and it did hold the lead for most of Game 1. The Clippers are a sneaky team to target if they can even the series on Monday night. Since the 1996-97 season, every team that has won the NBA Finals ...

Oklahoma City's playoff run got off to a record-setting start. The Thunder opened a 35-point lead in the first half of Game 1 ...

The Thunder responded with an emphatic answer on Sunday in Game 1 of their first-round ... a playoff game since the NBA started tracking play-by-play statistics in 1996-97. James' Cleveland ...

The 51-point margin was seven points shy of the record and was the largest Game 1 win in NBA playoff history ... play-by-play era that goes back to 1996-97. Oklahoma City had 35-point leads ...

Nikola Jokic's 2023 Finals ... 1996-98. How is the NBA Finals MVP decided? The NBA Finals MVP award is determined by a panel of eleven media members, who cast votes following the deciding game ...

A four-time NBA Finals MVP and 21-time All-Star, James has accomplished nearly everything the game of basketball has to offer. While he is already considered by many to be the game's most ...

The NBA Playoffs officially tipped off with a sizzling four-game slate on Saturday. In the night’s finale, the Los Angeles Lakers fell to a heavy defeat in front of their home fans, losing 117 ...

The Thunder opened a 35-point lead in the first half of Game 1 ... finals on May 19, 2017. And the Cavs led Atlanta by 38 points (74-36) in Game 2 of the East semifinals on May 4, 2016. AP NBA ...

The Indiana Pacers open the NBA playoffs with a 117-98 victory over the Milwaukee Bucks in Game 1 of their Eastern Conference series. Pascal Siakam scores 25 points, Myles Turner 19 with 4 blocked ...

That was the biggest first-half lead of any playoff Game 1 in the league's digital play-by-play era that goes back to 1996-97 ... there have been only two NBA playoff games where one team led ...