Following a 13-year absence, the Oklahoma City Thunder are back in the NBA Finals after a convincing 124-94 win over the Timberwolves in Game 5, closing out the Western Conference Finals with a 4-1 ...

The NBA Finals begin on Thursday night, and the Oklahoma City Thunder will be the favorites. They were the best team in the league all season long, and barring a tough Denver series, breezed through ...

Take a look back at the 1977-78 NBA season, in which the Bullets emerged as NBA champions. From NBA.com Staff PREVIOUS SEASON | NEXT SEASON Two violent incidents cast a shadow over the game in 1977-78 ...

Milwaukee hosted its first NBA All-Star Game on Feb. 13, 1977. So far, it hasn't hosted another one. Then again, it doesn't sound like the excitement levels were that high the first time around. "Not ...

Basketball: NBA Finals: Portland Trail Blazers coach Jack Ramsay (L) victorious with NBA Championship Trophy and NBA Commisioner Larry O’Brien (R) and Bill Walton (far R) in locker room after winning ...

The Boston Celtics have had players suiting up in a total of 68 different jersey numbers (and have three others not part of any numerical series) since their founding at the dawn of the Basketball ...

The Brooklyn Nets have 52 jersey numbers worn by over 600 different players over the course of their history since the franchise was founded in 1967 as a charter member of the American Basketball ...

Former NBA player and North Carolina Tar Heels star Walter Davis died Thursday at the age of 69. North Carolina's men's basketball program announced he died "of natural causes while visiting family." ...

It's June 5, 2014, which means it was 37 years ago today that the Portland Trail Blazers defeated the Philadelphia 76ers in Game 6 of the 1977 NBA Finals at Memorial Coliseum to win their first and ...