So patient for 20 years, Kansas had no problem working an extra five minutes to bring a long-awaited championship back to the heartland.
Two of basketball's most dominant former centers, seven-footers Hakeem Olajuwon and Patrick Ewing, were among the seven new Hall of Fame inductees named on Monday.
Rookie Aaron Brooks came off the bench to score 18 points, five teammates reached double figures, and the Houston Rockets beat the short-handed Los Angeles Clippers 105-79 Sunday night to clinch a playoff berth.
Kansas and Memphis will meet in the NCAA championship game on Monday after using superior guard play to overwhelm their semifinal opponents on Saturday.
China's NBA sensation Yao Ming believes traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) could help speed up the recovery of his foot injury.
Gilbert Arenas made a surprise return Wednesday night after 66 games away, but Ramon Sessions provided the Arenas-like dramatics with a 19-foot jumper at the buzzer to give the Milwaukee Bucks a 110-109 victory over the Wizards.
Milwaukee Bucks forward Yi Jianlian, one of China's key players for the Beijing Olympics, suffered an apparent left knee injury here Wednesday in a National Basketball Association game.
Los Angeles Lakers Kobe Bryant has a cut on face examined by team staff in the second half during a NBA basketball game against the Golden State Warriors in Oakland, California March 24, 2008. The Lakers got 30 points from Bryant to snatch a 123-119 overtime victory. [Agencies]
The San Antonio Spurs took advantage of an injury to Dallas's Dirk Nowitzki to beat the Mavericks 88-81 on Sunday in a key Western Conference game for both teams.
The Houston Rockets' 22-game winning streak was snapped in a 94-74 loss to the Boston Celtics on Tuesday in a battle of the NBA's top two teams.
Injured Washington Wizards guard Gilbert Arenas is hoping to return to the line-up this season but has been told by doctors his mobility would not return before next year.
The Houston Rockets beat the Los Angeles Lakers 104-92 on Sunday to claim their 22nd consecutive victory and take sole possession of first place in the Western Conference.
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