The Big Three era is dead and the Knicks are back: 20 things we learned from the NBA playoffs
The NBA postseason remains an eight-week psychodrama of moments, memes and memories unlike anything in sport. Our writer looks back at the 20 biggest takeaways
May 2024
NBA playoffs: Tatum powers Celtics to third-straight Eastern Conference finals
Boston beat Cleveland 113-98 to close out the Eastern Conference semi-final series, with Tatum scoring 29 points and grabbing 10 boards
March 2024
Cavs overcome 22-point deficit to end Celtics’ 11-game winning streak
Cleveland won a replay review in the final second to stun Boston 105-104 on Tuesday night
February 2024
Cavaliers’ Max Strus drains 59-foot miracle at buzzer to stun Mavericks
Max Strus drilled a 59-footer as time expired, his fifth three-pointer in the final four minutes, to give the Cavaliers a wild 121-119 win over the Mavericks
November 2023
NBA Cup roundup: Curry’s last-second bucket lifts Warriors over Thunder
Stephen Curry scored with 0.2 seconds left to give the Warriors a 141-139 victory in one of the NBA’s seven in-season tournament openers on Friday
May 2023
Nick Gilbert, son of Cleveland Cavaliers owner Dan, dies at age of 26
Nicolas ‘Nick’ Gilbert, the son of Cleveland Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert who became the team’s good luck charm at NBA draft lotteries, has died. He was 26
April 2023
NBA playoffs: Butler keys fightback as Heat oust top-seeded Bucks in shocker
The Heat staged another stunning fourth-quarter rally before winning 128-126 in overtime in Game 5 to complete an upset of the top-seeded Bucks
February 2023
Basketball has never seen anything like LeBron James’ dominant tenure
It’s not often that athletes are still active, let alone still dominant, while receiving their flowers. Let us now praise the NBA’s newly minted scoring king
January 2023
Cavaliers’ Donovan Mitchell explodes for 71 points to join historic club
Donovan Mitchell set a Cleveland record with 71 points, most by an NBA player in 17 years, and the Cavaliers rallied from 21 down to beat the Chicago Bulls
September 2022
Cleveland Cavaliers acquire Jazz star Donovan Mitchell in blockbuster trade
The Cavaliers acquired guard Donovan Mitchell from the Jazz for three players and three first-round draft picks, according to multiple reports
May 2022
Woman alleges Cavaliers’ Rajon Rondo threatened her with gun in front of children
A woman has filed for an emergency protective order against Cleveland Cavaliers guard Rajon Rondo and alleges he brandished a gun and threatened her life
April 2022
Hawks and Pelicans complete NBA playoff field with play-in wins
NBA play-in tournament: Irving and Durant lift Nets past Cavs to No 7 seed
February 2022
LeBron James determined to play in NBA with son and is open to Cavaliers return
LeBron James has spoken about the possibility of playing alongside his son and a return to the Cleveland Cavaliers as he contemplates the final stages of his career
January 2022
Nets’ Kyrie Irving hit with $25,000 fine for cursing at heckler in Cleveland
Brooklyn Nets guard Kyrie Irving was fined $25,000 by the NBA on Thursday for cursing at a spectator in Cleveland during a game earlier this week
January 2020
Cavaliers coach Beilein sorry after calling his players a 'bunch of thugs'
The Cleveland Cavaliers coach, John Beilein, has apologised to his players after describing them as a ‘bunch of thugs’ during a team meeting
November 2018
LeBron James hailed as hero on NBA return to Cleveland as Lakers beat Cavaliers
Eight years after he was treated like a villain in Cleveland, LeBron James was welcomed back properly
July 2018
Why Cleveland will be just fine without LeBron James
The future hall-of-famer brought a long-awaited title to north-east Ohio but the city doesn’t need a superstar athlete in order to thrive
LeBron's Lakers to competitive balance: NBA free agency winners and losers
A look back at the wildest few days of free agency in recent history: the winners (the Warriors, again), the losers (the Cavaliers, again) and all things King James
Iconic LeBron James banner comes down in Cleveland as Lakers sign NBA star – video
It comes after the NBA star signed an eye-watering $154 million contract with the Los Angeles Lakers
