The Larry O'Brien Trophy will once again adorn the court for the home team in the NBA Finals, according to ESPN's Shams Charania.

There were complaints online during last year's NBA Finals that without it the game lacked the feel of an event.

Oklahoma City Thunder and Indiana Pacers face mounting injuries ahead of their anticipated NBA Finals rematch.

The NBA regular season returned on Tuesday night in a big way. The defending champions, the Oklahoma City Thunder, escaped with a double overtime win over the Houston Rockets on banner night. Once again,

ESPN NBA analyst Monica McNutt believes the Golden State Warriors are frontrunners to reach the 2026 NBA Finals.

“The NBA will return to painting the Larry O’Brien trophy at center court and Finals script logo on the home team’s floor for the Finals starting this season, per sources. The last time the large trophy was painted on court was 2009,” reported ESPN NBA insider Shams Charania on X, formerly Twitter.

For the first time since 2009, the large Larry O'Brien Trophy logo and the NBA Finals script logo will be painted on the court, sources told ESPN.

The Sacramento Kings suffered a play-in tournament loss for the second consecutive year last season, as they have failed to make the playoffs since ending their

Former NBA star J.R. Smith opened up about his infamous timeout gaffe while playing alongside LeBron James for the Cleveland Cavaliers in Game 1 of the 2018 NBA Finals against the Golden State Warriors.

The Celtics described Porziņģis' condition as an upper respiratory and non-COVID illness during the Eastern Conference semifinals series with the Knicks. The veteran center played 13 minutes in Game 1 and 12 minutes in Game 5, with coach Joe Mazzulla saying afterward that Porziņģis didn't play in the second half because " he couldn't breathe ."