The No. 1 seeds took care of business with not much of a worry, and stars – some new, some old – showed up as the NBA playoffs opened with eight Game 1s Saturday and Sunday. The Oklahoma City ...

Had the uber-athletic Rockets figured out the game’s greatest shooter? The answer ended up being a resounding “no” in Golden State’s tight 95-85 Western Conference victory that ripped home ...

In Game 1 of their first-round series Sunday against the Memphis Grizzlies, they made it look unfair. After battling through the Play-In Tournament and a tumultuous final month of the regular seas ...

OKLAHOMA CITY — One of the most revealing sequences in the Oklahoma City Thunder’s near-historic 131-80 Game 1 dismantling of the Memphis Grizzlies came just before halftime. Thunder star Shai ...

OKC's 51-point win over Memphis marks the largest Game 1 margin in playoff history and falls 7 short of the postseason record. The Associated Press Oklahoma City has seven players score in double ...

That was enough to stun the Pistons in a Knicks 123-112 win at Madison Square Garden in Game 1 of the best-of-seven first-round playoff series. The Pistons were 7½-point underdogs in Game 1 ...

The Pistons lost to the Knicks in Game 1 of the first round of the 2025 NBA playoffs, 123-112, at Madison Square Garden. The Knicks took command of the game with a 21-0 run, holding the Pistons ...

LAS VEGAS --Tomas Hertl had a goal and an assist for the Vegas Golden Knights in a 4-2 win against the Minnesota Wild in Game 1 of the Western Conference First Round at T-Mobile Arena on Sunday.

TORONTO --The Toronto Maple Leafs are set to welcome back a couple of key pieces to their lineup for Game 1 of the Eastern Conference First Round against the Ottawa Senators on Sunday (7 p.m. ET ...

The Lakers rallied in the third quarter, but never got closer than 12 points for the final 23:45 of Game 1. Doncic scored 37 points, but delivered only a single assist on a night when his team had ...