PHOENIX -- Boston is in a bit of a funk after losing the first two games of its five-game road trip, and a frustrated Kyrie Irving is out $25,000 after throwing a ball into the stands after the latest loss in Denver.

Back-to-back games against the preseason favorite in the Eastern Conference should tell the unbeaten Detroit Pistons how good they really are.

A day after losing a heartbreaker to the Brooklyn Nets, the New York Knicks host one of the Eastern Conference favorites.

TORONTO -- The Boston Celtics and the Toronto Raptors each had a couple of questions answered in their season-opening victories.

BOSTON -- The names have changed, but the rivalry is making a comeback.

Childhood friends and NBA legends Paul Pierce and Baron Davis explain the dilemma facing LeBron James this offseason in an interview with UPI.

It has been six years since LeBron James walked onto the TD Garden parquet and willed the Miami Heat to a elimination-avoiding victory over the Boston Celtics.

LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers face elimination against the Boston Celtics on Friday night in Game 6 of the Eastern Conference finals.

Game 5 of the Eastern Conference finals tips off at 8:30 p.m. Wednesday at TD Garden in Boston.

LeBron James has been Mr. Everything for the Cleveland Cavaliers for much of the 2018 postseason.

The Cleveland Cavaliers have survived so much this season.

LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers know they have to be better in Game 2 of the Eastern Conference finals on Tuesday night at TD Garden.

BOSTON -- All season long, the Houston Rockets and NBA champion Golden State Warriors ran 1-2 in the Western Conference, eventually ending up in the conference finals with little resistance.

Having survived to play at least one more game, the Philadelphia 76ers continue to battle history when they visit the Boston Celtics on Wednesday night.

Heading into Game 4 of their Eastern Conference semifinals game against the Philadelphia 76ers, the Boston Celtics aren't about to get caught looking ahead.