Basketball

Celtics enter playoffs embracing adversity, tougher path to repeating as NBA champions

BOSTON (AP) — The Boston Celtics are days away from beginning their quest to repeat as NBA champions . But guard Jrue Holiday is celebrating a much smaller victory.

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Bulls executive Karnisovas asks for patience as he tries to lift team out of mediocrity

CHICAGO (AP) — Arturas Karnisovas insisted he has a plan to lift the Chicago Bulls after years of mediocrity. The team's top basketball executive also had a request.

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Bucks' Damian Lillard is off blood-thinning medication and cleared for full basketball activity

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Milwaukee Bucks guard Damian Lillard is off blood-thinning medication and has been cleared for full basketball activity, a major step forward in his return from the deep vein thrombosis that has kept him out for the last month.

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Pistons pull off unprecedented turnaround, becoming 1st NBA team to triple wins from previous season

DETROIT (AP) — The Detroit Pistons hit rock bottom not long ago, suffering from the embarrassment of the longest single-season losing streak in league history and slumping to the NBA's worst record for a second straight year.

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Kings and GM Monte McNair agree to part ways. Scott Perry is hired as replacement, AP source says

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The Sacramento Kings and general manager Monte McNair have agreed to part ways, two years after McNair helped end the longest playoff drought in NBA history.

Apr 17, 2025 10:42 AM Read more >

Last chance time: Hawks-Heat, Grizzlies-Mavericks to decide final NBA playoff spots on Friday

Klay Thompson has played in 33 NBA Finals games. Been to the playoffs nine times. Has four championship rings in his collection. He knows how the big stage feels. Don't tell him the play-in tournament doesn't matter.

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Mavericks beat the Kings 120-106 to advance to face the Grizzlies in the Play-In Tournament

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Heat dominate Bulls to advance in Play-In Tournament

CHICAGO (AP) — Tyler Herro scored 38 points, and the Miami Heat dominated the Chicago Bulls 109-90 on Wednesday night to advance in the Play-In Tournament.

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Herro goes from raising eyebrows to turning heads as Heat knock out Bulls in Play-In Tournament

CHICAGO (AP) — Tyler Herro went from raising eyebrows with a shot he missed to turning heads one week later with all the baskets he made. Both times, he did it for Miami in Chicago.

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Herro scores 38 as Heat dominate Bulls 109-90 to advance in Play-In Tournament

CHICAGO (AP) — Tyler Herro and the Heat had it going right from the start. Another performance like that could catapult Miami into the playoffs.

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