Vince Carter had 25 points, Dwight Howard finished with 15 points and 16 rebounds and the Orlando Magic beat the Lakers 96-94 on Sunday to hand Los Angeles its first three-game

The Cleveland Cavaliers NBA team will attempt to set a new Guinness World Record during their game against the Detroit Pistons by endeavoring to get as many

Local and federal authorities are searching for former San Antonio Spurs player Alvin Robertson, who is wanted in connection with a sex trafficking ring that

San Antonio Spurs guard George Hill, a first-round draft pick from 2008, is getting attention for more than his skills on the court.

Kobe Bryant scored on a breakaway dunk with 4:14 left in the third quarter Monday night to pass Jerry West as the career leading scorer for the Los Angeles

When it comes to size, the New York Towers, an all-dwarf basketball team, aren't letting that get in the way of making it to the NBA — the half-time show, that

His New York fans may have deserted him, but former Knicks star Stephon Marbury is already winning new friends in the grimy coal city of Taiyuan, China, The

President Barack Obama welcomed the NBA champion Los Angeles Lakers to the White House today. Obama commended the players not only for athletic achievements,

Los Angeles Lakers superstar Kobe Bryant is the 15th player in NBA history to reach 25,000 career points and the youngest to hit the milestone.

Blake Griffin's broken left kneecap has been repaired by surgery that will keep the Los Angeles Clippers' No. 1 overall draft pick out for the rest of the

Given the choice of spending your career in southern Spain or northern Toronto, which would you pick? If you're an NBA player coming from southern Europe

Kobe Bryant scored 30 points, Pau Gasol returned from a six-game injury absence with 20 points and six rebounds, and the Lakers re-established their dominance

Former NBA star Jayson Williams has pleaded guilty to aggravated assault and agreed to serve at least 18 months in prison for accidentally killing a limousine

LeBron James had 41 points and 10 rebounds as the Cleveland Cavaliers held off a fourth-quarter Portland rally to beat the Trail Blazers 106-94 on Sunday.

J.J. Redick scored 17 points in place of an injured Vince Carter, and the Orlando Magic ended a four-game losing streak with a 113-81 victory over the Atlanta

Brandon Roy scored 32 points and the Portland Trail Blazers won their ninth straight at home against the Los Angeles Lakers with a 107-98 victory on Friday

The New York Knicks pulled out a 97-93 victory over the Charlotte Bobcats with a late flurry of 3-pointers in the NBA on Thursday.

Prosecutors say former NBA star Jayson Williams told a New York City police officer he was "sorry for causing trouble" about an hour after he crashed his SUV

The resurgent Clippers held off the Lakers to win 102-91 on Wednesday, snapping a nine-game losing streak in the NBA's battle of Los Angeles.

Gilbert Arenas was suspended without pay Wednesday by NBA commissioner David Stern, who determined the player's behavior made him "not currently fit to take

Andrew Bynum scored 11 of his 24 points in the fourth quarter as the Los Angeles Lakers fought back to beat the Houston Rockets 88-79 on Tuesday, notching

Dwyane Wade had 28 points and eight rebounds, and Michael Beasley scored 20 of his 22 points in the first half as the Miami Heat took control in the opening

NBA player Jayson Williams is facing DWI charges after smashing his black Mercedes SUV into a tree in an early morning crash, according to the New York Post. 

NBA star Gilbert Arenas admitted Monday that he pulled a pistol out in the Washington Wizards' locker room. Arenas also apologized for his lack of judgment.

Allen Iverson scored 17 points and Elton Brand added 16 as the Philadelphia 76ers held off a furious rally to beat the injury-riddled Denver Nuggets 108-105 on

Tim Duncan scored 23 points and reserve Roger Mason Jr. added a season-high 20 to lead the San Antonio Spurs to a 97-86 victory Saturday night over the

The Washington Wizards never told the National Basketball Association that two of its players drew guns on each other in a locker-room dispute over a gambling

Kobe Bryant hit yet another buzzer-beating 3-pointer and finished with 39 points as the Los Angeles Lakers overcame a 20-point deficit to beat the Sacramento

Anderson Varejao made his first career 3-pointer with 17.2 seconds left to celebrate Cavaliers teammate LeBron James' 25th birthday and give Cleveland a

The Cleveland Cavaliers held Atlanta scoreless for almost nine minutes to open the fourth quarter to break open a close game and beat the Hawks 95-84 in the

Amare Stoudemire scored 26 points and Jared Dudley matched his career best with 19 as the Phoenix Suns sent the Los Angeles Lakers to their second loss in

Baron Davis hit a long, fallaway jump shot at the buzzer as the Los Angeles Clippers dramatically snapped the Boston Celtics' nine-game road winning streak

Tyrus Thomas returned from injury to score 21 points, Joakim Noah added 17 points and 18 rebounds, and the Chicago Bulls capped an eventful week with a 96-85

Los Angeles Lakers All-Star forward Ron Artest suffered a concussion from the fall he took on Christmas night after he tripped on a box and fell down a flight

After the Cleveland Cavaliers made the defending NBA champions look ordinary, the Los Angeles Lakers' fans threw up their foam hands in frustration.

