OAKLAND — The Cleveland Cavaliers made history, becoming the first team to come back from a 3-1 deficit in The Finals to win a championship. It’s Cleveland’s first major-sports championship in 52 years, and it came against the best regular season team in the history of the league … | Continue reading
LeBron James is a champion again, and the NBA Finals MVP again. | Continue reading
OAKLAND — Respect the game. Respect the moment. Respect the opponent. But have no fear. There isn’t much more to say before what is the ultimate game in this sport, the Game 7 showdown in The Finals between two championship-caliber teams who have circled and stalked each other ov … | Continue reading
NEWS OF THE MORNING LeBron on the verge of a dream realized | Curry understands stakes are high | Role players could play huge role in Game 7 | Kerr wants Warriors to embrace the moment No. 1: LeBron on the verge of a dream realized — After two weeks of games, tonight it’s finall … | Continue reading
OAKLAND — The Golden State Warriors and Cleveland Cavaliers will play the 19th Game 7 in the history of The Finals on Sunday (8 p.m. ET, ABC). Either the Warriors will repeat as champions and cap off their 73-win season the right way, or the Cavs will win their first ever title a … | Continue reading
Utah Jazz guard Danté Exum will not participate in Australian National Team activities this summer, the team announced today. | Continue reading
The Milwaukee Bucks have broken ground on a $500 million downtown arena project that is supposed to be finished in two years. | Continue reading
OAKLAND — The Cleveland Cavaliers have defied logic in a couple of ways in The Finals. For one, the Cavs have won the three fastest-paced games of the series and have outscored the Golden State Warriors 97-59 in fast break points. The Warriors led the league in fast break points … | Continue reading
Rob Moor, the longtime CEO of the Minnesota Timberwolves and Lynx, is stepping down. | Continue reading
The Portland Trail Blazers have hired veteran television broadcaster Kevin Calabro as their new play-by-play announcer. | Continue reading
The Detroit Pistons have acquired forward Cameron Bairstow from the Chicago Bulls in exchange for guard Spencer Dinwiddie. | Continue reading
Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry and head coach Steve Kerr have each been fined $25,000 for separate incidents, it was announced today by Kiki VanDeWeghe, Executive Vice President, Basketball Operations. | Continue reading
The Lede: LeBron James followed up Game 5's 41 point performance with another 41-point display as the Cleveland Cavaliers force a Game 7 with a 115-101 Game 6 victory against the Golden State Warriors in the NBA Finals. | Continue reading
CLEVELAND — We’re going to Game 7. The Cleveland Cavaliers fought off elimination one more time with a 115-101 victory and an all-time performance (41 points, eight rebounds, 11 assists, four steals and three blocks) from LeBron James. They’ve sent The Finals back to Oakland for … | Continue reading
Ayesha Curry was angry about getting into Game 6 of the NBA Finals later than she planned. Stephen Curry was steaming when he left the game earlier than he wanted. | Continue reading
CLEVELAND — The energy is different for do-or-die games. The blood pumps harder than usual. The senses are heightened. Paying attention to every little detail, all of the minutiae, is paramount. Lose your focus for a moment, a two or three minute stretch, and that’s the game. The … | Continue reading
INDEPENDENCE, Ohio – In this year’s balloting for the Kia Sixth Man of the Year Award, Tristan Thompson finished 10th. Which suggests that on a team comprised entirely of Sixth Men, Thompson might have trouble getting off the bench at all. And yet here he is in his second consecu … | Continue reading
Golden State center Andrew Bogut says it is "very unlikely" that his injured left knee will recover in time to allow him to play for Australia in this summer's Rio Olympics. | Continue reading
Stephen Curry has had his shoulder wrapped in this series, and been questioned about his level of fatigue. | Continue reading
NEWS OF THE MORNING Green’s simple to-do list for Game 6 | Gasol still weighing Olympics decision | Okafor learns from trying rookie season No. 1: Green’s to-do list for Game 6 is simple — Yesterday, Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green made his first comments since being … | Continue reading
Longtime Trail Blazers television broadcasters Mike Barrett and Mike Rice will not return to the team next season. | Continue reading
Memphis Grizzlies guard Jordan Adams is having cartilage transplanted into his right knee, the one he had surgery on last August after tearing the meniscus in an offseason workout. | Continue reading
CLEVELAND — The Golden State Warriors announced Wednesday that starting center Andrew Bogut is out for the remainder of The Finals, having suffered multiple bone bruises to his left knee in a collision with the Cleveland Cavaliers’ J.R. Smith early in the third quarter of Game 5 … | Continue reading
Golden State center Andrew Bogut will need six to eight weeks to recover from a left knee injury, ruling him out for the remainder of the NBA Finals and almost certainly affecting his Olympic plans as well. | Continue reading
Warriors center Andrew Bogut, who suffered a significant impaction injury to his left knee during Monday's Game 5 of the NBA Finals, underwent an MRI yesterday in the Bay Area. The MRI revealed the impact resulted in bone bruises to the proximal tibia and distal femur. | Continue reading
The city approved $22.7 million in tax incentives Tuesday for the Utah Jazz's planned $125 million arena upgrade. | Continue reading
Craig Sager is going to work his first NBA Finals game. | Continue reading
Numbers may not necessarily lie, though they can deceive. | Continue reading
