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Tyrese Maxey (illness) was not at the Sixers' Monday morning shootaround ahead of the team's Game 2 matchup against the Knicks.

If Chris Paul is waived by the Warriors, the Spurs reportedly could emerge as a suitor for the 19-year NBA veteran.

The Dallas Mavericks reportedly could be a suitor for Klay Thompson once free agency begins this summer.

The Knicks won a hard-fought Game 1 over the 76ers, but some adjustments must be made for Game 2.

With the fantasy basketball season behind us and the NBA playoffs in full swing, Dan Titus takes what he learned from this past campaign and reveals his first crack at next season's draft rankings.

The Celtics sent a message of their own Sunday in how they responded to Caleb Martin's hard foul on Jayson Tatum late in Game 1, writes Chris Forsberg.

If the Heat want to muck it up against the Celtics, it wouldn't be the first time a Pat Riley team has deployed the tactic, writes John Tomase.

All four Sunday games saw a team playing without their best player due to injury.

The Pelicans — without Zion Williamson — had their chances late but couldn't capitalize.

The Thunder outlasted the Pelicans in a tightly contested playoff opener, one that featured 20 lead changes.

Sacramento Kings guard De'Aaron Fox defeated Stephen Curry and the Golden State Warriors wearing his opponent's signature shoe.

Jayson Tatum's triple-double helps top seeds the Boston Celtics to victory in their NBA play-off series-opener against the Miami Heat.

Damian Lillard's first-half masterpiece carried the Bucks, who were without Giannis Antetokounmpo, to a win over the Pacers on Sunday in Game 1 of their series.

James Harden netted 20 of his 28 points in the opening half to help the Clippers build a 29-point lead en route to a 109-97 win over the Mavericks in Game 1. "Still can score with the best of 'em," he said.

Jayson Tatum was a catalyst in more ways than one as the Celtics opened their first-round playoff series with a win over the Heat on Sunday.

"They were physical and we were passive," Mavericks coach Jason Kidd said in summing up his team's 109-97 loss to the Clippers in the opening game of their first-round playoff series.

The NBA unveiled the three finalists for each of its seven major individual awards for the 2023-24 regular season Sunday night.

Aware the Lakers need some support off the bench against the Nuggets in their first-round series, Los Angeles coach Darvin Ham spoke to reporters Sunday about where Christian Wood and Jarred Vanderbilt are on their respective roads back to the rotation.

While the 76ers could point to a number of reasons they fell short in Game 1 against the Knicks, rebounding was the main area of concern ahead of Monday's Game 2.

The Thunder snuck out a narrow 94-92 win over the Pelicans to kick off their playoff series on Sunday night.