Yao Ming will miss at least six weeks after fracturing the bone under his right knee in Houston's game against the Los Angeles Clippers on Saturday night.
A minority owner of the Charlotte Bobcats wants to donate his share of the basketball team to a charity, but is being blocked by team managing partner Bob Johnson, The Charlotte Observer reported Sunday.
Yao Ming's broken right leg means the Houston Rockets face a major battle to keep what has been a promising season on track.
Ben Gordon could feel it immediately, and just like that, he piled up the points like a certain Chicago Bulls legend. He finished with only 23, but that was enough to lead the Bulls to a 115-76 victory over the Charlotte Bobcats on Saturday and draw a comparison to the man whose number 23 hangs from the United Center's rafters.
Allen Iverson is clear to play his first game with the Denver Nuggets. Iverson passed his physical after arriving at the Pepsi Center about an hour before Friday night's game between Denver and Sacramento.
Billups made his first three jumpers of the final period, leading the Detroit Pistons to an 87-71 win over the Cleveland Cavaliers on Thursday night in the first matchup between the clubs since last season's playoffs.
The NBA Players Association joined hands with other nonprofit organizations to help the needy families in New York City by providing food and personal care items to thousands of these families at an annual event Thursday.
For the third time in the first four games of the Rockets' longest road trip of the season, the Rockets pushed the game to its final seconds, and for the third time, they came up short, losing 89-87 to the Portland Trail Blazers on Wednesday.
The Philadelphia 76ers began the post-Allen Iverson era with another defeat on Wednesday, a 101-93 home loss to the Indiana Pacers stretching their winless streak to 12 games.
Mo Williams had his first career triple-double with 19 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists and Michael Redd added 28 points as the Milwaukee Bucks beat the Miami Heat 121-95 on Wednesday night to extend their home winning streak to five games.