Are the Cleveland Cavaliers ready to dethrone the Boston Celtics as the East's best team? The Celtics and Cavaliers both began the season with scorching hot starts, but Boston has since cooled off to almost a concerning level while Cleveland has kept up winning at nearly the same pace.

When it comes to the playoffs, while we are on the topic, Boston is clearly the team with the greater knowledge bank of experience. But the Cavs have made it out of the first round to face Boston in the East semis as recently as last season,

A new blockbuster trade proposal has the Boston Celtics gaining an emerging center in exchange for guard Jaden Springer and a first round pick in the 2030 NBA D

9. Milwaukee Bucks (21-17, LW 9). For all the signs of a turnaround in Milwaukee, this team has yet to beat any of the top three teams in the East (it is 0-8 against Cleveland, Boston and New York). Giannis Antetokounmpo put it bluntly: “Yeah ...

LeBron James has always had a special connection with the Cleveland Cavaliers, the team that drafted him and where he delivered a championship in 2016.

The league-leading Cleveland Cavaliers and west-leading Oklahoma City Thunder clash once again in primetime. Find out how to watch for free.

The loss was Milwaukee's eighth straight this season against the top three teams in the East -- Cleveland, Boston and New York. The Kings aren't among the Western leaders, but their winning streak ...

Cleveland posted an offensive rating of 162.5 in four minutes of clutch time against the Thunder on Wednesday, which raised its clutch time net on the season to +52.4. Another clutch-time win on Thursday raised it, somehow, to 53.4.

The Eastern Conference leaders arrived in Minneapolis having lost two of their three previous NBA games. Read more at straitstimes.com.

OKC is riding a 15-game winning streak going into the matchup that includes wins over the second and third-best teams in the East, the Boston Celtics and New York Knicks. Cleveland has won 10 straight including wins over the Denver Nuggets, Los Angeles ...

The Cavaliers will once again be without starter Evan Mobley and key contributor Isaac Okoro for Monday’s matchup against the visiting Phoenix Suns (3:30 p.m.

Jeff Torborg, the former catcher who caught Sandy Koufax’s perfect game and was the 1990 AL manager of the year with the Chicago White Sox, died Sunday. He was 83.