Dennis Johnson, the star NBA guard who was part of three championships and teamed with Larry Bird on one of the great postseason plays, died Thursday after collapsing at the end of his developmental team's practice.
Tracy McGrady scored 32 points Wednesday night to lead the Houston Rockets to a 112-102 victory over the Miami Heat, who had Pat Riley back on the bench but lost Dwyane Wade late in the game.
Allen Iverson's return to the lineup failed to spark the Denver Nuggets who lost 95-80 to the San Antonio Spurs on Tuesday.
Kobe Bryant scored 31 points to capture his second MVP award and lead the West to a 153-132 victory over the East in the NBA All-Star game on Sunday.
Kobe Bryant scored 17 points, Carmelo Anthony added 12 and the Western Conference took a 79-59 lead at halftime Sunday night in an appropriately decadent NBA All-Star game.
The victory which ended the Boston Celtics' worst losing streak in franchise history this week after a league-leading 18 straight losses has failed to console the team's fans.
Boston's Gerald Green capped All-Star Saturday with an acrobatic leap over a table to win the dunk contest, and Miami's Jason Kapono fell just short of an event record while winning the 3-Point Shootout.
Miami forward Jason Kapono won the 3-Point Shootout in NBA All-Star events on Saturday, beating stars Gilbert Arenas and Dirk Nowitzki with a final-round 24 _ just one shy of the record.
The National Basketball Association commissioner David Stern said on Saturday that China would be included on NBA teams' overseas tour.
Dwyane Wade successfully defended his title in the Skills Challenge of the NBA All-Star weekend on Saturday, running the course flawlessly in 26.4 seconds to beat Kobe Bryant.
Scottie Pippen is tired of retirement. He wants to return to the NBA for a chance to win his seventh championship ring. With most of the league's stars and decision-makers gathering at the All-Star weekend festivities in Las Vegas, the 41-year-old Pippen announced he's hoping for a late-season return to a contending team — preferably in a warm-weather city — nearly 2 1/2 years after he left the league
A select group of sports fans will watch the National Basketball Association All-Star game on Sunday in the first-ever live high-definition 3D sports telecast.
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