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NBA Playoffs 2015

NBA Playoffs 2015
The 2015 NBA Playoffs, decide the champion of American basketball, culminating in the NBA Finals beginning on 5 June 2015. San Antonio Spurs won the 2014 finals.
Kevin Love has announed his intention t stay with the Cleveland Cavaliers in a US$110 million deal. Photo: AP

Kevin Love going nowhere - Cleveland Cavaliers star 'to stay in US$110 million' deal

Love was forced to watch the NBA Finals on the sideline with a shoulder injury

Stephen Curry and Andre Iguodala end Golden State’s 40-year wait for NBA title

LeBron: ‘I’m confident because I’m the best player in the world – simple’

Stephen Curry leads Golden State Warriors past Cleveland Cavaliers to brink of NBA glory

LeBron James tries to block a shot against Stephen Curry. Photo: EPA

Opinion | Right Field: NBA Finals are a breath of fresh air

It's a fresh new day for the NBA Finals in so many ways. For the first time ever, the match-up between the Golden State Warriors and Cleveland Cavaliers features two rookie head coaches.

James and Dellavedova star as Cavaliers take control of NBA finals

Pushed by a crowd howling to see Cleveland’s 51-year title drought end, James scored 40 points, his new sidekick Matthew Dellavedova added 20 and the Cavaliers survived Golden State’s furious fourth-quarter comeback led by Stephen Curry for a 96-91 win over the Warriors on Tuesday night to take a 2-1 lead in the NBA Finals

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LeBron James

Coach and teammates in awe as LeBron James carries Cavs on his back

The best all-around player of his generation, James has pushed a team missing two All-Stars – Irving and Kevin Love – and a franchise that has its first finals win, within three victories of an improbable title that would end Cleveland’s 51-year major sports championship drought

LeBron celebrates winning game two. Photo: EPA
LeBron James

LeBron James' legs and Stephen Curry's confidence: looking ahead to game three

LeBron James turned in a triple-double to remember, Matthew Dellavedova made the go-ahead free throws in overtime, and the Cavaliers overcame a fourth-quarter collapse to outlast the Golden State Warriors 95-93 on Sunday night to even the NBA Finals at a game apiece.

LeBron James

LeBron James’ triple-double sees Cleveland Cavaliers level series with Golden State Warriors

Golden State Warriors knock down Cleveland Cavaliers in NBA finals opening thriller

The Golden State Warriors, led by the league’s Most Valuable Player Stephen Curry, held off a big performance by LeBron James to beat the Cleveland Cavaliers 108-100 in overtime to take the opening game of the NBA Finals. In the finals for the first time in 40 years, the Warriors rallied from an early 14-point deficit, absorbed a finals-best 44 points from James and shut down Cleveland in the extra session.

Stephen Curry urges on his teammates with the game in extra time. Photo: AFP

Harden keeps Houston alive as Warriors' Curry survives major injury scare

The Golden State Warriors survived a major injury scare to NBA MVP Stephen Curry but still lost the game as a pumped up Houston Rockets staved off playoff elimination with a 128-115 victory

James Harden kept Houston alive. Photo: EPA

'You’ve got to sacrifice your body,' says battered and bruised LeBron

He’s battered, not beaten. James isn’t going to let anything stop him. Not now. Not this close to his fifth straight Finals or a championship

Stephen Curry turns on heat as Golden State Warriors beat Houston Rockets to lead NBA West finals 3-0

Frustrated James Harden kicks chairs after blowing chance in NBA play-offs

James Harden's chance at a potential game-winning shot was squandered when Golden State knocked the ball away in the closing seconds of a 99-98 victory in game two of the NBA Western Conference finals that left Harden on the floor with his head in his hands and the Warriors celebrating.

James Harden of the Houston Rockets lies slumped on the court after being denied a game-winning shot against the Golden State Warriors in game two of the Western Conference finals. Photo: AFP

Rockets complete stunning comeback over Clippers to reach Western Conference final

The Houston Rockets humbled the Los Angeles Clippers 113-100 in game seven of their NBA second round playoff series Sunday to reach their first Western Conference final since 1997

James Harden starred for Houston. Photo: AP

Cavaliers head to Eastern finals after dumping out Bulls

LeBron James struggled to score 15 points, Kyrie Irving limped off the court and the Cleveland Cavaliers still beat the Chicago Bulls 94-73 to clinch their Eastern Conference semi-final series in six games

LeBron James

LeBron James takes charge as Cavaliers beat Bulls for 3-2 series lead

LeBron James scored 38 points, Kyrie Irving added 25 and the Cavaliers held off Chicago's charge in the fourth quarter for a 106-101 victory over the Bulls to take a 3-2 lead in their testy Eastern Conference semi-final.

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Paul Pierce's buzzer-beater lifts Washington Wizards over Atlanta Hawks

Paul Pierce banked in the game winner to lift the short-handed Washington Wizards to a 103-101 NBA play-off victory over the Atlanta Hawks.

Paul Pierce, of the Washington Wizards, collapses to the floor to celebrate his winning shot with teammate Bradley Beal in their game against the Atlanta Hawks. Photo: AFP

Stephen Curry stars as Warriors become first team to book place in second round

The Warriors came through with their most complete performance of the first-round, building a 13-point lead at halftime, widening it to 24 late in the third quarter and squelching the Pelicans’ desperate, last-gasp bid in the fourth quarter, 109-98

Kyrie Irving helps Cavaliers to 1-0 lead in first round play-off against Boston

Kyrie Irving made the most of his play-off debut, scoring 30 points as the Cleveland Cavaliers defeated the Boston Celtics 113-100 in the opening game of their first round series.

The slate is wiped clean as 16 teams prepare for NBA championship chase

New Orleans and Brooklyn are in. Indiana and Oklahoma City are out. And while San Antonio slipped to sixth in the loaded Western Conference, the defending champions are looking awfully dangerous again. Forget the 82-game grind of the past six months. There are no more back-to-back sets, uneven schedules and excuses. The play-off brackets are set. Everybody's on equal ground. It is time to crown champions.

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The San Antonio Spurs defeated the Miami Heat in the NBA Finals last year. Photo: Reuters
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