Mo Williams scored 28 points, LeBron James added 26 and the Cleveland Cavaliers beat Los Angeles 102-87 Friday in a game that ended with angry Lakers fans throwing dozens of foam

The Boston Celtics don't expect Paul Pierce back any time soon.

Reserve J.R. Smith scored a season-high 41 points, hitting 10 3-pointers, to power the Denver Nuggets to a 124-104 win over the Atlanta Hawks in the NBA on

Spanish power forward Pau Gasol has agreed to a three-year contract extension with the Los Angeles Lakers, and he's hoping Kobe Bryant follows his lead.

The Portland TrailBlazers finished over the top of the Dallas Mavericks to win 85-81 in Tuesday's clash of two of the top teams in the NBA's Western

Tyreke Evans and the Sacramento Kings pulled off an incredible comeback, rallying from 35 points down in the second half to stun the Chicago Bulls 102-98 on

Tim Thomas took Dirk Nowitzki's spot in the starting lineup and did a nice impression with 22 points, helping the Dallas Mavericks beat the Cleveland Cavaliers

Kobe Bryant had 29 points and 10 rebounds to lead the Los Angeles Lakers to a 103-84 victory over the New Jersey Nets on Saturday night in a matchup of the

Elton Brand had 23 points and eight rebounds, giving Philadelphia the lead on a tip-in with 7.7 seconds left, and the 76ers snapped Boston's 11-game win streak

Denver's Carmelo Anthony scored 38 points — his fifth straight 30-plus point performance — as the Nuggets overcame the loss of star guard Chauncey Billups to

The Phoenix Suns improved to a perfect 9-0 home record with a 116-104 win over the San Antonio Spurs in Tuesday's NBA action.

The Boston Celtics won their 11th straight game and extended their lead in the NBA standings with a 110-105 win over the Memphis Grizzlies on Monday.

LeBron James scored a season-high 44 points and Mo Williams hit a backbreaking halfcourt shot in the fourth quarter to help the Cleveland Cavaliers close out a

Rajon Rondo had 16 points and 14 assists, and the Boston Celtics won their 10th straight, beating the struggling Chicago Bulls 106-80 on Saturday.

LeBron James scored 33 points, Anderson Varejao had a season-high 22 and the Cleveland Cavaliers rebounded from consecutive sloppy road losses with a 104-99

The Utah Jazz shook off an embarrassing defeat the previous day to beat the NBA's Eastern Conference leader Orlando Magic 120-111 on Thursday.

Rodney Stuckey scored 27 points and hit the winner with 8.7 seconds left to lead the Detroit Pistons to a 90-86 win over Philadelphia on Wednesday, the 76ers'

Josh Howard looked sharp coming off a 13-game break after ankle surgery, scoring 18 of his 20 points in the second half to lead the Dallas Mavericks to a

Chauncey Billups scored 31 points and Carmelo Anthony had 14 to help the Denver Nuggets spoil Allen Iverson's return to Philadelphia with a 93-83 win over the

Kobe Bryant scored 26 points, and Ron Artest added 15 points and five steals as the Los Angeles Lakers raced away from the Phoenix Suns in the second half of

Kobe Bryant scored 26 points, Ron Artest added 15 points and five steals, and the Los Angeles Lakers raced away from the Phoenix Suns in the second half of their ninth straight

Brandon Roy had 28 points and scored the winning basket to help Portland beat Houston 90-89 on Saturday night after the Trail Blazers lost center Greg Oden to

Portland center Greg Oden will likely miss the season after fracturing his left knee cap during a game against Houston on Saturday night.

The New Jersey Nets won for the first time this season, ending the worst start in NBA history at 18 losses by beating the Charlotte Bobcats 97-91 on Friday

The Boston Celtics won their sixth straight NBA game with a 90-83 victory over the San Antonio Spurs on Thursday.

In Cleveland, Shaquille O'Neal scored 12 points against his former team, helping Cleveland down Phoenix.

They are off to the worst start in NBA history, and the New Jersey Nets might not have hit bottom yet.

Allen Iverson is rejoining the Philadelphia 76ers. Sixers president Ed Stefanski announced the signing Wednesday on the team's Web site. Iverson is expected to

The Miami Heat took control from the start to record a 107-100 win over the Portland Trail Blazers in the NBA on Tuesday.

Jason Terry made a 17-footer with 1.4 seconds left, Dirk Nowitzki had 28 points and the Dallas Mavericks handed the Philadelphia 76ers their seventh straight

The New Jersey Nets matched the worst start to an NBA season with their 17th straight loss Sunday night, with Kobe Bryant scoring 30 points in the Los Angeles Lakers' 106-87

The New Jersey Nets fired coach Lawrence Frank on Sunday after losing their first 16 games during one of the worst starts in NBA history.

