Author Archives: Associated Press

DENVER — A sick Jamal Murray may have been questionable for Game 6, but in his mind there was nothing ambiguous about his playing status.“Absolutely not,” Murray said when asked if there

OKLAHOMA CITY — Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and the young Oklahoma City Thunder must go through a Denver Nuggets team that already has done it all if they want to cap off their fantastic regular

BOSTON — To say the Celtics have dominated the Knicks over the past two NBA seasons would be an understatement.New York lost all four of its meetings with Boston this season by an average of

CLEVELAND — Donovan Mitchell of the Cleveland Cavaliers broke one of Michael Jordans NBA playoff records on Sunday night.The All-Star guard would rather be one victory closer to a

HOUSTON — Golden State’s Draymond Green spent the last two days embarrassed after losing his poise early in a Game 6 loss to the Houston Rockets.He told the team in a meeting before Game 7

HOUSTON — Steph Curry scored 14 of his 22 points in the fourth quarter, Buddy Hield made nine 3-pointers and scored 33 points, and the Golden State Warriors advanced to the NBA Western

CLEVELAND — Tyrese Haliburton hardly resembled the NBA player whose peers have deemed him overrated.The dynamic Indiana point guard scored 22 points — including a go-ahead 3-pointer midway

DENVER — Everywhere James Harden tried to go, there was Christian Braun in his way.For that, thank the personal scouting report offered up from Hardens former teammate and Denver

DENVER — Not this time.Nikola Jokic got plenty of help from his teammates and Denvers scoring surge held up in a 120-101 blowout of the shellshocked Los Angeles Clippers in a Game 7

SAN FRANCISCO — Steph Curry and the Golden State Warriors went cold for an extended stretch of the fourth quarter, and now theyre going to have to do this the hard way.Theyre