The Celtics will now take on either the Orlando Magic or Cleveland
After dispatching the Miami Heat in 5 games, the Celtics have been waiting for the Cavs and Magic to settle their series, which finished with a Game 7 on Sunday. The Celtics have been off for 5 days healing and resting up while the Cavs have had just 1 day off since closing out their first round series. The Celtics had a week off before Round 1 as they waited for the Heat to finish up in the play-in tournament. The Celtics won the series 2-1 between these two teams in the regular season. The...
BOSTON -- Auston Matthews will be a game-time decision for the Toronto Maple Leafs in Game 5 of the Eastern Conference First Round against the Boston Bruins at TD Garden on Tuesday (7 p.m. ET; ESPN, NESN, SNP, SNO, SNE, TVAS, CBC). After missing the third period of a 3-1 loss in Game 4 on Saturday and practice Monday because of an illness, Matthews participated in the first few minutes of an optional morning skate Tuesday but left before organized drills started. He did not take part in...
NEW YORK (AP) — Jalen Brunson scored 43 points, becoming the fourth player in NBA history with four straight 40-point games in the postseason, and the New York Knicks beat the Indiana Pacers 121-117
There were moments throughout the first and second overtimes Thursday night in Syracuse when it did not seem like any shot was getting past Devon Levi.
Did LeBron James play his last game for the Lakers? The Lakers’ season ended Monday night after a 108-106 loss to the Denver Nuggets at Ball Arena in Game 5 of their Western Conference first-round playoff series, at which point nothing bound James to the team. James, 39, can decline his $50.4-million option for next season. The choice will say more about the priorities of the 39-year-old James than the state of the Lakers. In James’ six seasons with the Lakers, they have been eliminated in the...
## (3A) Maple Leafs at (2A) Bruins ## Eastern Conference First Round, Game 5 7 p.m. ET; ESPN, NESN, SNP, SNO, SNE, TVAS, CBC Boston leads best-of-7 series 3-1 BOSTON -- The Toronto Maple Leafs could change their starting goalie when they look to keep their season alive in Game 5 of the Eastern Conference First Round against the Boston Bruins at TD Garden on Tuesday. Joseph Woll is likely to replace Ilya Samsonov, who started all four games in the series and has a 3.31...
Prior to the first-round series in 2024, the Cleveland Cavaliers and Orlando Magic met only once in the playoffs. In that series, the 2009 Eastern Conference Finals, the Magic upset the heavily favored Cavs, winning in six games. Only, ESPN’s graphics department didn’t seem to know that. As Friday’s playoff game between the two teams
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Josh Hart raised his arms and extended three fingers on each hand on his go-ahead 3-pointer from the top of the arc with 24.4 seconds left that was finally enough to send the New
BOSTON -- Auston Matthews did not play for the Toronto Maple Leafs in a 2-1
EDMONTON — The survived a pair of comebacks from the to win 5-4 in overtime in Game 2, tying their first-round series. had the winning goal at 2:06 of the extra frame, his 25th career playoff goal. The matchup shifts to Los Angeles for Game 3 on Friday. Advertisement The Kings led 2-0 before the game was 15 minutes old, thanks to a pair of goals from , who’s been a thorn in the Oilers’ side in recent years. They entered the first intermission with a 3-1 advantage after defensemen and ...
Jamal Murray, Michael Malone and Nuggets VP of sports medicine Steve Short met before Game 5 vs. the Lakers to hash out Murray’s injury status. The night ended with his series-winning shot.