Only one franchise can leave the NBA playoffs as the champion, but some playoff losses can leave an especially sour taste.

The defending champion Celtics were eliminated from the playoffs on Friday, having been blown out by the Knicks in Game ...

All season long, through losses to the Celtics and Cavaliers and Thunder and Lakers, we had talked about how they didn’t show up against the best teams in the league. That has all changed now. On ...

The Celtics star appeared to take the team’s Eastern Conference semifinals loss to the Knicks rather hard after the division ...

The New York Knicks nearly ended their lengthy Eastern Conference finals drought last year, only to lose on their home floor ...

The Celtics didn't care about the cost of retaining their championship core after their dominant 2024 NBA Finals triumph last ...

The Pacers and Knicks meet in the 2025 Eastern Conference Finals, marking the ninth playoffs meeting between the two. The ...

New York unloaded 25 years of frustration on Boston in a 119-81 blowout, and now questions will swirl over the future of this ...

The New York Knicks and Indiana Pacers will battle to determine who represents the Eastern Conference in the NBA Finals. Here ...

Game 6 of the Eastern Conference semifinals, which was between the Boston Celtics and the New York Knicks, transformed ...

Boston was eliminated from the NBA playoffs two games after its best player went down. It must take a longer view while he ...

The underdog New York Knicks stun Boston Celtics to reach Eastern Conference finals, overcoming a 20-point deficit and ...