Ben Golliver

Los Angeles

National NBA Writer

Education: Johns Hopkins University; BA in Writing Seminars

Ben Golliver joined The Washington Post as the National NBA Writer in 2018. An Oregon native, Golliver launched his professional basketball writing career with the self-published "Draft Kevin Durant" blog, which documented the 2007 NBA Draft and the Portland Trail Blazers. He has since covered the NBA for more than a decade for Blazersedge.com, CBSSports.com and Sports Illustrated. As a senior writer at Sports Illustrated, Golliver penned multiple magazine cover stories. In 2021, he wrote his first book, "Bubbleball," about his 93-day stay inside the NBA's Disney World bubble during the 2019
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Rockets agree to hire Ime Udoka as coach

The former Celtics coach, who was suspended for the season because of an improper relationship with a team employee, is getting another shot at a bench job.

April 24, 2023

Last summer’s star trades haven’t paid off in NBA playoffs

The Minnesota Timberwolves, Atlanta Hawks and Cleveland Cavaliers haven't seen the payoff from their big trades in the postseason.

April 24, 2023

What to know about the 2023 NBA playoffs (scores and schedule)

The who, what, when, where and why of the 2023 postseason.

April 24, 2023

Warriors survive Stephen Curry’s timeout blunder, even series with Kings

In a Chris Webber-esque gaffe, Curry took a timeout his team didn't have, but the Warriors held on for a 126-125 win in Game 4 when the Kings' last shot missed.

April 23, 2023

Dillon Brooks’s trash talk to LeBron James turns flagrant in ugly loss

The Grizzlies guard was ejected for his shot to the groin of the Lakers star, but avoided a suspension for Monday night's Game 4.

April 23, 2023

Sixers’ Joel Embiid to miss Game 4 vs. Nets with right knee sprain

The Philadelphia big man will miss his team's chance to sweep the Brooklyn Nets out of the NBA playoffs Saturday after suffering the knee injury in Thursday's Game 3 win.

April 21, 2023

Kawhi Leonard’s knee sprain sends Clippers back to square one. Again.

Ever since Leonard and Paul George, the other franchise centerpiece, arrived in 2019, the talented duo has been unable to get aligned when it matters most.

April 21, 2023

Draymond Green had another playoff meltdown, and now he’ll miss Game 3

Green’s stomp on the chest of Sacramento Kings center Domantas Sabonis led to him being suspended from Game 3 of their first-round series.

April 18, 2023

NBA playoff panic meter: Grizzlies, Hawks and Cavaliers should be worried

A look at how concerned each of the eight losing teams should be after Game 1.

April 17, 2023

Kings end 17-year playoff drought with a Game 1 win over the Warriors

In raucous Sacramento, the party kept going after the Kings won their playoff opener.

April 16, 2023