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Silver typically attends all finals games. The league did not say if Silver had tested positive for COVID-19 or been deemed a close contact of someone who had, ...

Silver has been the NBA’s commissioner since February 2014. Also unclear is when Silver will be able to resume attending games. Commissioner Adam Silver will not attend Game 5 of the Finals tonight due to the NBA’s Health & Safety Protocols.

As the Boston Celtics search for answers in an effort to stop Stephen Curry in the NBA finals, they know even their best defense won't always be good ...

In the meantime, also watching a lot of different reactions in the crowd and on the bench and stuff like that, too. “But we’ll test it before the game as usual.” “But I think it’s more so just the balance of watching what worked and trying to understand those patterns so that you can repeat that for the next game. Some of the shots that he’s hitting are only shots that he can hit and have been highly contested,” Udoka said. He had a hell of a performance in Game 4, and we have to respond to that.” He can shoot the ball unbelievably,” Boston guard Jaylen Brown said on Sunday. “Even watching it, playing against it and even in the finals, I feel like he’s taking it up a notch a little bit.

Andrew Wiggins delivered the biggest game yet in his eight-year career with 26 points and 13 rebounds, Klay Thompson...

... Otto Porter Jr. started for a second straight game with Kevon Looney coming off the bench. “And then the fact that it’s 25 years ago just makes me feel old, of course.” Jayson Tatum had 27 points and 10 rebounds for the Celtics, who lost consecutive games for the first time in the postseason. Golden State wound up 9 of 40 from beyond the arc — Wiggins 0 of 6. Al Horford hit a go-ahead 3-pointer with 6:28 left in the period that made it 58-55 as the Celtics finally found their shooting groove from deep. The drive and kick was beautiful, was working, getting guys wide-open shots,” coach Ime Udoka said. Warriors: Gary Payton II had 15 points off the bench and Poole 14. The Celtics were sloppy in stretches, committing 18 turnovers. The Celtics found their own third-quarter magic that has long defined Golden State's success in the second half. If the Celtics can win at home, the series will return to the Bay Area for a winner-take-all Game 7 on Sunday. All five games so far have been decided by 10 or more points. “... The bigger the challenge has been that we’ve thrown in front of him, the bigger he’s responded. One game after his 43-point performance, Curry contributed 16 points and eight assists but was 0 for 9 from 3-point range.

Dave Portnoy sent out a tweet during Game 5 of the NBA Finals between the Boston Celtics and Golden State Warriors.

- SHOULD THE BUCKS MAKE A TRADE? The Milwaukee Bucks lost Game 7 to the Boston Celtics, which officially ended their 2021-22 NBA season in the second-round. This is the sixth time that the Golden State Warriors have been to the Finals in the last eight seasons, while the Boston Celtics are in the Finals for the first time since 2010. Each team is 1-1 so far at home during the series.

Andrew Wiggins had another huge game Monday night, dropping 26 points and 13 rebounds in the Warriors' win over the Celtics.

"We're here," Wiggins said. But with the Warriors, the 27-year-old has flourished. On Monday night, in a pivotal Game 5, Wiggins erupted for a team-high 26 points and a game-high 13 rebounds to lead the Warriors to a 104-94 win over the Celtics at Chase Center.

The former No. 1 overall pick is playing his best basketball on the biggest stage, and people are noticing.

It was an eerily appropriate performance for Wiggins, who followed in the NBA Finals footsteps of his father. — DWade (@DwyaneWade)June 14, 2022 Now, the 27-year-old forward is just one game away from an NBA championship.

Stephen Curry and his Warriors teammates are looking forward to his bounce-back effort in Game 6 after he finished an uncharacteristic 0-for-9 from deep in ...

"He just redefined what the point guard position is capable of ... he really is a transcendent talent that we'll never see again." "You want to impact the game that way. He was thrilled to watch Andrew Wiggins produce a critical double-double for the second straight game, finishing with 26 points and 13 rebounds. And I've responded well when I've had games like that from the 3-point line. The most prolific 3-point shooter in NBA history has averaged 4.4 3-pointers per game and 46% 3-point shooting in the next game after not making a 3, according to ESPN Stats & Information research. Now he returns to Boston for Thursday's Game 6, looking to clinch another world championship and start a new 3-pointer streak.