When Lakers’ fans are throwing around blame for the fact the team they thought would be a contender is struggling for the eight spot, pretty much everyone who does not have a first name of Kobe is a target. But one of the most fired at targets [...]

Welcome to the penultimate PBT power rankings for the season. If you win 12 games in a row you can get the No. 2 spot, but if you asked me to pick who wins a seven game series between the Thunder and Knicks it would look different than this [...]

In today’s world of the Internet and video, if a guy can play we find out about him no matter what small college he attended. But there was a time that if you were Karl Malone at Louisiana Tech or Scottie Pippen from Central Arkansas you could [...]

What do you want from your title contender? A superstar to lead the team? How about Carmelo Anthony with 36 points and 12 rebounds — nine offensive? He took over the league’s scoring title race with that performance. Toughness inside? How [...]

By the time the formal announcement is made, there is no suspense left in who makes the Naismith Hall of Fame. The news has leaked out. Occasionally incorrectly at first, but it leaks out. Still, it’s now official — NBA legends Gary Payton [...]

Jeremy Lin did not shy away from talk of a racial barrier during a recent interview done for ’60 Minutes.’ When asked by Charlie Rose why several PAC-12 schools (at that time, it was still the PAC-10) passed on him, including his [...]

Division titles don’t mean a whole lot in the NBA these days. But for a Clippers franchise that has been mired in mediocrity or worse for the better part of its existence, clinching the first Pacific Division championship in franchise history [...]

What do you want from your title contender? A superstar to lead the team? How about Carmelo Anthony with 36 points and 12 rebounds — nine offensive? He took over the league’s scoring title race with that performance. Toughness inside? How [...]

The Lakers will likely be without Steve Nash for the third straight game on Sunday when they report to Staples Center as the road team for an afternoon matchup against the Clippers. Nash is still being bothered by a hip injury originally sustained [...]

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – The final seconds ticked down on Rick Adelman’s 1,000th career victory, and a season’s worth of hardship and heartache quickly evaporated. As his players surrounded him to celebrate, the 66-year-old basketball [...]

MILWAUKEE (AP) – The Milwaukee Bucks wanted to lock up their playoff spot quickly, and Monta Ellis made sure they did. Ellis had 22 points, nine assists and six steals, and the Bucks clinched their first playoff berth in three seasons [...]

SAN ANTONIO (AP) – Tim Duncan is enjoying a renaissance in his 16th NBA season. The San Antonio Spurs All-Star just calls it a case of experience trumping youth. “I’m old, but I’m slow,” he said. “So I think [...]

DENVER (AP) – Showcasing their depth in stunning fashion, the Denver Nuggets rolled to a season high in points and matched a team record with a 20th consecutive home win despite missing their top two scorers because of injuries. Corey [...]

NEW YORK (AP) – Carmelo Anthony gave fans his own reason to celebrate 40. On the night the Knicks honored the 40th anniversary of their last championship team, Anthony finished with 41 points, tying a franchise record with this third straight [...]

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – It’s been a trying season for Lawrence Frank, both on and off the court. He missed six games to help his wife through an illness and the young Pistons have had trouble getting any traction in his second season [...]

Washington Wizards point guard John Wall (2) defends Indiana Pacers point guard George Hill (3) during the first half at the Verizon Center.

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Jeremy Lin did not shy away from talk of a racial barrier during a recent interview done for ’60 Minutes.’ When asked by Charlie Rose why several PAC-12 schools (at that time, it was still the PAC-10) passed on him, including his [...]

The Clippers are having one of their best seasons in franchise history, but unless it ends in the team’s first NBA title, Blake Griffin is among those who aren’t interested in putting up any banners at the Staples Center to commemorate the [...]

LOS ANGELES (AP) – Dwight Howard got in the way when Mike Conley drove the lane in the waning seconds, doing his delicate best to alter Conley’s potential game-deciding shot without fouling. When Conley couldn’t score over [...]

Bradley Beal walks just fine even though his season is over because of a stress injury to his right fibula, and the rookie shooting guard wasn’t in too much pain to talk Friday. Looking back, should he have tried to play through injuries [...]

If you’re a franchise with a Larry O’Brien trophy — whether you have enough to fill a room like the Celtics or just one like the Mavericks — you should display it (or them) proudly. They do not come easily. So when Ted Leonsis bought [...]

NEW YORK (AP) – Hoping to contend for an NBA title this season, the New York Knicks are honoring their last team to win one. The Knicks assembled most of their 1972-73 championship team for a 40th anniversary celebration Friday. The team [...]

Bernard King, one of the great pure scorers ever to play in the NBA, has finally made it into the basketball Hall of Fame. At least that is the report from the New York Post. Nothing is official until Monday when it all gets announced in New [...]

This was expected, pretty much from the moment we saw the injury and certainly after initial leaks came out about his ACL. But now it is official: Denver’s Danilo Gallinari is out for the remainder of the season with a torn ACL, the team announced. [...]

Tony Parker was a shadow of himself Thursday night — two points on 1-of-6 shooting — and it got so bad, he was hobbling so much, that Gregg Popovich pulled him after just a couple minutes of play in the fourth quarter. Parker has an assortment [...]

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) – Kevin Durant overcame a bruised left calf to score 34 points and Russell Westbrook added 24 points, leading the Oklahoma City Thunder to a 97-75 victory over the Indiana Pacers on Friday. Oklahoma City (56-20) has won [...]

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) – Mike Miller scored a season-high 26 points on seven 3-pointers, and the injury-depleted Miami Heat beat the Charlotte Bobcats 89-79 on Friday night. The Heat won despite playing without stars LeBron James, Dwyane [...]

NEW YORK (AP) – Carmelo Anthony scored 41 points, tying a franchise record with this third straight 40-point game, and the New York Knicks beat the Milwaukee Bucks 101-83 on Friday night for their 11th straight victory. Anthony, who had [...]

It’s not all about that last shot. But that’s still an impressive last shot. If this is a potential four/five seed matchup in in the East — and it would be if the playoffs started tomorrow — it exposed the Nets need to find a way to [...]