The Latest Breaking News from Eastern Conference

Everything you need to know about Thursday's Game 2 matchup between Boston and Miami.

For four days before the start of these Eastern Conference finals, left with little else to discuss during yet another extended postseason break, coach Erik Spoelstra and his Miami Heat players spoke of the impending need to make the hustle plays, be first to the ball, impose will, take care…

MIAMI — The specter COVID and illness continues to be a factor in the Eastern Conference finals series between the Miami Heat and the Boston Celtics.

Jimmy Butler scored 41 points, and the Miami Heat turned things around with a huge third quarter on the way to beating the shorthanded Boston Celtics 118-107 in Game 1 of the NBA Eastern Conference finals

MIAMI — A potentially seismic shift hit the Eastern Conference finals less than three hours prior to Tuesday night’s start of Game 1 at FTX Arena, when the Boston Celtics announced that forward Al Horford had entered NBA health and safety protocols and would be out for the series opener…

How many games will the Celtics-Heat series last? We answer all the biggest questions ahead of Game 1.

Like the prior East finals collision in 2020 between Miami and Boston, this is likely to be a grimy series for both teams.

This season’s playoffs have been wildly entertaining so far. And there’s more to come with just one round to go before the NBA finals

Miami Heat and Boston Celtics, who have contrasting fortunes in Eastern Conference finals, will take on each other for a place in the 2022 NBA Finals

MIAMI — This is exactly what the Miami Heat wanted, the very type of thing that brought a smile to the face of forward Jimmy Butler after Monday’s practice at FTX Arena.

PHILADELPHIA — Daryl Morey used the word “unlocked” a couple of times when referring to 76ers point guard James Harden.