MIAMI – A lot of NBA players go through the motions when it comes to boxing out for rebounds on free throws, and no one

A group of mostly 20-something out-of-towners heading to Miami this time of year typically would be called spring breakers. But for our purposes, we’re referring

BOSTON – The Milwaukee Bucks opened the third quarter on Sunday afternoon by putting the ball in the enormous hands of Giannis Antetokounmpo – and

As soon as their playoff game ended Thursday night, Jimmy Butler of the Miami Heat found Joel Embiid of the Philadelphia 76ers to embrace him

Bob Lanier, who as a center for the Detroit Pistons and Milwaukee Bucks in the 1970s and ’80s parlayed a deft left-handed hook shot, a

Dillon Brooks of the Memphis Grizzlies returned from his one-game suspension determined to leave an imprint on his team’s Western Conference semifinal series with the

Early in the second half of Game 4 of the Eastern Conference semifinals on Monday night, Giannis Antetokounmpo, the Milwaukee Bucks star, rumbled down the

There’s hardly a more exciting play in basketball. A player is pounding the ball up and down with eyes darting left and right, deciding a

BOSTON – Ime Udoka was always willing to offer instruction. But his players sensed that there were limits to how much he felt he could

Chris Paul had already started the fourth quarter by draining a long 3-pointer and passing to Cameron Johnson, his Phoenix Suns teammate, for another. It