Articles filed under NBA
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Jrue Holiday's finishing flurry helps Celtics beat Pacers 114-111 for 3-0 lead in East finalsMay 25, 2024 10:31 pm - INDIANAPOLIS — Jrue Holiday overcame an illness to convert the go-ahead three-point play with 38 seconds left, then make the game-saving steal to help the Boston Celtics ...
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What’s keeping the Bulls from playoffs? Here’s a reminder.May 21, 2024 6:00 am - New names have reached NBA’s conference finals. What’s holding the Bulls back? Here’s a reminder.
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The Celtics are in a good head space as they head to a 3rd consecutive Eastern Conference finalsMay 16, 2024 6:39 pm - BOSTON — Opposing fans have been begging for matchups with the Celtics this postseason. And they are all now wishing that they hadn't. Miami Heat fans chanted, “We Want B...
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The Hope Index: Rating the chances Chicago pro sports teams can soon make a championship bidMay 04, 2024 6:00 am - Those of us in the Chicago area know one thing when it comes to our professional sports teams: You gotta have hope.
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Bulls summer improvement plans may meet harsh realityApr 28, 2024 6:00 am - Bulls VP Arturas Karnisovas talked about making changes this summer, but the reality is his past mistakes will be tough to overcome.
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James, Lakers facing elimination Saturday. Magic, Pelicans and Heat seek home winsApr 26, 2024 5:42 pm - There's a quadrupleheader of playoff games in the NBA on Saturday. Cleveland is at Orlando, Oklahoma City is at New Orleans, Boston is at Miami and then the first possible elimination game of this opening round happens when Denver takes a 3-0 series lead into Los Angeles and tries to sweep the Lakers for a second straight season.
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The best of the worst: The White Sox have plenty of company among Chicago teams with bad starts to their seasonApr 21, 2024 6:00 am - With the White Sox mired in a miserable start to the season, Mike McGraw pores through some bad memories to select the worst starts in Chicago sports history.
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Karnisovas presents a challenging plan for Bulls’ improvementApr 20, 2024 7:18 pm - Bulls vice president of basketball operations Arturas Karnisovas took the blame for another mediocre finish, but fixing this team will be easier said than done.
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After Bulls’ play-in loss, DeRozan can’t help but hear the clock tickingApr 19, 2024 10:26 pm - One game short of the playoffs is where the Bulls finished once again, after struggling against Miami’s physical defense Friday.
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The NBA playoffs are finally here. And as LeBron James says, 'it's a sprint now'Apr 19, 2024 7:01 pm - There's a 64-win team in Boston that ran away with the league's best record. The defending champions in Denver, a group that won 57 games. A fearless young bunch in Oklahoma City, whose No. 1 seed was no fluke. A trio of Villanova alums in New York, who turned the Knicks into a real contender.