After disappearing in the fourth quarter of Game 5, LeBron James once again faces playoff elimination in Boston. It's another moment of truth for a King who desperately needs to play like one. ...more

MIAMI -- Behind 26 points and 11 rebounds from Kevin Garnett, the Celtics rendered the Heat's dynamic duo of LeBron James and Dwyane Wade irrelevant Tuesday night in a 94-90 victory that gave them a 3-2 lead in the Eastern Conference finals. ...more

Complaints about flopping are on the rise, but offensive fouls in the playoffs aren't. What's going on? The NBA has a flopping problem, but solving it isn't as easy as it seems. ...more

Dwyane Wade, laboring all night and called upon to bail out the Heat with LeBron James on the bench with six fouls, missed a 3-pointer at the overtime buzzer Sunday night as the Celtics held on for a thrilling 93-91 victory that evened the best-of-7 Eastern Conference finals at 2-2. ...more

Despite nearly blowing a 22-point, fourth-quarter lead, the Celtics held on for a 101-91 victory over the Heat Friday night to pull with in 2-1 in the Eastern Conference finals. Now, all they have to do to make this a series is do it again. ...more

Even on an off-night for LeBron James and Dwyane Wade, the Miami Heat found away to win in the face of a 44-point onslaught from the Celtics' Rajon Rondo Wednesday night. With the indomitable Rondo playing every second of the game, the Heat beat the Celtics 115-111 in overtime take a 2-0 lead in the Eastern Conference finals. ...more

MIAMI -- LeBron James and Dwyane Wade continued to dominate the ball and most everything else for Miami, and the Heat easily dispensed with the aging, hobbled Celtics with a 93-79 victory in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference finals Monday night. ...more

MIAMI -- The Heat have been the hunted, and the hated, for two years now. They've finally found a suitable target for their own fury: the Indiana Pacers. LeBron James and Dwyane Wade were dominant again Tuesday night as he Heat ran the Pacers out of the building in the third quarter and went on to a 115-83 victory and a 3-2 lead in a best-of-7 series that has turned ugly. ...more

In a chippy Game 1 of their first-round series, the Miami Heat beat the New York Knicks 100-67. But all anyone will remember is Tyson Chandler drilling LeBron James in the back with an illegal screen that was ruled a flagrant foul. ...more

Nets owner Mikhail Prokhorov joked Tuesday that if Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban signs Deron Williams this summer, he'll "crush him" in a "kickboxing throwdown." In the Russian billionaire's first U.S. media appearance in more than a year, he weighed in on the Nets' future and chances of bringing Williams with them to Brooklyn next season. ...more