With Draymond Green out, Kyrie Irving and LeBron James picked the Warriors apart to force a Game 6 of the NBA Finals. 

Cleveland Cavaliers jump on Golden State Warriors early and roar back into The NBA Finals picture with a huge victory at home.

In Game 2 of the NBA Finals, the Warriors defeated the Cavaliers for a seventh straight time, as Cleveland has yet to be competitive in this series.

The NBA is undergoing a radical shift based on the Moreyball approach and an obsession with Points Per Possession. It's not only Steph Curry and the Warriors; watch as we take a closer look at this new trend.

A young guard for the New Orleans Pelicans was shot and killed.

LeBron James scored 33 points, Kevin Love had 20 points and 12 rebounds, and the Cleveland Cavaliers advanced to their second straight NBA Finals by beating the Toronto Raptors 113-87 in Game 6 of the Eastern Conference finals Friday night.

Kyle Lowry scored a game-high 35 points and added five assists and five rebounds to lead the Toronto Raptors past the Cleveland Cavaliers 105-99 on Monday in Game 4 of the NBA's Eastern Conference final.

“The Process” paid off. After three years of dismal basketball, the Sixers landed the No. 1 overall pick in the 2016 NBA draft Tuesday night at the lottery. The mounting losses, the insurmountable skids, the revolving door of players culminated into the best mathematical chance (26.9 percent including a pick swap with the Kings) following a 10-72 season. The Sixers own the first selection in what is considered by many to be a two-player draft between LSU’s Ben Simmons and Duke’s Brandon Ingram.

Next up: LeBron James, who hasn't missed the NBA finals since "The Decision," and the heavily favored Cleveland Cavaliers.

J.R. Smith made seven three-point shots and the Cleveland Cavaliers hit an NBA -record 25 three-pointers in a 123-98 runaway win over the Atlanta Hawks on Wednesday night in Game 2 of their second-round series.

This chart contains 752 lines — one for each N.B.A. player who finished in the top 20 in 3-point attempts made in each season since 1980. Sitting atop it is the Golden State Warriors’ Stephen Curry, who finished the regular season with a record 402 3-pointers.

NBA jerseys will begin featuring advertisements during the 2017-2018 season. Team owners approved the decision Friday in New York. Ads will come in the form of a 2.5 inch x 2.5 inch patch placed on the left shoulder. The timing of the implementation of ads coincides with the league’s scheduled apparel provider switch from Adidas to Nike. The NBA called it a “three-year pilot program” in an announcement. The league also said...

Kobe Bryant's 30,699th and final field goal came from 19 feet with 31 seconds left against the Utah Jazz. During his 20 years with the Lakers, he fired up more than 30,000 shots, including the regular season and playoffs. Take a tour of key shots over his 20-year career, or explore the makes and misses over his long career on your own.

Kobe Bryant is down to one last shot, and everybody knows he's going to take it. After two decades spent dazzling the world, Bryant will end his basketball career at home with the Los Angeles Lakers on Wednesday night. He'll walk off the court in front of his devoted fans in the building where he hung five championship banners. He retires this week as the third-leading scorer in league history. Nobody ever got to spend 20 seasons with one NBA team...

The Warriors star is the embodiment of basketball’s analytics revolution.

"He's heating up ... he's on fire!" How could we forget the sounds of our all-time favorite basketball video game? We take you into the creation of “NBA Jam,” and introduce you to the game’s idiosyncratic creators.

A lucky fan hits a half-court shot to win $95,000 at the Lakers vs Suns game.

The NBA is the premier professional basketball league in the United States and Canada. The league is truly global, with games and programming in 215 countries and territories in 47 languages, as well as NBA rosters at the start of the 2015-16 season featuring 100 international players from 37 countries and territories. For the 2015-16 season, each of the league's 30 teams will play 82 regular-season games, followed by a postseason for those that qualify.