They’re also shattered something else: The long-held NBA belief that a bench doesn’t matter much in the playoffs. That philosophy stretches back decades, when the idea of using eight ...

The Charlotte Hornets no longer need to rely on players who are probably not even NBA-level to fill out their bench. Right? Wrong. Those days may be gone, but the bench unit is still not good.

Oklahoma City dominated the first two games of the Western Conference Finals and will need big games from its bench to continue that trend. The Thunder’s first two wins against the Minnesota ...

"We feel like we have the best bench in the NBA," Haliburton said. "When it's second group vs. second group, we're very confident in what our group can do. We're confident at any time, but it will ...

DENVER (AP) — The scars of the Denver Nuggets' season aren't just the fresh ones from the clobbering they endured in Game 7 at Oklahoma City but the short bench ... avoid the NBA's play-in ...

And with the comeback, New York avoided a dubious scenario, as no team in NBA history has won a best ... bounced back after early foul trouble. The Knicks bench outscored Indiana’s by a margin ...

The dude just doesn't really like to play his bench. He never has ... But the joke Kenny Smith made about it on Inside the NBA might actually be the best one I've heard yet.