The first round is finished and these 10 things stand out most from the teams, players and stars that took part in it.

Nuggets advance to Round 2, Warriors clash with Rockets in must-win Game 7 and Cavs host Pacers in Game 1 of East semis.

Zubac recorded 10 points (5-10 FG, 0-2 FT), 14 rebounds, two assists and one steal over 32 minutes during Saturday's 120-101 loss to the Nuggets in Game 7 of the first round of the Western Conference ...

The Indiana Pacers and Cleveland Cavaliers are both through to the conference semifinals. As are the New York Knicks and ...

But OKC has five perimeter defenders (Alex Caruso, Jalen Williams, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Cason Wallace and Lu Dort) who ...

The Los Angeles Clippers and Denver Nuggets are fighting in Game 7, and Nikola Jokic made a great play on Ivica Zubac.

The 2025 NBA playoffs have delivered the most exciting first round in recent memory, and leave it to the West — which has brought high drama all season — to bring it home with two Game 7s this weekend ...

Readers of the L.A. Times Sports section give their thoughts and opinions on the Lakers and Kings playoff exits, Dodgers ...

The key in important games is to recapture momentum as soon as possible without letting things spiral. In that last stretch, ...

Legendary coach Gregg Popovich has decided to step away from coaching and move into the Spurs’ front office and more from ...

Brunson has generated 0.93 points per possession in isolation and 1.10 as a pick-and-roll ball-handler, per the NBA's ...

The Knicks' Jalen Brunson hit a game-winning 3-pointer to beat the Pistons and set up New York for a second-round series vs.