After losing to the Boston Celtics in the 1986 NBA Finals, the Los Angeles Lakers knew they had to become better to have a ...

Technically, 16 teams make the NBA playoffs each season. Eight teams from the Western Conference and eight from the Eastern Conference. Those teams are seeded one through eight. The playoffs last four ...

With all due respect to Isiah Thomas and the Bay Boy Pistons as well as the 2004 championship team, these are the best ...

The NBA has had six different champs in the last six years for the first time since the 1970s. Can the Celtics break that ...

The NBA changed rapidly in the 1970s. The merger of the NBA-ABA in 1976 brought a new wave of exciting, artistic ABA stars to ...

Here are the five best draft picks in the history of the Boston Celtics. The 1956 NBA Draft was a great one for the Celtics.

Following an offseason where they completely revamped their roster, the Philadelphia 76ers find themselves back in the NBA's ...

Hall Of Famer Julius "Dr. J" Erving spoke to The Republic about several topics when he hosted the 12th annual Jerry Colangelo ...

The Washington Bullets (now Washington Wizards), rivals of both the Celtics and Knicks in the Eastern Conference, won a ...

The 7-foot-4 Naismith Basketball Hall of Famer Ralph Sampson spoke to The Republic at the Jerry Colangelo Golf Classic in ...

Mitchell Wiggins, a key guard on the Houston Rockets’ 1986 NBA Finals team and the father of Golden State Warriors forward ...