June 2, 2021 LeBron James leaves Lakers bench early amid blowout loss to Suns; defending champs on brink LeBron James went back to the locker room with more than five minutes remaining in the blowout playoff loss to the Phoenix Suns on Tuesday night, which put the Los Angeles Lakers on the brink of elimination.
June 2, 2021 Nets head to second round, beat Celtics 123-109 in Game 5 Kevin Durant, Kyrie Irving and James Harden had just eight games together in the regular season, few enough to wonder how good they could really be.
June 1, 2021 Young, Westbrook, Morant back at scenes of ugly fan actions Philadelphia, Utah and Atlanta can reach the second round. Dallas or the Los Angeles Clippers will get to the verge of it.
June 1, 2021 Joel Embiid doubtful for Game 5 with knee injury Philadelphia 76ers center Joel Embiid is doubtful for Game 5 because of a sore right knee.
June 1, 2021 Hawks' Clint Capela blasts Knicks, calls out 'dirty' Julius Randle: 'You’re trying to look physical' Atlanta Hawks center Clint Capela isn’t afraid of holding back.
June 1, 2021 Atlanta's Trae Young shines in first trip to NBA playoffs When the Atlanta Hawks were excluded from the bubble last summer, Trae Young stewed at home.
June 1, 2021 Wizards players react to latest fan incident: 'Wild to see the liberties people are taking' Washington Wizards players were unhappy with the latest fan incident that occurred Monday night at the Capital One Arena during their Game 4 win over the Philadelphia 76ers.
June 1, 2021 Wizards' Scott Brooks sends message to 'some' fans after latest incident: 'We don’t need you' Washington Wizards coach Scott Brooks called the latest incident involving an NBA fan “unacceptable” Monday night after the team’s win in Game 4 over the Philadelphia 76ers.
June 1, 2021 Mitchell scores 30, Jazz beat Memphis 120-113 to go up 3-1 The Utah Jazz have put themselves in position to help era
June 1, 2021 Embiid leaves with sore knee, 76ers lose to Wizards 122-114 After the Philadelphia 76ers lost NBA MVP finalist Joel Embiid to what the team called a sore right knee late in the first quarter Monday night, they lost their lead — and their chance at the franchise's first playoff sweep in 36 years.