C.J. Holmes

1 week ago | nydailynews.com | C.J. Holmes

Prospects had until Wednesday to withdraw their names from the 2025 NBA Draft. After numerous Top 60 players chose to return to college for the next season, one of the deepest draft classes in recent memory has significantly thinned out. The lottery remains packed with talent at the top, featuring players like Duke’s Cooper Flagg, Rutgers’ Dylan Harper and Ace Bailey, Baylor’s VJ Edgecombe and Texas’ Tre Johnson. However, late-first and second-round prospects are withdrawing rapidly.

1 week ago | nydailynews.com | C.J. Holmes

Despite their underdog mindset, the Indiana Pacers have thrived in clutch moments this postseason, performing like true champions when the stakes are highest. Before their 106-100 loss to the Knicks in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference Finals on Sunday at Gainbridge Fieldhouse — where they squandered a 20-point lead — Rick Carlisle’s squad was a perfect 7-0 in clutch-time games during these playoffs. “Poor job closing the third quarter,” Carlisle told reporters after Game 3.

2 weeks ago | nydailynews.com | C.J. Holmes

With Boston Celtics star Jayson Tatum sidelined for the rest of the Eastern Conference Semifinals, Jaylen Brown was forced to step up Friday night inside Madison Square Garden, inheriting the mantle of Superman once more with his team on the brink of elimination. His early performance in the Celtics’ 119-81 Game 6 loss against the Knicks was nothing short of heroic. Brown accounted for all five of Boston’s points five minutes into the game. After eight minutes, he had eight of the team’s 10 points.

2 weeks ago | sports.yahoo.com | Peter Sblendorio |C.J. Holmes

About an hour before Game 6 at Madison Square Garden, Spike Lee summed it up succinctly. “Too long,” the Oscar-winning filmmaker and decades-long Knicks superfan told the Daily News from his courtside seat. AdvertisementToo long since the Knicks had played a game this meaningful at the Garden. Too long since they delivered a deep playoff run. Just too long. But on Friday night, in front of a deafening sellout crowd, the Knicks met the moment.

2 weeks ago | nydailynews.com | C.J. Holmes

The Boston Celtics have been unstoppable in the playoffs since falling to the Miami Heat in Game 7 of the 2023 Eastern Conference Finals. They’ve since won an NBA championship, notched 61 regular-season wins in 2024-25, and defeated the Orlando Magic in five games last month. Joe Mazzulla’s Celtics, long the hunters, are now the hunted. They faced elimination in Game 6 of the Eastern Conference Semifinals on Friday at Madison Square Garden.