Basketball

Thanks to their 119-96 victory over Houston on Saturday night in the play-offs, LeBron James' Lakers won their series 4-1 and landed their ticket to the Western Conference final. A matter of course: determined not to let their series drag on, the Lakers, led by LeBron James on a...

The Boston Celtics dominated defending NBA champion Toronto in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference Semifinals (92-87) on the night of Friday to Saturday. In the West, Denver remains alive and will play Game 6 against the Los Angeles Clippers (111-105). Worn by an excellent Jayson Tatum author...

Toronto, reigning NBA champion, snatched Game 7 in the Eastern Conference semifinals against Boston. In the West, the Los Angeles Clippers made the break and lead 3-1 against Denver Toronto snatched Game 7 against Boston in the semifinals of the NBA Eastern Conference. The Raptors, reigning...

Florent Piétrus announced on Wednesday that he was retiring. Aged 39, the 2013 European champion with the Blues evokes a certain "weariness". The interior Florent Piétrus, one of the pillars of the Tony Parker generation, announced on Wednesday on Twitter that he was retiring from basketball. "I'm...

Milwaukee, the best team in the regular season, was knocked out in the Eastern Conference semifinals by Miami on Tuesday. The march was too high for Milwaukee: without Giannis Antetokounmpo injured, the best team of the regular season was eliminated 4-1 in the conference semifinals by Miami (103-94) which...

The Los Angeles Lakers tied the game at 1-1 with Houston on Sunday in the Western Conference semifinals. Huge, LeBron James notably signed a huge counter on Russell Westbrook. The Los Angeles Lakers quickly reunited on Houston after the loss of the first game, winning 117-109, Sunday in...

On the verge of elimination, Milwaukee won (118-115 ap) against Miami in the playoffs on Sunday without his star Giannis Antetokounmpo. The Bucks are no longer led by 3-1 but remain on a wire. Milwaukee is still breathing. Prematurely deprived of their star Giannis Antetounmpo, victim...

Thanks to a last angry counter from James Harden, Houston qualified for the Western Conference semi-finals at the expense of Oklahoma City (104-102). The Rockets give themselves a shock against the Los Angeles Lakers. James Harden shouted long seconds of rage after his decisive counter on Luguentz Dort...

The Englishman OG Anunoby scored a miraculous shot on Thursday to offer, in half a second, the victory in Toronto against Boston (104-103). The Raptors, reigning champions, are now only 2-1 in the series. A three-point basket at the buzzer of OG Anunoby gave Toronto its first victory...

Miami now leads 2-0 against Milwaukee, one of the favorites for the NBA title, in the Eastern Conference semifinals. A slight fault in the buzzer of Giannis Antetokounmpo, the team's superstar, precipitated the fall of the Bucks. And two for Miami: after an unbreathable end of the game,...