A dominating effort on the boards and a great performance by the bench helped the Denver Nuggets overcome a below-par effort from an ailing Carmelo Anthony.
The Nuggets beat the Los Angeles Lakers 120-101 on Monday night, evening the Western Conference finals at two games apiece.
Chauncey...
Pau Gasol wants the ball inside against the Denver Nuggets. Only he’s not about to pull a Keyshawn Johnson and order his Los Angeles Lakers teammates to “just give me the damn ball.”
That’s not the Spaniard’s way.
Gasol is all about finesse on and off...
Cleveland Cavaliers centre Ben Wallace is upset with Orlando coach Stan Van Gundy for accusing him of flopping.
Van Gundy said Monday he was bothered by the number of times Cleveland guard Mo Williams and Wallace dropped to the floor in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference finals. He...
Superman swooped in just in time.
Dwight Howard scored 10 points in overtime and the Orlando Magic, raining down 3-pointers like a Florida thunderstorm, withstood 44 points and a last-second shot by LeBron James for a 116-114 win over the Cleveland Cavaliers on Tuesday night to take...
Dressed in black, the imposing seven-foot player sat near the floor for Game 4 like a casual NBA fan. He was hardly one.
Around here, Shaquille O’Neal means much more.
He represents the link to Orlando’s glorious past, however brief it may be. Shaq, a basket-breaking behemoth...
It’s just the beginning, but for the Toronto Raptors and the rest of the NBA, it’s as good a place to start as any.
Tonight, the first big event of the off-season gets under way with the draft lottery held at the NBA’s television studios in Secaucus, N.J.
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oronto Raptors point guard Jose Calderon is taking off the summer.
The Spanish national team star announced his plans on his website Sunday, marking the first summer since he joined the Raptors for the 2005-06 season that he didn’t play for his country. It will also be the first...
Chinese basketball fans are already gleefully predicting Yao Ming will join LeBron James at the Cleveland Cavaliers after reports a Hong Kong-based company is set to take a minority share in the NBA franchise. U.S. media reported over the weekend that New World Development Company...
Orlando Magic centre Dwight Howard had his technical foul from Game 4 of the Eastern Conference finals rescinded by the NBA.
Howard was given his sixth technical of the playoffs for taunting Anderson Varejao after a layup in the third quarter of the Magic’s 116-114 overtime...
The Lakers owned the fourth quarter against Denver. Now they have a 3-2 lead in the Western Conference finals.
Kobe Bryant scored 22 points, Lamar Odom had 19 points and 14 rebounds and Pau Gasol added 14 points and 10 rebounds in Los Angeles’ 103-94 victory Wednesday night.
Game...
