Everton and West Ham are tied in points. One side will try to take the edge in their showdown on Saturday morning.

2008 — The Houston Rockets’ 22-game winning streak comes to an end. Kevin Garnett scores 22 points and Paul Pierce adds 20 as the Celtics beat the Rockets 94-74, stopping Houston’s remarkable run.

However, this wouldn’t last long. By 1955, the NBA had just eight teams. So the top three teams in each division made the playoffs, with each division utilizing a double “round robin” format.

Oscar Robertson − who led Crispus Attucks High School in Indianapolis to the 1955 state championship (the first with an all-Black roster), became the first NBA player to average a triple-double ...

Over the years, the NBA playoffs have seen significant changes. Evolving with the league itself, initially the playoffs were ...

The MIAA boys’ basketball state finals will take center stage at Lowell’s Tsongas Center this weekend with five matchups spread over three days.

The DB24, built in 1955, was discovered at a property in Gloucestershire ... Beneath a Forest Shaquille O'Neal Says It's Time to Put NBA Superstar in GOAT Debate World’s biggest iceberg runs ...

It was 1955 and there was a sense of renewed optimism. A new, young monarch, Queen Elizabeth II, had acceded the throne; rationing was over and the queues and scarcities which had blighted the ...

1955 — Boston beats Milwaukee 62-57 at Providence ... 1959 — The Boston Celtics beat the Minneapolis Lakers 173-139 as seven NBA records fall. The Celtics set records for most points (179), most ...

A multidimensional player, Johnston used his athletic talent to lead the NBA in scoring (1953, 1954, 1955), rebounding (1955), and field goal percentage (1953, 1956, 1957)." "For five consecutive ...

1996 — The Philadelphia 76ers have the worst NBA offensive performance in 41 years in their 66-57 loss to Miami. The 76ers tie the record for fewest points, set Feb. 27, 1955, by Milwaukee in a 62-57 ...

The NBA’s launch was actually the result of a previous merger, and its early years consisted of heavy contraction, from 17 teams at its launch down to as few as eight for the 1954-1955 season.