In the conference semis, it held the Nuggets to 15.0 fewer than they scored in the regular season. Those are the two biggest such differentials, by a wide margin, in the playoffs thus far.

They finished the year as the No. 6 seed in the Eastern Conference, thanks to a 44-38 record and lost in a hard-fought six games to the New York Knicks in the first round of the NBA playoffs.

NBA All-Star Voting presented by AT&T will tip off on Tuesday, Dec. 19 at 7 a.m. ET and conclude on Saturday, Jan. 20 at 11:59 p.m. ET, giving fans the opportunity to vote for the 2024 NBA All ...

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Next season’s Eastern Conference will be ground zero of the NBA’s parity gambit, molded into the shape of competition the league set in motion over the past half-decade.

Miami Heat Head Coach Erik Spoelstra looks on from the sideline during the second half of Game 4 of the Eastern Conference NBA Playoffs against the Cleveland Cavaliers at Kaseya Center on April 28 ...

The talk of the NBA town is contract extensions, with free agency officially opening up on June 30 at 6 p.m. EST. Let’s look at five of the more intriguing extension candidates in the Eastern ...

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