The Celtics are long gone, but there are still some local connections to root for on both sides of this year’s NBA Finals.

Larry Bird compares himself to anyone. Yet that is what one of the best basketball players of all time did, when talking about Chris Mullin. “He plays the game the way I ...

The Eastern Conference Finals MVP award is one of the NBA’s newer honors, given to the best player in the Eastern Conference ...

The greatest NBA players elevate their teams in the most pivotal moments by demonstrating a team-first mentality, ultimately ...

The Thunder's only NBA finals crown came in 1979 when they were the Seattle Sonics, meaning no Oklahoma-based side has ever ...

As the Indiana Pacers and Oklahoma City Thunder face off, a ranking of the 10 greatest players to win the NBA Finals MVP ...

Players who went head-to-head with him often walked away with more than just bruised egos. They carried tales of "Larry ...

"I've been hiding and I've been living a good life." "I really don't have any more to say," the Hall of Famer pointed out. "I ...

"I really don't buy the papers to read the articles about the team because I know exactly what goes on within the team," Bird ...

Larry Bird saw the NBA explode in popularity during the ‘80s, but behind the rise, he worried live TV broadcasts were ...

He could never say anything that would outdo me … It was always a battle between me and him." Over a 17-year career, Payton ...