The Boston Celtics are now 5-2 since Jayson Tatum returned from his Achilles injury earlier this month. He’s stabilized the high-flying Celtics even further, and have helped them truly establish themselves as one of the top contenders from the Eastern Conference.

Our NBA insiders answer the biggest questions facing contenders in the East and West as the regular season winds to a close.

In his 23rd season and at age 41, the four-time NBA champion continues to amaze, and the Lakers are winning, currently sitting third in the Western Conference. The longevity of the Ohio native is something that will be studied long after he retires,

Cunningham, in his fifth season, guided the Pistons to their first playoff appearance in six seasons last year, falling to the Knicks in six games in a tense first-round series. The Pistons last won a playoff series in 2008, which proved to be the last of six straight runs to the Eastern Conference finals.

The studio program will serve as the pregame, halftime and postgame show for highth-profile NBA events on ESPN and ABC. Official release ESPN today unveiled its robust Inside the NBA schedule for the 2025-26 regular season. As previously announced ...