CLEVELAND — Some nights, Kyrie Irving has it going like he did on Monday. Some nights, he doesn’t. Every night though, the Cleveland Cavaliers try to get him going early with the same action, a screen set by Tristan Thompson along the sideline. We saw it on the Cavs’ first two po … | Continue reading
NEWS OF THE MORNING Warriors await word on Bogut | Irving could be LeBron’s best teammate ever | Carroll not optimistic on Robinson’s NFL chances | Embiid impresses in workout No. 1: Warriors may not have Bogut for Game 6 — Tuesday was a travel day for the Golden State Warriors a … | Continue reading
NEWS OF THE MORNING Bogut to have MRI on knee | Report: Wolves interested in trading for Butler | Reports: Robinson tries out for Seahawks No. 1: Bogut set to have MRI on left knee — The Cleveland Cavaliers won Game 5 last night in large part because of their shot selection, taki … | Continue reading
OAKLAND — Some statistical notes from the Elias Sports Bureau and other sources regarding the Cleveland Cavaliers’ 112-97 victory in Game 5 of The Finals. Kyrie Irving and LeBron James became just the fourth pair of teammates to combine for 80-plus points in a Finals game. Their … | Continue reading
OAKLAND — The Cleveland Cavaliers are still alive. Facing elimination for the first time this year, the Cavs took advantage of Draymond Green‘s absence and sent The Finals back to Cleveland behind huge games from LeBron James and Kyrie Irving. One stat stood out from the rest in … | Continue reading
OAKLAND — I feel your pain Draymond Green. For a player who serves as the vocal and emotional leader for the reigning and defending NBA champions to have to sit out a Game 5 of The Finals at home, with a chance to clinch back-to-back titles, it has to tear your heart out. Sure, p … | Continue reading
NEWS OF THE MORNING Draymond, in absence, stirs Warriors’ emotions | LeBron went home ‘for the kids’ | Can Thompson back up bold talk? | NBA stars battle bulge too No. 1: Draymond, in absence, stirs Warriors’ emotions— Draymond Green, the Golden State’s versatile and valuable, al … | Continue reading
VIDEO: LeBron James and Draymond Green gets testy in Game 4 What if you held a victory party and nobody came? What is the proper etiquette for spraying champagne on yourself? Those and a few others are questions that could be answered on Monday night when Draymond Green won’t be … | Continue reading
OAKLAND — You would think that having Kevin Love or Tristan Thompson guarding Stephen Curry after a pick-and-roll switch would be a distinct advantage for the Golden State Warriors. But through the first three games of The Finals, that wasn’t really the case. Curry had taken more … | Continue reading
CLEVELAND — The Golden State Warriors are going home with a chance to win their second straight championship. The visitors scored 108 points in a very slow-paced game, the Cleveland Cavaliers’ first home loss in these playoffs, to take a 3-1 lead in The Finals and can earn anothe … | Continue reading
THE LAND — Your move Splash Brothers! LeBron James and his crew answered the call in Game 3 of this series, bouncing back from a 30-point tail dragging in Game 2 to deliver a 30-point whipping of their own Wednesday night. Now it’s time to see if two-time KIA MVP Stephen Curry an … | Continue reading
By Andrew Bergmann | Twitter: @dubly The 2016 playoffs have seen an unprecedented number of blowout wins by 25 points or more. Here’s a comparison of the playoff years that featured the most 25 point blowouts. Andrew Bergmann’s data driven design work can be found on CNN, NBA, Sp … | Continue reading
NEWS OF THE MORNING Report: Love likely to play, be reserve in Game 4 | Thompson trying to snap out of funk | Report: Durant not considering Rockets | Terry plans to play 2 more seasons No. 1: Report: Love likely to come off bench in Game 4— Cleveland Cavaliers power forward Kevi … | Continue reading
CLEVELAND — On the Golden State Warriors’ second possession of Game 2 of The Finals, Andrew Bogut caught a pass about 10 feet above the 3-point line. His defender, Kevin Love, was standing at the foul line… Bogut had plenty of space to see the other nine guys on the floor and Lov … | Continue reading
CLEVELAND — One day after suffering a thigh contusion in Game 3, Golden State’s Klay Thompson says he will be able to play through the injury in Game 4 of The Finals. “I’m just gonna ride the bike today, try to get it loose,” said Thompson before practice today. “It’s just sore. … | Continue reading
CLEVELAND — Kevin Love went through practice today with the Cleveland Cavaliers, but he has not yet been cleared to participate in Game 4. According to Cavs coach Tyronn Lue, after going through practice today, Love has to wait 24 hours before being able to clear the NBA concussi … | Continue reading
CLEVELAND — The Cleveland Cavaliers got their first win against the Golden State Warriors since Game 3 of last year’s Finals, ending a seven-game losing streak to the defending champs with an easy win on Wednesday. The Finals are definitely going back to Oakland for Game 5 next w … | Continue reading
CLEVELAND — Jerry Sloan and K.C. Jones were named the winners of the 2016 Chuck Daly Lifetime Achievement Award, the National Basketball Coaches Association announced tonight before Game 3 of the NBA Finals. Sloan played for just over a decade in the NBA, and was a two-time All-S … | Continue reading
THE LAND — Perspective is everything this time of year. The NBA season dictates that you treat each and every moment during the early days of June like the precious moments that they are and will be forever. It’s that perspective that determines your fate, your future, especially … | Continue reading
CLEVELAND – Cavaliers forward Kevin Love will not play in Game 3 of The 2016 Finals, the team announced early Wednesday afternoon. Here was the medical update as released by the Cavs: Cavaliers forward Kevin Love (concussion) is listed as OUT for tonight’s NBA Finals Game Three v … | Continue reading