LeBron James is once again the focus of NBA free agency.

New York was caught up in the Knicks' championship run for nearly two months and the party will last at least a few days more.

It was bedlam on Broadway as the New York Knicks won their first NBA championship in 53 years, with exuberant celebrations marred by mayhem and violence, including a shooting in Times Square.

If there’s a saving grace from the bedlam that is about to ensue in New York City on Saturday, with the Knicks on the verge of a championship and Brazil taking on Morocco in the World Cup, it is that Game 5 of the NBA Finals is on the road.

In most nations hosting the World Cup, soccer is a fixation.

Victor Wembanyama was nearly struck by a flying egg as he returned to his hotel room Wednesday following the Spurs' loss to the Knicks.

Victor Wembanyama surely knew he was overstating the obvious when he pointed out that there are two possible outcomes for Game 5 of the NBA Finals on Saturday night.

Taylor Swift saw a memorable Game 4 of the NBA Finals between the New York Knicks and San Antonio Spurs at Madison Square Garden.

Ahead of Game 4 of the NBA Finals, the New York Police Department is barring fans from gathering outside Madison Square Garden.

For all the shots Victor Wembanyama hit to get the San Antonio Spurs to the NBA Finals, the series is beginning to be defined by a few of his misses.

Last time the New York Knicks lost a game, they didn’t do it again for another month and a half.

New York City police report that an NBA finals viewing party in Manhattan turned chaotic Monday.

Playing on the road feels to Victor Wembanyama like having six players on the court against five but not in a bad way.

Victor Wembanyama shook off his miss at the buzzer in Game 2 by taking over Game 3 of the NBA Finals and preventing the San Antonio Spurs from getting pushed to the brink of elimination.

Victor Wembanyama had 32 points, eight rebounds and six assists in his first NBA Finals win, carrying the San Antonio Spurs to a 115-111 victory that cut the New York Knicks’ lead to 2-1.

In the NBA Finals, celebrity row property is worth $1 million.

Spike Lee wore a Pope Leo Knicks jersey.

The New York Knicks are up 2-0.

President Donald Trump says he will attend Game 3 of the NBA Finals on Monday at Madison Square Garden — and says he doesn't have much sympathy for ordinary Americans who can't afford the sky-high ticket prices.

Go crazy, New York.

Victor Wembanyama stepped off the court for a moment before Game 1 of the NBA Finals, accepted greetings from a handful of well-wishers in San Antonio Spurs jerseys, then bowed his head to join them in a quick prayer.

President Donald Trump is planning to attend an NBA Finals game in New York next week to root for his hometown Knicks.

From Bay Ridge to the Bronx and beyond, the Big Apple has gone nuts for the New York Knicks making their first NBA Finals appearance in 27 years.

The NBA banned two people for life from its arenas after one of them was arrested after running onto the court during Game 1 of the NBA Finals and appearing to take a selfie next to Victor Wembanyama.

The NBA is making continued progress on its plans to start a league in Europe, Commissioner Adam Silver said before the start of the NBA Finals on Wednesday night.

The New York Knicks’ winning streak lives on, and they struck first in the NBA Finals.

The NBA brought in Grammy-winning rapper Nas and three-time Emmy-winning composer Nicholas Britell to help tell the tale of this season’s NBA Finals.

No matter what, the basketball-crazed Philippines will have a champion to celebrate when these NBA Finals are over.

Florida has formally restored basketball great Vernon Maxwell’s final two years of college statistics.

The Indiana Pacers won’t be rushing guard Tyrese Haliburton back to the court next season as he recovers from a torn right Achilles tendon.

Myles Turner has agreed to a four-year deal to join the Milwaukee Bucks, who waived nine-time All-Star Damian Lillard to make the acquisition happen, according to a person with knowledge of the moves.

The NBA had already convened a panel of experts to study Achilles tendon injuries even before Indiana star Tyrese Haliburton ruptured his in Game 7 of the NBA Finals, Commissioner Adam Silver said Wednesday night.

