The NBA playoffs hit different. Everything is more intense. One mistake can be the difference between hoisting the Larry ...

1990: A clerk at Ball-Mart in Itasca, which was owned by Joe Irmen, mistakenly sold a $1,200 Nolan Ryan rookie card to ...

"People asked me to compare Michael with Dr. J., and the difference was that Dr. J. usually did everything one-handed," Bird ...

Going a perfect 6-0 in the playoffs is normally associated with the NBA’s GOAT. That was Michael Jordan’s record in the NBA ...

Boston won their 1st of a league-best 17 banners in 1957, 2 years to the date they drafted ex-Celtic forward Jim Loscutoff.

Unfortunately, when it mattered the most, he missed the shot he routinely drained all night. "I'll remember that shot longer ...

Highlighting the Atlanta Hawks top 5 all-time leaders for most points scored in a playoff game. Dominique Wilkins dunks in a ...

The 1986 Celtics played basketball the way it was meant to be played ... They lost just one home game all season and breezed through the playoffs, going 15-3 against the Bulls, Hawks, Bucks and ...

Jordan averaged 37 points per game in the 1986 season, but the Bulls lacked meaningful playoff success, being swept in back-to-back years by the Boston Celtics. Pippen’s arrival and development ...

Finally, in 1986, Boston ended the 1985-86 season with a 135 - 107 blowout over the (then) New Jersey (now, Brooklyn) Nets at Boston Garden. This left the Celtics with a 40-1 record at home ...