Mo Williams made all seven of his 3-point attempts, LeBron James scored 25 points with 12 assists and the Cleveland Cavaliers rebounded from a lackluster loss

Pau Gasol scored 22 points to lead seven players in double figures and also had 12 rebounds, and the Los Angeles Lakers won their fifth straight game with a 130-97 victory over

Carmelo Anthony scored a career-high 50 points, and the Denver Nuggets beat the New York Knicks 128-125 Friday night for their 17th straight regular-season

Antawn Jamison had 32 points and 14 rebounds to lead Washington past the Philadelphia 76ers 108-107 on Tuesday, hours after the death of Wizards owner Abe

Abe Pollin, the longtime owner of the Washington Wizards, has died. He was 85. Pollin and his wife, Irene, are the longest-tenured owners in the NBA.  He's

Tim Duncan had 24 points and 12 rebounds as the San Antonio Spurs halted the Milwaukee Bucks' three-game winning streak with a 112-98 victory Monday.

Kevin Garnett made a jumper to beat the overtime buzzer, giving the Boston Celtics a 107-105 victory over the New York Knicks on Sunday.

Kobe Bryant scored 26 points, including an astonishing basket from behind the backboard, and the Los Angeles Lakers cruised to a 101-85 rout of the Oklahoma City Thunder on Sunday

Al Harrington and Danilo Gallinari each scored 17 points, and the New York Knicks beat the winless New Jersey Nets 98-91 on Saturday.

Vince Carter scored 26 points, Rashard Lewis had 16 points and 10 rebounds, and the Orlando Magic beat the Boston Celtics 83-78 on Friday night.

Clippers longtime play-by-play announcer Ralph Lawler and color analyst Michael Smith were suspended one game by the Fox Sports Prime Ticket cable network for their comments about

UCLA starting forward Nikola Dragovic was suspended for the Bruins' game against Cal State Bakersfield on Friday night following his arrest.

Retired NBA star Jayson Williams will not be in a New Jersey courtroom Friday to enter a plea in the 2002 shooting death of a driver.

Pau Gasol had 24 points and 13 rebounds in his season debut as the Los Angeles Lakers downed the Chicago Bulls 108-93 in the NBA on Thursday.

The Atlanta Hawks reclaimed a share of the lead in the NBA standings with a 105-90 win over the Miami Heat on Wednesday.

If NBA superstar LeBron James truly believes he can help the Cleveland Browns, coach Eric Mangini has an orange helmet waiting for him.

The Phoenix Suns recovered from a slow start to get a 111-105 win over the Houston Rockets in the NBA on Tuesday, rallying from a double-digit deficit to

Dirk Nowitzki hit a 18-foot fallaway as time expired in overtime to give the Dallas Mavericks a 115-113 victory over the Milwaukee Bucks on Monday night.

The Golden State Warriors found a home for the disgruntled swingman Stephen Jackson on Monday, sending him to the Charlotte Bobcats in a four-player deal that

Aaron Brooks scored a career-high 33 points as the Houston Rockets beat Los Angeles 101-91 on Sunday night, sending the the NBA champion Lakers to a second

Brandon Jennings scored 55 points, breaking Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's franchise rookie record, to lead the Milwaukee Bucks to a come-from-behind 129-125 victory

Carmelo Anthony got the better of Ron Artest, scoring 25 points in 29 minutes and leading the Denver Nuggets past the Los Angeles Lakers 105-79 Friday night.

LeBron James and Dwyane Wade put on a show in their first showdown of the season, as James scored 34 points to help the Cleveland Cavaliers beat the Miami Heat

LeBron James scored 36 points and Shaquille O'Neal provided an inside presence as the Cleveland Cavaliers beat the Orlando Magic 102-93 on Wednesday in a

Chauncey Billups hit the go-ahead free throw with six-tenths of a second left as the Denver Nuggets beat the Chicago Bulls 90-89 on Tuesday after a potential

NBA Hall of Famer Kareem Abdul-Jabbar disclosed in an interview published on Tuesday that he suffers from a rare form of leukemia, but the Lakers legend said

NEW YORK (AP) — Basketball great Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is being treated for a rare form of leukemia, and he said his prognosis is encouraging.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Jason Richardson scored 29 points, while Steve Nash added 21 points and equaled his season-high with 20 assists as the Phoenix Suns beat

Jason Richardson scored 22 points and Steve Nash had 17 assists as the Phoenix Suns maintained their dominance of the Washington Wizards with a 102-90 victory

CLEVELAND (AP) — Luol Deng scored 15 points and helped stop LeBron James on a drive in the final seconds as the Chicago Bulls ended Cleveland's three-game

ORLANDO, Florida (AP) — Ryan Anderson had 20 and 10 rebounds and Dwight Howard scored 25 as the short-handed Orlando Magic defeated the previously unbeaten