The 1984 NBA Finals, a seven-game epic between the Boston Celtics and the Los Angeles Lakers, can easily be marked as one of the greatest moments in the league's 79-year history. From that point on, ...

A death threat is no laughing matter, but for K.C. Jones, humor was his way of keeping the team loose, even when the stakes were at their highest. As the story goes, Larry Bird received a threat on ...

ESPN analyst Zach Kram breaks down whether Oklahoma City is past, in or entering the best version of its roster.

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Although their college careers overlapped, Michael Jordan and Charles Barkley started their rivalry in the summer before their rookie NBA seasons. Both, as freshly drafted players, were among the 74 ...

Larry Bird used to spare no one, including himself, in the name of winning. Roughly a year after criticizing his Boston ...

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After months of speculation about the future format of "Inside the NBA," ESPN announced on Thursday, Oct. 9 what it called a "robust" schedule for its first NBA regular season airing the long-running ...

Editor's note: This is a part of an occasional USA TODAY Sports series on the best moments, teams, players and figures in sports over the last 25 years. There's a long legacy of Hall of Famers ...

As soon as he learned the NBA was returning to China, diehard fan Buke Liu scrambled to get his hands on tickets, paying almost a thousand dollars – a price you might expect for an NBA Finals game – ...

Indiana's backup point guard left in the second quarter of Tuesday's NBA preseason game against the Timberwolves. From NBA.com News Services Veteran T.J. McConnell averaged 9.1 points and 4.4 assists ...

Draymond Green is excited to play with former rival Al Horford on the Warriors during the 2025-26 NBA season. Which is why the four-time champion won’t be bringing up Golden State’s 2022 NBA Finals ...