Nikola Jokic celebrated his third MVP award by scoring 40 points and outdueling Defensive Player of the Year Rudy Gobert in the Nuggets’ Game 5 win over the Timberwolves on Tuesday night.
The Brooklyn Nets are retiring the No. 15 jersey of Vince Carter, the high-flying guard who will be enshrined this year in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.
Despite dropping their past three games and seeing their impenetrable defense from the regular season be picked apart by Nikola Jokic and the Nuggets, the Wolves say they still have life in them.
The Celtics got 25 points from Jayson Tatum and advanced to their third straight Eastern Conference finals with a 113-98 win over the Cavs on Wednesday night.
Cale Makar scored two goals, and the Avalanche beat Dallas 5-3 in Game 5 on Wednesday night, snapping their three-game losing streak and extending the Western Conference semifinal series.