SAN ANTONIO (AP) — They're small markets with once-in-a-generation forwards, All-Star point guards, left-handed sparkplugs off the bench and closely linked front offices. In the entire NBA, San Antonio and Oklahoma City are about as similar as it gets.
MIAMI (AP) — The NBA fined Miami coach Erik Spoelstra $25,000 on Friday for "critical public comments" about officiating in the Eastern Conference series with Indiana.
Spoelstra made the comments before Miami's shootaround Thursday in Indianapolis,
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — With another season on the brink, Dwyane Wade and LeBron James took their two-man game to new heights.
Just like that, the Miami Heat and a Big Three-Minus-One are headed back to the Eastern Conference finals.
Wade scored
NEW YORK (AP) — LeBron James was the leading vote-getter for the All-NBA team, while Kobe Bryant earned his 10th first-team selection, tied for second on the career list.
Bryant, a first-team pick for the seventh straight season, joined Kareem Abdul
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Kobe Bryant and Pau Gasol spent the final minutes of the Los Angeles Lakers' final game arguing in Oklahoma City, disagreeing on the best way to run a pick-and-roll play.
It might have been the tandem's last few minutes together
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The Golden State Warriors are ready to announce what many have long suspected: The franchise wants to move back to San Francisco.
The NBA team, Commissioner David Stern and San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee scheduled a news conference
Spectacular as it seemed, it was nothing we haven't seen from LeBron James before.
Maybe that's the funny thing about all the hoopla over James' performance in Game 4 of the Pacers-Heat series. Because for once, it wasn't just his talent that
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Pacers reserve guard Lance Stephenson apologized for making a choking gesture toward LeBron James.
The NBA's MVP wasn't so forgiving.
In fact, he didn't even know he had been mocked.
James said Saturday that he was
LOS ANGELES (AP) — With their Game 2 collapse still fresh in their minds, the Los Angeles Lakers avoided a sequel with the only game plan they're confident will work against the younger, faster Oklahoma City Thunder.
They got slow. They got into the
EL SEGUNDO, Calif. (AP) — Lakers guard Steve Blake and his wife received multiple online threats after he missed a big shot late in Game 2 of Los Angeles' second-round playoff series with Oklahoma City.
Blake has contacted the Lakers' security team
