Keytron Jordan, CBS Sports The 2026 NBA playoff bracket is set. All 20 seeds are locked in, and the postseason gets started on Tuesday with Hornets-Heat and Suns-Blazers in the Play-In Tournament. In the East, the Raptors clinched the final top-six seed and a guaranteed playoff berth on Sunday, and the Nuggets closed out the…
The No. 7 seed in the Western Conference of the 2026 NBA playoffs will be decided when the Portland Trail Blazers visit the Phoenix Suns on Tuesday. It is the 7/8 matchup in the 2026 NBA Play-In Tournament, with the winner notching the 7-seed and facing San Antonio in the first round, while the loser…
NBA playoffs begin, Will anyone stop the Thunder? | The Herd The NBA playoffs are underway, with the Play-In tournament starting tomorrow. The Oklahoma City Thunder are the heavy favorite to repeat as champions. Colin Cowherd asks if the San Antonio Spurs, Boston Celtics, or anyone else can stop the Thunder. NEWYou can now listen…
The 2025-26 NBA regular season is officially in the books. With the Play-In Tournament set to begin Tuesday and the first round of the playoffs on Saturday, here’s a look at the matchups and series schedules that we know so far. Before we get to that, let’s take a look back at the final day…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Doc Rivers is out as the Milwaukee Bucks’ head coach, ESPN reported Sunday, citing sources. Rivers left his broadcasting job to return to the NBA sidelines as the Bucks’ coach shortly after Adrian Griffin was fired 43 games into the 2023-24 season. Now Rivers exits Milwaukee after…
Doc Rivers is stepping down as head coach of the Milwaukee Bucks, according to ESPN. Rivers, recently selected for the Basketball Hall of Fame, was hired by the Bucks midway through the 2023-24 season to replace Adrian Griffin and salvage a contender built around Giannis Antetokounpo and Damian Lillard. Instead, he leaves the team after…
The Denver Nuggets are getting hot at the right time. Nikola Jokic & Co. are on a league-best 10-game winning streak and have beaten those 10 opponents by an average of 9.7 points a game. The streak includes an overtime victory over the Spurs, which ended San Antonio’s 11-game winning streak. With just two games…
Mark Jones has been an on-air staple on ESPN since the first Bush administration — as in George H.W. Bush, who served from 1989 to 1992. So, yeah, it’s been a long time. And now, Jones says, “it’s time to move on.” Jones’ final ESPN broadcast will be Sunday, when he will serve as the…
Philadelphia 76ers star center Joel Embiid has been diagnosed with appendicitis and will undergo surgery on Thursday in Houston, the team announced ahead of its game against the Rockets. The Sixers didn’t give a timeline for Embiid’s return, but said “further updates will be provided as appropriate.” Embiid reported feeling ill to the team on…
Two Eastern Conference teams will meet on Thursday’s NBA schedule as the Chicago Bulls visit the Washington Wizards. Chicago (30-49, 12-27) is the No. 12 seed and has lost four of five games, most recently defeating Washington on Tuesday. Washington (17-62, 11-28 Home) is the No. 15 seed in the East and is on a…
