After firing, Cavs embark on coaching search with All-Star Donovan Mitchell's future bigger priority

INDEPENDENCE, Ohio (AP) — Before starting his summer break, Donovan Mitchell let the Cavaliers know he's happy in Cleveland and excited about the future. With a new coach. While Mitchell didn't speak publicly about J.B. Bickerstaff or their relationship, the All-Star...

Cavaliers fire coach J.B. Bickerstaff despite back-to-back playoff appearances and steady progress

CLEVELAND (AP) — J.B. Bickerstaff won and still lost his job. He dragged the Cleveland Cavaliers through some turbulent seasons, getting them back to the playoffs and deeper into the postseason than they've been without LeBron James on the roster in more than 30 years. ...

Cleveland Cavaliers fire coach J.B. Bickerstaff after 4+ seasons and a loss in the second round of the playoffs

The Celtics are in a good headspace as they head to a 3rd consecutive Eastern Conference finals

BOSTON (AP) — Opposing fans have been begging for matchups with the Celtics this postseason. And they are all now wishing that they hadn’t. Miami Heat fans chanted, “We Want Boston!” after earning a first-round matchup with the Celtics last month. Boston beat...

Cavaliers eliminated by the Celtics in 5 games. Coach J.B. Bickerstaff says they made progress

BOSTON (AP) — Cleveland Cavaliers coach J.B. Bickerstaff wants to come back for another season. After all, he’s already been through the hard part. “This has been a difficult year for us, for a bunch of different reasons,” Bickerstaff said after the Cavaliers fell to Boston...

Jayson Tatum scores 25 to lead Celtics past Cavaliers 113-98 and into 3rd consecutive East finals

BOSTON (AP) — Al Horford wanted to savor the moment. With play stopped and the Celtics' victory no longer in doubt, Horford turned in the direction of the sideline, walked a few paces, stopped and extended his hands overhead, bringing an already raucous TD Garden crowd to its feet...

Boston Celtics defeat the Cleveland Cavaliers in Game 5 to advance to the Eastern Conference finals

Cavaliers without Donovan Mitchell, Caris LeVert as they try to stave off elimination vs. Celtics

BOSTON (AP) — The Cleveland Cavaliers will try to extend their season without All-Star Donovan Mitchell and Caris LeVert, who were both ruled out prior to Game 5 of their Eastern Conference semifinals matchup with Boston on Wednesday night. Mitchell is dealing with a strained left...

NBA playoffs top seeds Boston and Oklahoma City are in different places heading into Game 5s

Four games into the second round of the NBA playoffs, the No. 1 seeds from each conference find themselves in two different places. East top seed Boston and West top seed Oklahoma City both made it through the first round with relative ease. After an early stumble to begin Round 2,...

Jayson Tatum's 33 points help Celtics down short-handed Cavaliers 109-102 to take 3-1 lead in semis

CLEVELAND (AP) — Even when it's supposed to be somewhat easy, the Boston Celtics have a weird way of making things hard. On Monday night, they nearly stumbled against an overmatched Cleveland team. Jayson Tatum scored 33 points with LeBron James watching from a...