They can grin and laugh and embrace now that the results of Monday’s NBA draft lottery are finalized. The Sixers will select third in June‘s draft. They had the fifth-best odds of securing a pick in the top three — a 31.

He scored 29 points on 13-of-18 shooting in Minnesota's series-clinching 121-110 win against the Golden State Warriors and outscored his teammate Anthony Edwards for the second consecutive game.

NBA legend Dwyane Wade has jumped in on the action. The three-time NBA champion took to social media to make an exciting announcement about the game. "All right, I'm headed to the studio right now," Wade said. "The poll is out. The answers are in. Game 5, Golden State, Minnesota Timberwolves.

When the 2024-25 NBA season began, no one expected the Minnesota Timberwolves and Anthony Edwards to be back in the Western Conference Finals after trading away

Jamal Murray didn’t quite guarantee a Game 7. He alluded to it, though, in between sips of his blueberry-colored postgame recovery smoothie. “Very confident,” the Denver Nuggets guard said of a return to Oklahoma City.

Nikola Jokic supplied Denver with 44 points on hot shooting, but most of his key teammates struggled. The Thunder, meanwhile, had six players in double figures, including Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, the MVP candidate who had 31 points and seven assists.

A change of scenery certainly served the Cleveland Cavaliers well. They made themselves right at home in Indy.

The second round of the 2025 NBA playoffs has begun, as eight teams look to take another step closer to a title. All four rounds of the NBA playoffs are best-of-seven, and teams are not reseeded after each round.