The Portland Trail Blazers overcame Carmelo Anthony’s season high-tying 45 points and spoiled Amare Stoudemire’s season debut, beating the New York Knicks 105-100 on Tuesday night.
Coach of the month in November, out of a job by New Year’s.
New York’s Carmelo Anthony and three others were thrown out of a foul-filled game, and the Chicago Bulls beat the Knicks for the second time this season, 110-106 on Friday night.
Mike D’Antoni never built the team he wanted in New York. Now he looks at the Knicks and sees what he would like his Lakers to become.
D’Antoni returns to Madison Square Garden on Thursday for the first time since resigning as Knicks coach last March, hoping to see the type of performance his new team hasn’t demonstrated nearly enough.
Gregg Popovich sent his best players home, deciding they reached the end of the road before the trip was over. For that, and for keeping it a secret, the San Antonio Spurs were fined $250,000 by the NBA on Friday. Commissioner David Stern said the Spurs “did a disservice to the league and our fans” [...]
LeBron James against Kobe Bryant, the dream NBA Finals that’s never become a reality. Maybe this is the year. James’ Miami Heat are on top of the league and got even stronger this summer, but nobody loaded up like the Lakers, who acquired Dwight Howard and Steve Nash. One team or the other has appeared [...]
The Oklahoma City Thunder have traded Sixth Man of the Year James Harden to the Houston Rockets, breaking up the young core of the Western Conference champions.
NBA Commissioner David Stern will retire on Feb. 1, 2014, 30 years after he took charge of the league. He will be replaced by Deputy Commissioner Adam Silver.
Paul Pierce scored 18 points despite briefly leaving with an ankle injury, and the Boston Celtics spoiled the Brooklyn Nets’ return to national TV with a 115-85 exhibition victory Thursday night.
One 3-pointer after another, Kevin Durant shot down Argentina — and perhaps the notion that defense wins championships.
The United States men’s basketball team tuned up for the Olympics with a 113-59 rout of the Dominican Republic in an exhibition game on Thursday.
The Kentucky Wildcats became the first college to have its players selected with the first two picks in the NBA draft and tied a record with six players taken overall Thursday.
The Miami Heat won the NBA Finals on Thursday, defeating the Oklahoma City Thunder 121-106 to capture the best-of-seven championship series four games to one.
