After completing his four-year college career, Payne was drafted No. 15 overall by the Atlanta Hawks in the 2014 NBA Draft.

Antetokounmpo scored 24 points and had 13 rebounds and 12 assists while Jrue Holiday scored 25 points and Bobby Portis had 15 points.

The Grizzlies advanced to the playoffs for the first time in seven years, this time to meet the impressive Golden State Warriors for Game 1 in Memphis on Sunday.

Joel Embiid scored 33 points and had 10 rebounds while James Harden dropped 22 points and had an impressive 15 assists.

The Warriors, thriving with the support from their raucous home crowd in their first close-out playoff game at Chase Center, advanced to play the winner of the Memphis-Minnesota se...

Tyler Herro scored 16, Max Strus scored 15 and Caleb Martin added 10 for the top-seeded Heat, who got the clincher with Butler and Lowry sitting out with injuries.

The Celtics were under .500 at the midpoint of their season but went 31-10 from there, with Tatum emerging as the potent scorer on one of the NBA's best defensive teams.

The Nuggets became the league's first team ever to overcome 3-1 deficits in consecutive series two years ago when they bounced the Jazz and Clippers.

Curry and Poole scored 27 points each and Klay dropped 26 points while Nikola Jokic finished with 37 points and 18 rebounds.

Jaylen Brown scored 22 points and Jayson Tatum added 19 points for the Celtics as their team held Durant without a basket in the second half.