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Nathaniel S. Butler/NBAE/Getty ImagesSean Williams got some floor time during Boston's postseason run to the Eastern Conference finals.Over the three weeks leading up to start of the new league year on July 1, we'll take a player-by-player look at th...

The Boston Celtics' overtime win over the Miami Heat has drawn the highest preliminary television rating for an NBA playoff game on cable since records started being kept in 2003.

Charles Barkley believes the Eastern Conference finals will be an entertaining and competitive series, but he's convinced there will be a new team advancing to the NBA Finals this year. "I thought the (Bulls' win over the New York Knicks on Tuesda...

Robbie Levin of The Miami Herald: In last year's Eastern Conference finals, coach Erik Spoelstra put LeBron James on Derrick Rose when no one else could stop the league's MVP. James effectively shut down Rose, and without his lockdown defense, that s...

We're ranking the 50 greatest playoff series of the post-merger era.

We knew the Heat were going to be an offensive fireworks display. But the way D-Wade, LeBron and Bosh are playing in-your-face defense right now? Who'd have thunk it?

Tom Thibodeau said the Chicago Bulls' comeback against the Miami Heat begins with small steps.

After the Bulls dominated the Heat in Game 1, it looked as if Chicago would be a shoe in for the NBA Finals. But fasten your seatbelts, the Eastern Conference finals have turned into a wild ride. Here's what else you missed this weekend.

The NBA and NHL playoffs are back tonight, with the NBA's version of the Red River Rivalry tipping off in Dallas and the Lightning and Bruins facing off in Game 2 of the Eastern Conference finals. Here are the Games We're Watching.

After the joining of the Big Three, anything short of an NBA title likely will be a disappoint for Heat fans. But Miami finds itself in a 1-0 Eastern final hole after getting shellacked by the Bulls on Sunday. Here's what else you missed this weekend.

Derrick Rose showed Tuesday why he's this year's NBA MVP, leading the Chicago Bulls to victory over the Atlanta Hawks. The Bulls are now one win away from securing a spot in the Eastern Conference finals. Here's what else you missed last night.

PORTLAND, Ore. -- Rick Carlisle is 2-for-2 in taking his teams to the conference finals. He guided the Detroit Pistons and then the Indiana Pacers to the Eastern Conference finals, but fell short each time of the ultimate goal. He gets his second ...

DALLAS -- Of the three worst playoff collapses of the shot-clock era, Dallas Mavericks point guard Jason Kidd has been a part of two of them. He passed along his experience to some teammates from the 2002 Eastern Conference finals when Kidd's New ...

The Warriors' historic playoff upset and LeBron's takeover game are among the highlights of 2007.

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Nets Start Strong In Motor City Give coach Byron Scott and the Nets credit for winning Game 1 of the Eastern Conference finals in Detroit.