The New York Knicks and Boston Celtics aim to advance to the second round of the NBA playoffs with road wins, while the Denver Nuggets look to force a Game 7 against the injured Minnesota Timberwolves on Thursday night. The back-to-back losses have the Atlanta Hawks analyzing their arsenal of defensive schemes and bench rotations…
The 2026 NBA playoffs began on Saturday, April 17, with the reigning champion Oklahoma City Thunder the heavy favorite to repeat. Sports Illustrated experts like the Nuggets and Celtics better Advertisement Just over half of the league’s 30 teams made the playoffs, leaving 14 sitting at home during the postseason and looking ahead to the…
After a brief break to bring you our annual Tanking Rankings, we’re back to our regular bi-weekly programming: The World’s Most Accurate NBA Power Rankings. But first, an update to those Tanking Rankings, detailing exactly how well the 10 NBA lottery teams, now set in stone, have navigated to the bottom of the standings: Advertisement…
NEW YORK – Chet Holmgren knew that, for the Oklahoma City Thunder, things could have been the other way around. Minutes before he attempted to fit his 7-foot-1 frame into a padded folding chair here at Madison Square Garden, his team escaped with a 103-100 win Wednesday, March 4, over the Knicks that wasn’t without…
After going undefeated in February, the San Antonio Spurs began March with a loss. The Spurs’ 11-game winning streak ended Sunday at Madison Square Garden with a loss to the New York Knicks. Initially, San Antonio appeared to be on its way to its 12th straight victory. The Spurs took a 19-7 lead in the…
Two of the Eastern Conference’s best teams meet in Cleveland as the Knicks (37-21) and Cavaliers (36-22) meet at Peacock. Cleveland’s seven-game winning streak was snapped Sunday with a 121-113 loss to Oklahoma City. From James Harden He arrived, Cleveland is 4-1 and averaging 120.0 points per game. The Cavaliers sit in fourth place in…
Each week during the 2025-26 NBA season, we’ll delve into some of the league’s biggest stories in an attempt to determine whether trends are based more on fact or fiction moving forward. Last week: Lakers can build a champion around Luka Dončić’s defense Fact or fiction: LeBron James belongs in the All-Star Game In what…
During Saturday’s New York Knicks road game against the Philadelphia 76ers, superstar guard Jalen Brunson literally crashed into the ESPN broadcast on ABC. As Brunson passed the ball while defending, he accidentally collided with the ESPN team on ABC at the media table. Advertisement The broadcast showed the contact in slow motion, which had to…
Cooper Flagg’s ankle appears to be fine. The Dallas Mavericks rookie returned to the court Monday afternoon after missing a pair of games with a left ankle injury. Flagg picked up right where he left off and helped lead the Mavericks to a crushing 114-97 victory over the New York Knicks at Madison Square Garden….
New York Knicks point guard Jalen Brunson left Wednesday’s game against the Sacramento Kings early in the first quarter after spraining his right ankle, missing the remainder of what would become a 112-101 Kings victory. Four minutes into the game at the Golden 1 Center in Sacramento, Brunson dribbled into the attacking zone, taking a…
