*A new track from The Roots doubles as the exclusive theme song for this year’s NBA Finals. The fitting “Champion,” with such never-say die lyrics as “You work hard till you’re better off. 24/7/365.

Toppin averaged 9.4 points, 3.8 rebounds and 1.3 assists through 23 games in the 2025 NBA playoffs. The athletic forward was particularly impressive in the seven-game Finals series against the Thunder ...

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

At the time, Silver admitted that the NBA did plan to revisit the concept of having logos painted on the court at a later ...