Michael Charles

2 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Michael Charles |Lukas Weese

2 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Michael Charles |Austin Green

The Oklahoma City Thunder beat the Minnesota Timberwolves 114-88 at home Tuesday night, taking a 1-0 series lead over Minnesota as the fight for a spot in the NBA Finals began. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander led the Thunder in scoring with 31 points, adding nine assists and five rebounds. Minnesota kept it close in the first half, but Oklahoma City secured its first double-digit lead in the final few minutes of the third quarter and stayed in control until the buzzer.

2 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Michael Charles |Lukas Weese

What's up basketball fans! Welcome to our live coverage of Game 1 of the Eastern Conference finals between the Indiana Pacers and New York Knicks from Madison Square Garden. New York City will be jumping tonight as the last time the Knicks made the ECF was 2000 and ironically, their opponent in that series? Who else but the Pacers. These two teams also battled in the second round last season, a series Indiana won in seven games.

3 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Michael Charles |Austin Green

Hello basketball fans and welcome to our live coverage of Game 6 of this Western conference semifinal between the Thunder and Nuggets from Ball Arena in Denver. Despite Jamal Murray and Nikola Jokic combining for 72 points, the Nuggets were unable to win a critical Game 5 on the road as the Thunder overcame a nine-point deficit in the fourth quarter to take a 3-2 series lead. Can Denver force a Game 7 tonight or will Oklahoma City advance to the Western Conference Finals?

3 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Michael Charles

By The AthleticLast year's beaten NBA finalists are 3-1 up on the Golden State Warriors, still without star Steph Curry after his game 1 hamstring injury. One more win will secure the Timberwolves a conference final place against either the Thunder or the Nuggets. Follow along right here for all the action as it happens from Minneapolis.