Indiana native Eric Shanks can’t remember exactly when the rite of passage began of traveling to Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

New York down by 20 on Monday.

Cleveland left no doubt on its way to Round 2 — and finished off the most lopsided series in NBA playoff history.

This season's NBA All-Star Game is going back to its roots with an Eastern Conference-Western Conference format.

ORLANDO – Heat head coach Erik Spoelstra had high praise for guard Goran Dragic on Sunday. Spoelstra talked about Dragic as one of the leaders of the Heat. After Saturday’s win over the Pacers, Dragic said he learned leadership from other Heat greats including Dwyane Wade, Chris Bosh and Udonis Haslem. Then on many of his teams in the NBA and with us, he was the leader by example. The Heat lead the Pacers 3-0 and will hope to end the series on Monday at 6:30 p.m.

MIAMI The NBA released the Heats playoff schedule for Round 1 on Thursday night. The Heat and Pacers will begin their No. The games will be played inside the Orlando bubble, so neither team has a home court advantage. Heres a list of the dates and times:Game 1 Tuesday 8/18 4 p.m.Game 2 Thursday 8/20 1 p.m.Game 3 Saturday 8/22 3:30 p.m.Game 4 Monday 8/24 6:30 p.m. If necessary (times to be determined)Game 5 Wednesday 8/26Game 6 Friday 8/28Game 7 Sunday 8/30