• Yahoo Sports

    Celtics-Pacers, Wolves-Mavs: Biggest questions, predictions for NBA conference finals

    We're down to the NBA's final four. Who will prevail in the conference finals and advance to the Finals?

  • The Canadian Press

    Timberwolves start Western Conference finals against the Mavericks

    Dallas Mavericks (50-32, fifth in the Western Conference) vs. Minnesota Timberwolves (56-26, third in the Western Conference)Minneapolis; Wednesday, 8:30 p.m. EDTBETMGM SPORTSBOOK: LINE Timberwolves -4; over/under is 206.5WESTERN CONFERENCE FINALS: Timberwolves host first series matchupBOTTOM LINE: The Minnesota Timberwolves host the Dallas Mavericks in game one of the Western Conference finals. Minnesota went 3-1 against Dallas during the regular season. The Timberwolves won the last regular se

  • The Canadian Press

    Mavs big men are quite the tandem, but now comes quite the challenge from towering Wolves

    DALLAS (AP) — Daniel Gafford remembers facing Karl-Anthony Towns, Rudy Gobert and company about two weeks before he was traded to the Dallas Mavericks this season. That memory alone is enough for the 6-foot-10 center to know the challenge that's coming when the Western Conference finals start Wednesday night at the Minnesota Timberwolves. Make that the towering Timberwolves, even for Gafford and 7-1 rookie Dereck Lively II. “It was for sure a rough game, going against Rudy under the basket, KAT

  • The Canadian Press

    Eastern Conference finals is a matchup of season-long favorite Celtics and proud underdog Pacers

    BOSTON (AP) — So much about the journey the Boston Celtics and Indiana Pacers have taken to the Eastern Conference finals has been about what – or specifically who – they haven’t had to face to get to here. Top-seeded Boston mostly coasted to a 4-1 first-round series win over a Miami Heat team that played without Jimmy Butler, the player who’d tormented and broken the heart of the Celtics in Game 7 of last season’s conference finals. They then posted another 4-1 series victory in the second roun