NBA Playoffs: Ranking the Superstar Matchups We Want to See in the First Round Ranking the six NBA superstar matchups we want to see the most in the first round of the 2026 postseason. Sports Illustrated · Apr 12
NBA Playoff Picture: Everything at Stake for Every Seed During Friday’s Games Here’s what every playoff team is playing for during a busy Friday slate. Sports Illustrated · Apr 10
Daniels' Hawks sweat on top-six, Thunder No.1 again Dyson Daniels' Atlanta missed a chance to guarantee their post-season participation in a second-straight home loss, this time to Donovan Mitchell's Cleveland. AAP · Apr 9
NBA Championship Power Rankings: Why These Six Teams Have the Best Shot at Winning a Title Breaking down the six teams left standing in the final edition of SI’s NBA championship power rankings. Sports Illustrated · Apr 8
NBA Playoff Picture: Everything at Stake With Two Weeks Remaining in Regular Season Breaking down everything at stake in the NBA playoff picture with two weeks to go in the regular season. Sports Illustrated · Mar 30
Thunder Loss to Celtics Adds to Troubling Record Against Top Teams—How Much Does It Really Matter? Is the Thunder’s 2–6 record against the top teams in the standings a concern with the playoffs around the corner? We investigate. Sports Illustrated · Mar 26
SI:AM | Timberwolves’ Historic Comeback Caps One of This Season’s Best NBA Games Minnesota beat the Rockets in a game that had everything. Sports Illustrated · Mar 26
NBA Championship Power Rankings: Why the Timberwolves Have Been Eliminated The Timberwolves were the latest team to get eliminated in SI’s weekly NBA championship power rankings. Sports Illustrated · Mar 25
What NBA Rescinding Luka Dončić’s Technical Foul vs. Magic Means for Him, Lakers The NBA has rescinded Luka Dončić’s 16th technical foul of the season, allowing the Los Angeles Lakers’ red-hot star guard to avoid suspension. Sports Illustrated · Mar 22
NBA Championship Power Rankings: Lakers Make a Push to Avoid Elimination The latest edition of SI’s championship power rankings features a rising Lakers team, as well as the elimination of another Western Conference contender. Sports Illustrated · Mar 18
Anthony Edwards Will Miss Up to Two Weeks With Knee Injury As Wolves Jostle for Playoff Seeding The Timberwolves will lose superstar Anthony Edwards for 1-2 weeks due to a knee injury as the Western Conference playoff race heats up. Sports Illustrated · Mar 17
NBA Sets Wheels in Motion to Add Two Western Conference Expansion Teams The league could add two teams by the 2028–29 season. Sports Illustrated · Mar 16
Steph Curry Watching Anthony Edwards Helplessly From Sideline Sums Up Warriors’ Disastrous Slide A viral clip of Steph Curry watching from the sideline as Anthony Edwards scored perfectly encapsulates the Warriors’ recent slide. Sports Illustrated · Mar 14
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander Breaks Wilt Chamberlain Record: When Could Thunder Star’s Feat End? Thunder superstar Shai Gilgeous-Alexander has the most consecutive games with 20 or more points in NBA history. How far could the scoring feat go? Sports Illustrated · Mar 13
Sports Illustrated · Mar 12 Paolo Banchero, Magic Are Officially Worth Monitoring After Recent Surge The start of the season was bad in Orlando, but as the playoffs approach the Magic are growing more threatening by the day.
Sports Illustrated · Mar 12 Kawhi Leonard Caps Off Stellar Game vs. Timberwolves With Hilarious Reaction to Postgame Fight Kawhi Leonard scored 45 points on 75% shooting from the floor to beat the Timberwolves and created a viral moment afterwards. All in a day’s work.
Sports Illustrated · Mar 11 NBA Championship Power Rankings: Jayson Tatum Returns While Another Team Gets Eliminated In the latest edition of SI’s NBA championship power rankings, another team is eliminated as Jayson Tatum’s return shifts the rankings.
Sports Illustrated · Feb 27 Anthony Edwards Clarifies Heated Sideline Moment With Coach in Wolves' Win vs. Clippers Cameras caught Edwards telling something like "That's what I do!" in coach Chris Finch's face.
Sports Illustrated · Feb 26 Adidas Released Fitting Anthony Edwards Ad After He Was Fined by NBA Edwards was handed a $25,000 fine for chucking a ball into the stands on Tuesday.
Sports Illustrated · Feb 26 Young Bulls Star Flatly Rejects Tanking Accusations After Chicago Drops 10th Straight Game Amid Chicago’s free fall out of the play-in race, Matas Buzelis doesn’t want to hear about tanking.
Sports Illustrated · Feb 24 NBA Championship Power Rankings: Breaking Down Every Contender for This Year’s Title Ranking the 12 teams who can call themselves genuine title contenders as the NBA season reaches its stretch run.
Sports Illustrated · Feb 23 How Dillon Brooks’s Injury Affects Suns, Western Conference Playoff Picture Dillon Brooks is out for at least a month with a broken hand. Here’s how it could affect the Suns’ place in the Western Conference playoff picture.
Sports Illustrated · Feb 19 A Basketball Fan’s Guide to Enjoying the Rest of the 2025–26 NBA Season The stretch run of the NBA season can feel like a drag after the All-Star break. But there’s plenty of enjoyment to be found if you know where to look. Here’s a guide to enjoying the final games of this NBA season.
Sports Illustrated · Feb 18 One of College Basketball’s Most Exciting Broadcasters Will Make His NBA Debut Next Week John Fanta, NBC’s lead voice for college basketball, will lend his voice to NBC Sports/Peacock for next week’s Trail Blazers-Timberwolves game.
Sports Illustrated · Feb 16 Five Best Moments From a Shockingly Great 2026 NBA All-Star Game The mini tournament of two American teams and one international team was a pleasant surprise with Anthony Edwards, Kawhi Leonard and Victor Wembanyama stealing the show.