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Cleveland Cavaliers parting shot: After collapse against Pacers, ‘respect’ isn’t the issue www.nytimes.com/athletic/635...

Like Bob Seger’s ‘Still the Same’ says, the Cavs were trounced in the second round, again, after a historically good regular season. Why? The Pacers had something to do with it www.nytimes.com/athletic/635...

This afternoon, PBWA member Chris Fedor of the Cleveland Plain Dealer presented Kenny Atkinson with the Rudy Tomjanovich Award, on behalf of @prohoopswriters.bsky.social. (Photo via @joevardon.bsky.social)

And ICYMI -- my top 22 prospects for this year's draft www.nytimes.com/athletic/634...

Cavs’ Donovan Mitchell to undergo MRI on Monday, says he ‘will be good’ for Game 5 vs. Pacers www.nytimes.com/athletic/634...

There was so much h about Game 3 other than injuries. Thoughts on Donovan Mitchell’s growing legend in Cleveland and how the Cavs stopped Tyrese Haliburton www.nytimes.com/athletic/634...

‘Y’all don’t understand what I’m growing through.’ How the Cavaliers’ injured players fought through pain to win Game 3 www.nytimes.com/athletic/634...

The new head of the Catholic church is a tennis fan. Within the walls of Vatican City, he will find his own court to play on: http://dlvr.it/TKgx6l

Ok folks, Evan Mobley is on the floor for his usual warm-up, which means all three injured players (Garland and Hunter) are in fact trying to play Game 3 in Indiana. We’ll see for real in a few more minutes

Somewhat of a surprise, Cavs coach Kenny Atkinson was not fined by the league despite his repeated criticism of officials from Game 1 against the Pacers

There is optimism all three injured Cavaliers will try to play Game 3 against Indiana, including Darius Garland, who’s missed the last four games www.nytimes.com/athletic/634...

Donovan Mitchell has a calf strain? What all these Cavalier injuries mean for Game 3 www.nytimes.com/athletic/633...

Kenny Atkinson named NBA Coach of the Year, beating former Cavs coach J.B. Bickerstaff www.nytimes.com/athletic/633...

Three key Cavs are ‘questionable’ for Game 2 vs. Pacers, and Kenny Atkinson is upset with refs www.nytimes.com/athletic/633...

Injuries, bad shooting crush Cavs, who had no answer for Tyrese Haliburton or Andrew Nembhard www.nytimes.com/athletic/633...

Cavaliers-Pacers preview: What if Cleveland’s Darius Garland isn’t ready for Game 1? www.nytimes.com/athletic/632...

Heading into Cavs-Pacers, we know who won’t be there and who might not: www.nytimes.com/athletic/632... www.nytimes.com/athletic/632...

The Great Barrier Thief strikes, taking NBA Most Improved Player from a max player and double-double machine. How did Dyson Daniels do it? www.nytimes.com/athletic/632...

Cavaliers win NBA’s most lopsided playoff series ever: Who and what stood out? www.nytimes.com/athletic/631...

NBA considering All-Star tweak following success of NHL’s 4 Nations Face-Off. A U.S.-World Game may happen next season www.nytimes.com/athletic/631...

It’s the only Olympic basketball event the U.S. hasn’t won. Can Jimmer Fredette fix that? www.nytimes.com/athletic/631...

Soft? Not these Cleveland Cavaliers. I explain www.nytimes.com/athletic/631...

Evan Mobley could be easily be distracted right now, with two chances to earn an extra $45 million on the horizon. Instead, he ‘met the moment’ in Cavs’ Game 2 win over Heat www.nytimes.com/athletic/630...

Celtics’ Payton Pritchard wins Sixth Man of the Year after historic season for the reserve player www.nytimes.com/athletic/630...

Cavs’ Ty Jerome shows Heat, NBA he’s not all talk: ‘He’s made for the spotlight’ www.nytimes.com/athletic/629...

Donovan Mitchell’s self-sacrifice charted the Cavaliers’ course to NBA dominance — how will he play Sunday when the playoffs start? www.nytimes.com/athletic/628...

Donovan Mitchell’s self-sacrifice charted the Cavaliers’ course to NBA dominance www.nytimes.com/athletic/628...

As NBA playoffs near, Cavaliers’ Darius Garland is finding a higher gear www.nytimes.com/athletic/627...

Every 2025 NBA playoff scenario at play on last day of regular season www.nytimes.com/athletic/627...

Jason Kidd made a ‘pretty cool’ Babe Ruth comparison to the Luka Dončić trade. Does he remember the Red Sox didn’t win a World Series for 86 years after dealing Ruth? www.nytimes.com/athletic/626...

You’ve heard of what LeBron James is doing in Akron for education? Well, I found something very similar happening halfway across the world, in Berlin, and it has me wondering why we don’t have more of this in America www.nytimes.com/athletic/625...

Cavaliers miss chance to clinch Eastern Conference; Donovan Mitchell suffers injury scare www.nytimes.com/athletic/626...

Why NBA commissioner Adam Silver wants to tap into the European basketball academy pipeline www.nytimes.com/athletic/624...

Kenny Atkinson’s pregame water bottle toss outburst spurs Cavaliers to 60th win www.nytimes.com/athletic/624...

The writing was on the wall for Taylor Jenkins' future in Memphis last summer. In the end, diminished team support and the Grizzlies’ decline over the past two months did him in. @samamick.bsky.social, @fredkatz.bsky.social and @joevardon.bsky.social have more: www.nytimes.com/athletic/623...

The firing of Taylor Jenkins took many around the NBA by surprise — but the writing was on the wall. Story w/ @samamick.bsky.social & @joevardon.bsky.social on why Memphis made this choice, what's next for Ja Morant, what's to know about interim Tuomas Iisalo & more: www.nytimes.com/athletic/623...

Bronny James talks Lakers, criticism and what ‘sparked a little something’ in his game www.nytimes.com/athletic/621...

Cavaliers’ record 16th straight win set up by team bonding, football game in Nashville. Reporting from the front lines www.nytimes.com/athletic/620...

Red-hot Cavaliers have won 15 in a row (again), but a difficult stretch looms. If they handle this next test like they have all the others, 70 is in play www.nytimes.com/athletic/619...

Well-balanced Cavaliers barely need MVP candidate Donovan Mitchell in 14th straight win www.nytimes.com/athletic/618...

What's going wrong with the Orlando Magic right now? Almost everything. Story for @theathletic.bsky.social⬇️: www.nytimes.com/athletic/618...

Ernest Hemingway wrote this in 1935…

They were predicted to be just OK. Those same Cavs are the first team in the NBA to clinch a playoff berth, and it is not yet St. Patrick’s Day. How’d they do it? www.nytimes.com/athletic/617...

How Donovan Mitchell and Evan Mobley keyed Cavaliers’ massive comeback against Celtics www.nytimes.com/athletic/616...

The Cavs were already probably going to finish first in the East. Heres why they needed this win over Boston anyway. www.nytimes.com/athletic/616...

‘Special group’ of Cavaliers keeps rolling, prepares to take aim at Celtics www.nytimes.com/athletic/616...

Cavs, Lakers, Thunder, Boston, and Warriors are must-watch basketball right now. Kyrie…wow. Denver. Cade and the Pistons. Grizzlies are back. What/who else?