Giannis Antetokounmpo

Injuries to two-time NBA MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo, two-time All-Star Ja Morant and Tyler Herro in the span of a couple of hours knocked them out of their playoff openers.

Tatum took home 11 of the 12 votes for the award, with Mitchell earning the other through a fan vote.

MarJon Beauchamp’s journey to the NBA has been fraught with so much adversity, he questioned whether he’d even have the opportunity to get here.

Grant Williams scored a career-high 27 points and hit seven 3-pointers, Jayson Tatum added 23 and Boston set a Game 7 record with 22 3-pointers to eliminate the NBA champion Bucks 109-81 on Sunday in the Eastern Conference semifinals.

Khris Middleton scored 40 points, including 10 straight for the Milwaukee Bucks down the stretch to send them past the Phoenix Suns, 109-103 in Game 4 of the NBA Finals.

Khris Middleton, Giannis Antetokounmpo lead Milwaukee Bucks to critical Game 4 win over the Phoenix Suns with clutch performances down the stretch.

Giannis Antetokounmpo had 41 points, 13 rebounds and six assists and the Milwaukee Bucks pounded Phoenix 120-100, cutting the Suns’ lead to 2-1 in the NBA Finals.

After a big 3rd quarter, the Bucks would be able to close things out in the 4th. Phoenix would never really dug into the double-digit lead, and Milwaukee was able to close out on their first NBA Finals victory. Now down 2-1 in this series, Milwaukee will look to even things up Wednesday in Game 4.

In his first career NBA Finals game, Chris Paul directed the Phoenix Suns to a 118-105 victory against the Milwaukee Bucks in game 1.

Hawks couldn't stop the Bucks' relentless assault on the rim Thursday night. Milwaukee takes 3-2 series lead.