Ric Bucher FOX Sports NBA Analyst <!--> A lot of growth transpired Wednesday night in Oklahoma City. For the home-team Thunder, it was growing pains. For the Dallas Mavericks, it was growing up — and together.Led by Luka Doncic, who adopted a strikingly more mature

first things first Video Details Nick Wright, Kevin Wildes and Chris Broussard discuss the latest news in sports including the Denver Nuggets win over the Minnesota Timberwolves and New York Knicks win vs. Indiana Pacers in Game 5 of the second round of the NBA

<!--> Nikola Jokic celebrated his third NBA MVP award by scoring 40 points and the Denver Nuggets shut down Anthony Edwards in a 112-97 win over the Minnesota Timberwolves on Tuesday night. That put the reigning NBA champions one win away from the Western Conference finals.Jokic also had 13 assists

Melissa Rohlin FOX Sports NBA Writer <!--> How quickly things can shift.After being down 0-2 in their second round playoff series against the Minnesota Timberwolves, the Denver Nuggets have won two road games in a row, capped by a 115-107 victory in Game 4. Now, things

<!--> Jayson Tatum scored 33 points, Jaylen Brown added 28 and the Boston Celtics looked more like themselves after stumbling at home, beating the Cleveland Cavaliers 106-93 on Saturday night in Game 3 to take a 2-1 lead in the Eastern Conference semifinals.The top-seeded Celtics didn't mess around after dropping

<!--> The Phoenix Suns are reportedly in talks on a deal with the Milwaukee Bucks' Mike Budenholzer to become their new head coach after firing Frank Vogel on Thursday.The Suns dismissed Vogel after one season after the team was swept in the opening round of the NBA playoffs by the

<!--> The Minnesota Timberwolves were without center Rudy Gobert for Game 2 of their Western Conference semifinal series against the reigning NBA champion Denver Nuggets on Monday night.Gobert was back in Minneapolis, where his fiancee gave birth to the couple's son early Monday. (The Nuggets immediately moved from a 6-point