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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 victory, 108-88 Sunday night.
Portland center Greg Oden will likely miss the season after fracturing his left patella during a game against Houston on Saturday night.
Delonte West scored 14 of his season-high 21 points during a 29-0 first-half run Sunday that sparked the Cleveland Cavaliers past the Milwaukee Bucks 101-86 in an NBA game.
A new stadium under construction at Shanghai's World Expo site will be named the Mercedes-Benz Arena, the National Basketball Association and its joint venture partners in China announced Monday.
New Jersey Nets' Chinese forward Yi Jianlian needed 50 stitches to close an upper lip laceration he suffered in practice, the NBA team said on Sunday.
A couple of college basketball's storied programs met in a game that two years ago would have ensured a sold-out arena and plenty of big buzz. Instead, it was a tale of the nation's top-ranked team beating up on a downtrodden program cleaned out by the lure of the NBA draft.
Josh Herwitt is a college basketball editor for FOXSports.com and a former college basketball editor for CSTV.com. He has also written for Sporting News and SI.com and worked as a sports reporter for two newspapers.
Cavaliers coach Mike Brown said he's sticking with Delonte West. The troubled guard showed for a game that Cleveland's faith in him could pay off. "He started for us on a 66-win team last year," Brown said. "We know what he's definitely capable of. We're going to be patient with him.
After their first loss in five games, the Utah Jazz are opening one their most daunting weeks of the season. The San Antonio Spurs, though, have hardly been living up to their usual billing as a tough opponent. The Jazz, coming off one their worst games defensively, look to win their third game against the struggling Spurs this season Monday night.
Welcome back, A.I. Your spot in the Philadelphia 76ers starting lineup was kept warm for three years and is waiting for you Monday night. The fans who loved you as a hustling, hard-charging MVP even as you clashed with coaches will pack every seat in the arena, waiting in their No. 3 jerseys to hear, "At guard, from Georgetown University ..." And the team you left mired in the bottom of...
The automaker is expected to announce a 10-year deal for the $280-million venue in Shanghai that is being developed by AEG, the National Basketball Assn. and a division of Shanghai Media. Los Angeles-based entertainment titan AEG has found a sponsor for its new $280-million arena in Shanghai -- Mercedes-Benz.
Disgraced former NBA referee Tim Donaghy says he refused to make calls to affect games even if it meant he lost money and it angered the mob. In one game where he had bet on the San Antonio Spurs, he ejected coach Gregg Popovich and the Spurs event...
Turns out the Denver Nuggets made the right move in trading Allen Iverson. The 76ers, meanwhile, desperately need the former All-Star to justify the second chance he is getting in Philadelphia. Iverson is expected to start for the 76ers in his first home game at the Wachovia Center in three years Monday night, facing one of his former teams in the surging Nuggets.
New Jersey Nets' Chinese forward Yi Jianlian is expected to miss at least another week of NBA action after requiring 50 stitches to repair a cut upper lip.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) -- Portland center Greg Oden will likely miss the rest of the season after fracturing his left knee cap Saturday night in the Trail Blazers' victory over the Houston Rockets.
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- Ohio State star Evan Turner will miss 8 weeks after breaking bones in his back when he fell while dunking during Saturday's game against Eastern Michigan.
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