• Yahoo Sports

    Miami Heat 2024 NBA offseason preview: Don't expect major changes

    Heat Culture may mean a more cautious approach to retool around Jimmy Butler and Bam Adebayo.

  • The Canadian Press

    Top-seeded Celtics roll over Heat and into second round. They'll play Cleveland or Orlando

    BOSTON (AP) — The Boston Celtics ran away from the rest of the NBA in the regular season. So far, the playoffs have been more of the same. The team that won 64 games to claim the league's overall top seed dumped the Miami Heat in five games, winning 118-84 on Wednesday night to advance to the Eastern Conference semifinals. In their four wins, the Celtics' biggest leads were 34, 29, 28 and 37. “We got past the first step,” said Celtics guard Derrick White, who scored 25 points. “We don’t start th

  • The Canadian Press

    Cavaliers aim to secure series victory over the Magic

    Cleveland Cavaliers (48-34, fourth in the Eastern Conference) vs. Orlando Magic (47-35, fifth in the Eastern Conference)Orlando, Florida; Friday, 7 p.m. EDTBETMGM SPORTSBOOK: LINE Magic -3.5; over/under is 200EASTERN CONFERENCE FIRST ROUND: Cavaliers lead series 3-2BOTTOM LINE: The Cleveland Cavaliers look to clinch the series over the Orlando Magic in game six of the Eastern Conference first round. The Cavaliers beat the Magic 104-103 in the last meeting. Donovan Mitchell led the Cavaliers with

  • The Canadian Press

    Doncic and the Mavericks aim to clinch series against Los Angeles

    Los Angeles Clippers (51-31, fourth in the Western Conference) vs. Dallas Mavericks (50-32, fifth in the Western Conference)Dallas; Friday, 9:30 p.m. EDTBETMGM SPORTSBOOK: LINE Mavericks -7.5; over/under is 207WESTERN CONFERENCE FIRST ROUND: Mavericks lead series 3-2BOTTOM LINE: The Dallas Mavericks look to clinch the Western Conference first round over the Los Angeles Clippers in game six. The Mavericks won the last meeting 123-93 on May 2 led by 35 points from Luka Doncic, while Paul George sc