If the ping-pong balls bounce to land the Pacers within picks Nos. 5 to 9 on Sunday, the pick will be awarded to the Clippers.

It’s often said that it’s not about how you start, but how you finish. The New York Knicks, however, let another sterling start do the talking as their Eastern Conference semifinal series against the Philadelphia 76ers tipped off on Monday night.

Erik Spoelstra is from Portland. He grew up as a Trail Blazers fan, which means he absolutely could never bring himself to root for the Seattle SuperSonics. But the idea of NBA games in Seattle again — about two decades after the SuperSonics were ...

For comparison, the average NBA starter does not average 40 minutes per game. Which means Chamberlain basically never sat. He only missed eight minutes of one game after he was ejected in the fourth quarter.

In 2022, LeBron James became the first-ever active NBA player to become a billionaire. The Los Angeles Lakers star is now one of the three living billion-dollar NBA players in the league, a tag that he is now denying.