While it took a bit…
Brad Stevens could sense the game slipping away. He could feel the rim-rattling dunks and the transition buckets coming. Instead of Boston bowing to the NBA’s hottest team, though, the Celtics used an epic 31-3…
Unfortunately for the Boston Celtics, Marcus Smart’s return to game action still appears to be a few weeks away. Smart, who has been out since late January due to a left calf strain, is anticipated to be out…
Jayson Tatum banked in a fallaway, go-ahead 3-pointer in the final second, and Giannis Antetokounmpo missed the potential tying free throw with 0.4 seconds left, letting the Boston Celtics to escape with a 122-121 triumph…
Championship defense ends with Game 7 loss to Celtics in 2nd round. When the Toronto Raptors were swept by Washington in the first round of the 2015 playoffs, Kyle Lowry made himself read every scathing…
Playing on weary legs and with a gash on his chin that required three post-game stitches to close, Kyle Lowry backed his big behind into Boston’s Kemba Walker with 11.7 seconds left to play before…
Kyle Lowry had all but pushed the Toronto Raptors to a pair of triumphs with two excellent performances. But the six-time all-star guard had an off night on Monday. And so did the rest of…
OG Anunoby hit a buzzer-beating three-pointer to give the Toronto Raptors new life in the NBA playoffs. Kyle Lowry had 31 points and found Anunoby with a precision crosscourt pass with 0.5 seconds on the…
Toronto Raptors coach Nick Nurse sat down for his postgame news conference and started looking for answers. For only the second time since the NBA season restarted, his Raptors dropped a game. It just so happened…
