The West is tough to predict, but the Thunder have the most complete roster entering the season and the assets to improve at ...

Which teams will meet in the 2025 NBA Finals? Our writers make their early ... but each of the first five winners from 2019 (Toronto) through 2023 (Denver) wanted and tried to defend their titles.

In 2023, the Heat lost their first game before winning the next two to become the Eastern Conference’s No. 8 seed. They went on to make the NBA Finals. That same season, the Lakers went from the ...

The Houston Rockets can credit a stifling defense for their hot 8-4 start this season, with a physical and aggressive group ...

Five NBA teams have won the Western Conference ... In his two most recent fully healthy postseasons (2020 and 2023), Denver went to the Western Conference Finals or further. In the two most ...

The Cavs and Warriors are among the two hottest teams in the NBA right now, which is why they sit at the top of the power ...

We're still in the early stages of the 2024-25 NBA regular season ... has ever won Finals MVP on the losing team. Nikola Jokic's 2023 Finals MVP win was the first by a center since Shaquille ...

BOSTON -- The rafters in TD Garden got a little more crowded on Tuesday night, as the Celtics raised the franchise's 18th championship banner to close the book on their 2023-24 NBA title.

and their top three stars haven’t been healthy for a playoff series since the 2021 NBA Finals. However, there are reasons to believe this team has an upside. Giannis Antetokounmpo is coming off ...

At 25 years old and coming off an NBA Finals appearance, it’s time for Doncic to get his MVP. LEWIS: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander. Doncic is a good bet after leading the Mavericks to the Finals last ...

It doesn't matter if you got the MVP, or you're All-NBA. If you don't make your team win, that's not the best." Brown was named MVP of the 2024 NBA Finals after ... of the 2023-24 campaign had ...

The NBA -- which sees its 2024-25 season tip off ... No fewer than 12 of the 15 West teams expect to make the playoffs and at least six have every right to believe they can win the conference.