Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James doesn't believe losing the 2025 NBA Finals did anything to hurt the Indiana Pacers' Tyrese Haliburton from a legacy standpoint.

The 2026 NBA Finals will be played with a slightly altered schedule this June, which may result in there being more time between the league crowning its champion and the NBA Draft. Last season's Game 7 between the Oklahoma City Thunder and Indiana Pacers came only 72 hours prior to Cooper Flagg going No. 1 overall in the draft.

The 2026 NBA playoffs will begin on April 18. The 2025-26 regular season wraps up on April 12, giving teams a short break before the postseason tips off. The Play-In Tournament, introduced in 2021 to keep more teams competitive and reduce tanking, determines the final two playoff spots in each conference.

The NBA today announced the schedule for the NBA Finals 2026 presented by YouTube TV. The best-of-seven series tips off Wednesday, June 3. Game 7 is scheduled for Friday, June 19, if necessary.

One Eastern Conference team has an analyst more worried than impressed by the New York Knicks' six-game streak, and it's not the Boston Celtics.

Why Detroit Pistons could learn from Houston Rockets and Orlando Magic ahead of NBA trade deadline. Both teams were ousted in last year's first round.

Metta Sandiford-Artest thanked his therapist on live TV after winning Game 7 of the NBA Finals. Five leadership lessons from the champion who was 15 years ahead of his time.

NBA legend Ralph Sampson believes that the Houston Rockets should rest Kevin Durant more during the back half of the regular season.

Proposed earth-shattering Luka Doncic Lakers trade lands Thunder's $100 million NBA Finals MVP originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. Sunday marks the one-year anniversary of the blockbuster Luka Doncic- Los Angeles Lakers trade.