Chauncey Billups can't recall any of his other 117 playoff performances being as big as his 36-point outburst in front of his homies. Complete Story...
Andre Iguodala and the Philadelphia 76ers left the Magic stunned and the home fans silenced.
In an April 18 story on the playoff game between the Boston Celtics and Chicago Bulls, The Associated Press erroneously reported that Derrick Rose missed four free throws down the stretch for Memphis in last year's NCAA championship game. Rose had one of his team's four missed free throws down the stretch.
Utah Jazz center Mehmet Okur is questionable for Sunday's playoff opener in Los Angeles with a strained hamstring.
Boston Celtics star Kevin Garnett watched from the bench in a suit when the defending NBA champions opened the playoffs against the Chicago Bulls.
Ray Allen picked the perfect time to snap out of his shooting slump.
LeBron James crossed midcourt and launched the ball toward the basket more than 40 feet away as the horn sounded. As Cleveland's star, the Detroit Pistons, 20,000 fans and a TV audience watched the shot's arching flight, James never stopped running.
Tony Parker wasn't about to let the Dallas Mavericks leave San Antonio with two wins.
The warm applause that greeted former Oregon star Aaron Brooks at the Rose Garden in the first game of the playoff series between the Houston Rockets and the Portland Trail Blazers won't likely be repeated.
LeBron James has become the second player to win four conference player of the month awards in one season.
The Washington Wizards have won a tiebreaker with the Los Angeles Clippers, giving them a slightly better chance of landing the No. 1 pick in the NBA draft.
David Stern is in the same situation as the owners he welcomed to town this week: his business has been hurt by the financial crisis.
The Utah Jazz know why nobody is giving them a chance to beat the Los Angeles Lakers in the first round of the playoffs.
Players say it all the time: They want their team playing its best going into the playoffs.
There are moments when Michael Beasley's youth is impossible for the Miami Heat to ignore.
Their greatest regular season complete and another, more important campaign dawning, the Cleveland Cavaliers unveiled their new playoff logo and theme on Thursday.
While everyone else knew the San Antonio Spurs were seconds from winning the division, Tim Duncan had to find out from his wife. Michael Finley stayed clueless until getting back to the locker room.
Sometime early next July, the Knicks might take their free agent cash to LeBron James, or Dwyane Wade, or some other superstar, and see if he'd be interested in coming to New York.
Sacramento Kings owner Joe Maloof won't be getting an apology from Denver Nuggets forward Kenyon Martin for his hard foul on Spencer Hawes earlier this week.
Chris Bosh has seen the Toronto Raptors transform from a 27-win team to division champions over a single summer.
When Kobe Bryant was last seen in the playoffs, he was hopeless and helpless as his Los Angeles Lakers were run over in Boston in Game 6 of the NBA finals.
Cavaliers forward Lorenzen Wright will undergo surgery after breaking his thumb in Cleveland's regular-season finale.
Boston Celtics general manager Danny Ainge won't be at the team's playoff opener after his minor heart attack.
Let’s hit the alphabet to tip off the quest by 16 teams for the NBA championship.
Orlando coach Stan Van Gundy said injured starters Rashard Lewis and Hedo Turkoglu might be able to play in the Magic's first-round playoff series against the Philadelphia 76ers beginning Sunday.
Mike Brown is the NBA's coach of the year after leading the Cleveland Cavaliers to their greatest regular season.
Kobe Bryant scored 24 points, Trevor Ariza added 21 and Pau Gasol 20 as Los Angeles defeated the Utah Jazz 113-100 Sunday.
Sporting News: Cavs star has grit, determination to accomplish great heights.
Yao Ming scored 24 points, all in the first half, and the Houston Rockets spoiled Portland's back-in-the-playoffs euphoria with a 108-81 victory over the Trail Blazers.
Sporting News: Rookie shows no nerves whatsoever in shredding Celtics for 36 points
'More attention to detail, more focus' as L.A. prepares for Utah in Game 1
Dallas rode Josh Howard's 25 points and a clutch fourth quarter to start the playoffs with a 105-97 win over the San Antonio Spurs on Saturday night.
LeBron hits shot from half-court, scores 38 to help beat Pistons in Game 1
Derrick Rose scored 36 points in his first career playoff game and helped the Chicago Bulls do something not even Michael Jordan could: beat the Boston Celtics in the postseason.
Boston Celtics star Kevin Garnett watched from the bench in a suit when the defending NBA champions opened the playoffs against the Chicago Bulls.
Champions focus on their title defense a day after losing Kevin Garnett possibly for all of the playoffs and Danny Ainge's heart attack.
Boston Celtics general manager Danny Ainge has been hospitalized after suffering what the team described as a minor heart attack.
Kevin Garnett isn't ready to start the playoffs, and Boston Celtics coach Doc Rivers said Thursday that there's a strong possibility that he will miss the entire postseason.
With LeBron James, All-Star guard Mo Williams and other regulars resting for the playoffs, Cleveland lost for just the second time on their home floor this season, 111-110 in overtime Wednesday night to the Philadelphia 76ers.
All-Stars James and Williams will sit vs. 76ers as team seeks 40th home win
Paul Pierce hit the winning jumper, scored 31 points and hindered Philadelphia's shot at the Eastern Conference's sixth seed in Boston's 100-98 win over the Sixers on Tuesday night.
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7-foot-3 center led Huskies to Final Four, contender to go No. 1 overall
Pistons star has thrown bad tantrums when he loses, newspaper says
Ben Gordon made a tiebreaking layup with 15 seconds left, and the Chicago Bulls beat Detroit 91-88 on Monday night to lock the Pistons in the No. 8 seed in the Eastern Conference.
The Cleveland Cavaliers clinched the NBA's best record and home-court advantage throughout the playoffs Monday night behind LeBron James' 37 points in a 117-109 victory over the Indiana Pacers.
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) -Michael Finley's 3-pointer with 1.3 seconds left counted despite an apparent shot-clock violation, and the San Antonio Spurs came from behind for a 95-92 victory over the Sacramento Kings on Sunday night.
Chris Paul narrowly missed his seventh triple-double with 31 points, 17 assists and nine rebounds, and the New Orleans Hornets defeated the Dallas Mavericks 102-92 on Sunday to earn a split in a key late season home-and-home series.
Dwyane Wade had one more argument for MVP voters: the second-best scoring show in Miami Heat history. Wade scored 55 points, one shy of the franchise record, and the Heat moved closer to wrapping up the No.
LeBron James made five 3-pointers and scored 29 points before dancing in his seat, and the Cleveland Cavaliers throttled the NBA champions 107-76 on Sunday to move within one win of matching the 1985-86 Celtics for the best home record in league history.