...to five.Bryant scored 34 points in his NBA-record 15th Christmas Day game, and Metta...to beat the Oklahoma City Thunder in an NBA Finals rematch on Tuesday.Mario Chalmers...tied Charles Oakley for 15th place on the NBA's career list with his 1,282nd game...

...the replacement if any players are injured.Randolph leads the NBA with 27 double-doubles and becomes the first Grizzlies player...multiple selections."It is truly an honor to be named by the NBA's coaches to the 2013 Western Conference All-Star team...

...varsity under McGuire, who instead hired him as an assistant coach in 1971.Three of Majerus' players at Utah were first-round NBA draft picks. Keith Van Horn was No. 2 overall in 1997, Michael Doleac 12th in 1998 and Andre Miller eighth in 1999.Saint...

...29 seconds. Westbrook rimmed out several half-court tries and time ran out before he and his teammates could make one.The NBA tweaked the scoring format for this year's All-Star skills exhibitions, with teams representing the East and West competing...

...on that cycle as well."An eight-time All-Star, Yao became a global icon when he played, leading the expansion of the NBA's appeal through Asia. His worldwide popularity has proven to be a highly effective platform for his animal-conservation...

...hearts.LeBron James finally claimed a ring after a season that even his critics had to concede was one of the most dazzling in NBA history. The San Francisco Giants kept us up late at night, winning baseball playoff games in the most unfathomable of ways...

...have another opportunity. Houston won the NBA draft lottery Sunday, giving the Rockets...7-footer born in Nigeria. The next year, the NBA started a lottery for teams that didn't...manager Carroll Dawson was among dozens of NBA team officials and scouts who saw Yao in...

...from China, has been cleared to enter the NBA draft. His current club, the Shanghai...a chance to play in the playoffs in the NBA in two or three seasons. I think that will...year.'' Yao has been projected as an NBA lottery pick, possibly No. 1 overall.

...figures for the Grizzlies, who own the NBA's best record at 8-1. Rudy Gay had 16...Rondo's streak is the third-longest in NBA history and puts him within four games of...Washington became only the second team in NBA history to start 0-8 in back-to-back...

...said the team must play better defensively to stay with Kenai."In Eielson, we were bumping into people like we were in the NBA," he said. "We had to do some soul searching. This is a contact sport, and we have to play it like it's a contact sport...