Tyrese Haliburton took the Indiana Pacers to heights few thought possible this season.

Indiana Pacers fans arrived at Gainbridge Fieldhouse ready to celebrate their first NBA title.

James Capers, Josh Tiven and Sean Wright joined a very small club on Sunday.

For the 20th time, there will be a Game 7 in the NBA Finals.

Game 6 of the NBA Finals had been over for only about 10 or 15 minutes, and the Indiana Pacers and Oklahoma City Thunder were turning the page.

The run lasted about 12 minutes, roughly the span of a full quarter.

Obi Toppin scored 20 points, Andrew Nembhard added 17 and the resilient Indiana Pacers sent the NBA Finals to a winner-take-all Game 7 by rolling past the Oklahoma City Thunder 108-91 on Thursday night.

Indiana guard Tyrese Haliburton grabbed at his lower right leg after an awkward fall in the first quarter, briefly leaving Game 5 of the NBA Finals for treatment.

Jalen Williams had a career playoff-high 40 points, MVP Shai Gilgeous-Alexander added 31 and the Oklahoma City Thunder moved one win from a title by beating the Indiana Pacers 120-109 in Game 5 of the NBA Finals on Monday night.

Jalen Williams keeps bouncing back.

Caitlin Clark is doubly disappointed about how the NBA Finals are going right now.

Oklahoma City went back to the lineup it used throughout the first three rounds of the playoffs on Friday night, returning Isaiah Hartenstein to the starting five for Game 4 of the NBA Finals against Indiana.

TJ McConnell stole inbounds passes not once, not twice, but three times in Game 3 of the NBA Finals.

Game 1, a loss on the opposition’s final shot.

Bennedict Mathurin scored 27 off the bench, Tyrese Haliburton scored 22 and the Indiana Pacers reclaimed the lead in the NBA Finals by beating the Oklahoma City Thunder 116-107 in Game 3 on Wednesday night.

For the Indiana Pacers, a chance at being perfect in Games 1 and 2 of these playoffs went awry.

Hall of Fame coach Don Nelson was not a fan of the Dallas Mavericks trading Luka Doncic — and chose his footwear for Game 2 of the NBA Finals accordingly.

Don Nelson has been invited to the NBA Finals countless times in recent years, always declining those opportunities.

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 34 points, Alex Caruso added 20 off the bench and the Oklahoma City Thunder beat the Indiana Pacers 123-107 on Sunday night to tie the NBA Finals at one game apiece.

Welcome to the Comeback Playoffs, led by the Indiana Pacers.

Tyrese Haliburton and the Indiana Pacers went to the Eastern Conference finals last year and got swept.

Things were going as expected for the heavily favored Oklahoma City Thunder in Game 1 of the NBA Finals.

The Indiana Pacers started the NBA Finals by making the wrong type of history.

Tyrese Haliburton scored with 0.3 seconds left for Indiana’s first and only lead of the game and the Pacers, the last-minute comeback kings of these playoffs, did it again to beat the Oklahoma City Thunder 111-110 in Game 1 of the NBA Finals on Thursday night.

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander has a chance to make a whole slew of history in these NBA Finals.

For NBA players, the prize is the gold trophy.

Oklahoma City’s Mark Daigneault has the best record of any coach in the NBA this season.

Oklahoma City spent most of the regular season alone atop the Western Conference standings and just kept adding to its lead.

Game 7 awaits.

The NBA might not be happy with the NFL making Christmas Day a regular part of its schedule.

For the Dallas Mavericks and the Edmonton Oilers, the comeback efforts are just beginning and still have very long ways to go.

Al Horford has never been this close to winning an NBA championship.

Luka Doncic fouled at when the Dallas Mavericks were making a furious comeback attempt in Game 3 of the NBA Finals.

The last 12 games where Kyrie Irving has played against the Boston Celtics have all ended with the same outcome.

