DETROIT — The Detroit Pistons announced on Monday that they have extended the contract of coach J.B. Bickerstaff. Per team policy, the terms of Bickerstaff's extension were not disclosed in the team's press release. The Pistons' extension of Bickerstaff comes a day after he led the franchise to its first playoff series victory in a four-games-...Read more

BOSTON — Jaylen Brown fired one final shot Sunday in his season-long war against NBA officiating.

In a stream on his Twitch channel, the Boston Celtics star claimed his high foul count during Boston’s brief playoff run was the result of officials’ “agenda” against him.

Brown was called for 10 offensive fouls — most of them push-...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — When the Orlando Magic hired Jamahl Mosley in July 2021, the first-time NBA head coach was tasked with developing a young team, setting a new standard for the future of the organization and building an identity that featured a hard-nosed defensive mindset.

Mosley did that and more when he helped the franchise rise from the ...Read more

NEW YORK — An MRI confirmed Sabrina Ionescu avoided significant injury, but she will start the season on the sideline.

Ionescu will miss at least two weeks with a left foot injury, a source confirmed to the New York Daily News.

The star guard will be re-evaluated in two weeks.

The New York Post’s Madeline Kenney was first on the news.

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ORLANDO, Fla. — The NBA did what the NBA always does — and Orlando Magic coach Jamahl Mosley knew it was probably coming

Yes, the well-liked and respected “Coach Mose” knew this was how it might end.

He said it before the season ever tipped off, back when optimism still outweighed reality and the Magic still looked like a team on the ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Lakers understand the daunting challenge they're about to face against the defending NBA champion Oklahoma City Thunder in the Western Conference semifinals.

Lakers coach JJ Redick referenced the great Chicago Bulls teams that won back-to-back championships in 1996 and '97 and the Golden State Warriors teams that...Read more

CHICAGO — Minnesota Timberwolves general manager Matt Lloyd is hopefully adept at multitasking.

While preparing for the second-round NBA playoffs matchup with the San Antonio Spurs, he’s also keeping an eye on the Chicago Bulls’ front office vacancy, where he’s reportedly one of the finalists, and perhaps the favorite.

League sources ...Read more

You didn’t need to see Game 7 to know how this series was going to end.

You just needed to watch Game 6 on Friday night at Kia Center.

That was the night the lights went out in Orlando; the night everything changed – the series, the confidence level and perhaps even the future of the head coach and the front office. Up 3-1. Up 24 points in...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — The conventional thinking over the last few days was the Minnesota Timberwolves were going to need to buy some time for Anthony Edwards to get back from a bone bruise that he suffered when he hyperextended his left knee in Game 4 against the Denver Nuggets.

But if any athlete can defy that wisdom and return sooner than ...Read more

DETROIT — After nearly 20 years, the Detroit Pistons have successfully advanced past the first round of the NBA playoffs. They achieved the milestone with a 116-94 victory in Game 7 against the Orlando Magic on Sunday at Little Caesars Arena.

The victory marked the Pistons' first playoff series win since 2008. However, it wasn't without its ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — The Philadelphia 76ers lost to the New York Knicks in six games in the 2024 NBA playoffs, and it’s clear part of that experience has stuck in the craw of Joel Embiid.

The star big man decided to make an unprompted plea to Sixers fans during his postgame media session, imploring them to keep their tickets and turn down the ...Read more

BOSTON — Though Jayson Tatum returned to the Boston Celtics’ lineup two months ago, his body has yet to fully recover from the Achilles surgery he underwent last May.

That rehab process, he said, still is ongoing. This weekend, it hit its first setback at “the worst possible time.”

Stiffness in Tatum’s left knee — the opposite leg ...Read more

BOSTON — The mob in the hallway outside the Sixers’ locker room, collectively worth billions, felt like a million bucks.

“We slayed the dragon! In Boston!”

“We finally won a [bleeping] Game 7! In Boston! About [bleeping] time!”

It was hard to tell just who was saying what, but the gang was all there: managing partner Josh Harris, ...Read more

MIAMI — Of all of Pat Riley’s recent postseason media sessions, Monday’s was arguably as on point as any in years. Riley recognized the need for clear, coherent reasoning regarding where he stands as Heat president and where his team stands after failing to make the playoffs for the first time in seven seasons.

For an hour, the typical ...Read more

BOSTON — Joel Embiid shook his coach’s hand and pumped his fist and then half-walked, half-limped toward midcourt and wrapped his arms around Jaylen Brown. He pulled the Boston Celtics superstar in close and whispered something into his ear. Soon, his son was in his arms, and the cameras were all around him and he was smiling and shrugging ...Read more

BOSTON — The Celtics’ 2025-26 season ended Saturday the way it began: with a home loss to the Philadelphia 76ers that Jayson Tatum watched from the bench.

With Tatum, whose early-March return from Achilles surgery was supposed to elevate Boston from impressive overachievers to true title contenders, a late scratch due to left knee tightness...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — As everyone said for the past six months, the Minnesota Timberwolves blew it during the regular season.

Just not in the way that the team’s coaches and fans expected.

What the Wolves proved during their six-game victory over the Denver Nuggets in the first round of the NBA playoffs was that they didn’t coast enough. They ...Read more

BOSTON — The Boston Celtics added Jayson Tatum to their injury report hours before Saturday’s must-win game against the Philadelphia 76ers.

The team officially ruled Tatum out Saturday afternoon for Game 7 of the first-round playoff series at TD Garden with left knee stiffness.

Tatum dealt with what he described as stiffness in his left ...Read more