The Oklahoma City Thunder claimed the 2025 NBA title largely on the strength of an all-time great defense. Oklahoma City finished the 2024-25 regular season nearly three points per 100 possessions ...

The 2026 NBA playoffs will begin on April 18. The 2025-26 regular season wraps up on April 12, giving teams a short break before the postseason tips off. The Play-In Tournament, introduced in 2021 to ...

Detroit at Los Angeles Lakers, 9:30 p.m. (NBC/Peacock) Sacramento at Los Angeles Clippers, 10 p.m. Boston at Sacramento, 9 p.m. Utah at Los Angeles Clippers, 9:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 2 San Antonio at ...

The Nuggets were in third place when Nikola Jokic got hurt. Nine games later, as they arrived at the halfway point of the season, they had somehow found a way to ascend to second without him.