There have been two versions of Jayson Tatum so far in the NBA Finals.

Game 2 provided Dallas with a huge chance.

Jrue Holiday had 26 points and 11 rebounds, and Jayson Tatum made up for a rough shooting night with 12 assists and nine rebounds as the Boston Celtics beat the Dallas Mavericks 105-98 on Sunday night to take a 2-0 lead in the NBA Finals.

At the primary school in Slovenia's capital where Dallas Mavericks superstar Luka Doncic got his start, he's still the hometown hero.

Jason Kidd couldn’t figure out how to stop the Boston Celtics in Game 1 of the NBA Finals.

Bill Walton only spent one full season with the Boston Celtics, but his impact was unforgettable.

Jason Kidd won an NBA championship as a Dallas player in 2011.

Luka Doncic didn’t stay up all night to watch NBA Finals games as a kid.

Kyrie Irving returning to Boston.

Mike Budenholzer is the newest head coach of the Phoenix Suns after the franchise turned to the man who beat them in the 2021 NBA Finals.

Reid played 10 seasons for the Rockets leading Houston to two Finals appearances

In some ways, track and field served up a tantalizing preview of what’s to come next year at the Paris Olympics.

Add Mark Jackson to the list of ESPN reporters and commentators who have been laid off over the past five weeks.

Brazilian soccer star Neymar was fined more than $3.3 million for violating local environmental rules during renovations at his mansion in the city of Mangaratiba outside Rio de Janeiro.

Miami guard Tyler Herro was available to play in Game 5 of the NBA Finals, nearly two months after breaking his right hand and with the Heat facing elimination against the Denver Nuggets.

Kevin Love missed Miami’s team flight to Denver for Game 5 of the NBA Finals.

Former UFC champion Conor McGregor knocked out the Miami Heat mascot in a midgame bit that went wrong.

The Denver Nuggets have shown a lot of poise in their first NBA Finals.

Denver rookie Christian Braun is in rarified air with the Nuggets two wins shy of winning the first NBA championship in franchise history.

Jimmy Butler showed up in plush blue slippers Thursday for what was officially called practice.

South Florida has suddenly become the center of the sports universe.

Nikola Jokic and Jamal Murray became the first teammates in NBA Finals history to both record triple-doubles, and Denver’s two stars made sure the Nuggets reclaimed the lead in the series by beating the Miami Heat 109-94 in Game 3 on Wednesday night.

The easiest way to explain what the Miami Heat are doing in the comeback department during these playoffs is simply to put up their numbers against the rest of the league.

It was a popular theme before the NBA Finals started — about how the Nuggets, an up-tempo team with fresh legs that could exploit the mile-high altitude in Denver, would have a good chance to wear down the Miami Heat.

Gabe Vincent scored 23 points, Jimmy Butler and Bam Adebayo each scored 21 and the Miami Heat evened up the NBA Finals by overcoming a monster effort from Nikola Jokic to beat the Denver Nuggets 111-108 in Game 2 on Sunday night.

For the Miami Heat, shooting at Denver’s 5,280 feet of mile-high altitude during Game 1 of the NBA Finals wasn’t a problem.

Nikola Jokic got a triple-double in his NBA Finals debut, Jamal Murray scored 26 points and the Denver Nuggets had little trouble with the cold-shooting Miami Heat on the way to a 104-93 win in Game 1 of the title series on Thursday night.

The NBA Finals will end in six games.

They were No. 8 seeds.

The Rockets have an agreement in place with Ime Udoka to become new Head Coach

Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James was set to resume his NBA scoring-record chase Thursday night at Indiana after being cleared to start.

As LeBron James closes in on Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and is about to become the NBA’s career scoring leader, it’s only natural to take a look back at some of his moments.

The Boston Celtics have suspended coach Ime Udoka for the 2022-23 season.

The Nielsen company says the NBA Finals series between two stories franchises reached 24% more viewers than the 2021 Finals.