Tag: Houston Rockets
Winners and losers of Kevin Durant trade: Good news for Rockets’ Amen Thompson, Heat and Wolves miss out
Kevin Durant was traded Sunday for … Jalen Green, Dillon Brooks and the No. 10 pick? That’s it? That’s all the Suns got from the Rockets? Surely we’re forgetting something, right? They must be getting back some more future picks? No? They didn’t loop in a third team to get a starting-caliber center back? Did…
Kevin Durant trade: Rockets land Suns star in NBA blockbuster as Jalen Green headlines return
The Houston Rockets are trading for Kevin Durant, CBS News has confirmed. The deal will send Jalen Green, Dillon Brooks, the No. 10 pick in this week’s draft and five second-round picks to the Phoenix Suns in a blockbuster deal. Durant, entering his 18th NBA season, will now join his fifth NBA team after stints with the…
NBA Finals: Recent Game 7 trends suggest Thunder and Pacers are in for close, defensive battle
The Oklahoma City Thunder and Indiana Pacers will square off for one last time on Sunday in Game 7 of the 2025 NBA Finals. Their thrilling series has far exceeded expectations, and just seven total points separate the two teams through the first six games. This is the first time the Finals have gone the…
2025 NBA playoff bracket, scores, NBA Finals schedule with Thunder and Pacers set for Game 7
Ladies and gentlemen, we have a Game 7 in the 2025 NBA Finals. The Indiana Pacers thoroughly dominated the Oklahoma City Thunder in a 108-91 Game 6 win on Thursday to send the series back to Oklahoma City with the title on the line. Sunday’s finale will be the conclusion of a thrilling series and…
Ranking NBA’s 10 most interesting contract extension candidates: Devin Booker, Trae Young on star-studded list
Once upon a time, the NBA’s best players used to move through free agency. Think about how many offseasons in the 2010s were dominated by where LeBron James or Kevin Durant would sign. Those days are over. No reigning All-NBA player has changed teams through free agency since 2019, when Durant, Kawhi Leonard and Kemba…
2025 NBA playoff bracket, scores, NBA Finals schedule as OKC pulls ahead vs. Pacers
The Oklahoma City Thunder are one win away from their first title in OKC. The Thunder are up, 3-2, against the Indiana Pacers after back-to-back wins. Jalen Williams and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander combined for 71 points in a Game 5 win on Monday night. The Thunder are back in the NBA Finals for the first time…
2025 NBA playoff bracket, scores, NBA Finals schedule as OKC evens series with gritty Game 4 road win
Once again we have a tied series in the 2025 NBA Finals, as the Oklahoma City Thunder evened things up at 2-2 with a gritty 111-104 Game 4 win over the Indiana Pacers on Friday night in Indianapolis. The Thunder trailed by as many as 10 points in the third quarter, but Shai Gilgeous-Alexander took…
Knicks coaching search: New York denied permission to speak with Bulls’ Billy Donovan, Hawks’ Quin Snyder
Over a week after firing Tom Thibodeau, the New York Knicks‘ search for an experienced successor has hit some road blocks. One day after New York was rebuffed when asking permission to speak with Chris Finch (Minnesota Timberwolves) and Ime Udoka (Houston Rockets), according to ESPN’s Shams Charania, the Knicks were also reportedly blocked from talking…
2025 NBA playoff bracket, scores, NBA Finals schedule as OKC evens up series with dominant Game 2 win
The Oklahoma City Thunder tied up the 2025 NBA Finals with a dominant 123-107 Game 2 win over the Indiana Pacers on Sunday. OKC bounced back from a stunning Game 1 loss, in which the Pacers erased a 15-point fourth-quarter deficit. Game 2 went much more smoothly, with the Thunder leading comfortably from the end…
NBA playoffs odds, lines, betting: Minnesota Timberwolves respond with blowout win in Game 3
The 2025 NBA playoffs are in full swing, and the conference finals are underway. The Oklahoma City Thunder (-300) are now the odds-on title favorites at BetMGM, followed by the Indiana Pacers (+425), Minnesota Timberwolves (11-1) and New York Knicks (20-1). The Wolves responded in a resounding 143-101 statement win in Game 3 to make…
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