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NBA roundup

 February 21, 2012

Mavericks 89, Celtics 73

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Nets ready for Lin this time around

 February 21, 2012

New York - Linsanity started against the New Jersey Nets.

This time, All-Star guard Deron Williams was determined not to be embarrassed by the Harvard guy again.

Williams scored a season-high 38 points, outplaying Jeremy Lin...

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Lin's back to being his unstoppable self

 February 20, 2012

New York - Linsanity lives.

Forget the off night that had NBA fans worldwide wondering if the Jeremy Lin story was too good to be true. It's still plenty good, all right.

The Harvard sensation was back at his whirling ways...

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ESPN fires employee for headline on Jeremy Lin

 February 20, 2012

ESPN fired an employee responsible for an offensive headline about Knicks sensation Jeremy Lin.

The headline Friday on ESPN's mobile website was used for a story about a New York loss in which Lin had nine turnovers. The headline was an...

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NBA Roundup

 February 20, 2012

Pistons 96, Celtics 81

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NBA Roundup

 February 18, 2012

Hornets 89, Knicks 85

The Lin-ning streak is over. And Jeremy Lin's sloppiness was one of the problems for the Knicks.

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Celts fall to Bulls

 February 17, 2012

Chicago - Carlos Boozer and Luol Deng each scored 23 points, and the Chicago Bulls escaped with an 89-80 victory over the Boston Celtics on Thursday night after blowing a 16-point lead.

It was hardly an easy night for the Bulls, but...

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Lin added to All-Star weekend event

 February 17, 2012

Jeremy Lin will play in the Rising Stars Challenge after all.

The Knicks point guard was added Thursday to the roster of players for the Feb. 24 game, just before Shaquille O'Neal and Charles Barkley began drafting for their...

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Celts fall to Pistons

 February 16, 2012

Boston - Rodney Stuckey scored 25 points and former UConn star Ben Gordon hit three 3-pointers in the opening 4:09 of the fourth quarter during a game-breaking spree that carried the Detroit Pistons to a 98-88 win over the Boston Celtics...

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Lin makes a point to get everyone involved as Knicks roll to 7th straight

 February 16, 2012

New York - Jeremy Lin put aside his record-setting scoring to hand out a career-best 13 assists, and the New York Knicks got back to .500 with their seventh straight victory, 100-85 over the Sacramento Kings on Wednesday night.

Lin...

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NBA Roundup

 February 16, 2012

Grizzlies 105, Nets 100

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NBA roundup

 February 15, 2012

Heat 105, Pacers 90

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Really?Again?Jeremy Lin is making this a habit

 February 15, 2012

Toronto - Linsane!

Jeremy Lin made a tiebreaking 3-pointer with less than a second to play to cap his finishing flurry of six straight points, and the New York Knicks rallied to beat the Toronto Raptors 90-87 Tuesday night, extending...

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Rondo's triple-double pushes Celts past Bulls

 February 13, 2012

Boston - Paul Pierce has been around long enough to know what Rajon Rondo's performance can mean for the aging Boston Celtics.

"The way he played tonight, we're a pretty tough team to stop," the Celtics' captain said Sunday after...

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That's Lincredible: From benchwarmer to star

 February 12, 2012

New York - Jeremy Lin came with an intriguing story even before he escaped the New York Knicks' bench.

First American-born NBA player of Chinese or Taiwanese descent.

Harvard graduate.

Nomad who crashed on a teammate's...

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NBA Roundup

 February 11, 2012

Raptors 86, Celtics 74

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Trip to play in Boston was just what the Lakers needed

 February 10, 2012

Boston - Pau Gasol blocked Ray Allen's putback attempt at the buzzer in overtime and the Los Angeles Lakers held on to beat the Boston Celtics 88-87 on Thursday night.

Kobe Bryant had 27 points, Gasol finished with 25 points and 14...

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NBA roundup

 February 7, 2012

76ers 95, Lakers 90

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Celts roll to victory behind Garnett

 February 6, 2012

Boston - Boston Celtics coach Doc Rivers could see that Kevin Garnett was looking and feeling spry.

Running the floor and looking strong on the glass, the 35-year-old Garnett matched his season-high with 24 points and grabbed nine...

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NBA Roundup

 February 4, 2012

Celtics 91, Knicks 89

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Four L.A. players will start in the NBA All-Star game

 February 3, 2012

New York - Blake Griffin and Andrew Bynum were voted Thursday to the All-Star game, joining Kobe Bryant and Chris Paul to give the city of Los Angeles four starters.

Oklahoma City's Kevin Durant kept the West from being entirely an...

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NBA Roundup

 February 2, 2012

Celtics 100, Raptors 64

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NBA Roundup

 February 1, 2012

Celtics 93, Cavaliers 90

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Bobcats encouraged by Walker's progress

 January 31, 2012

Charlotte, N.C. - Bobcats coach Paul Silas spent the better part of a week preaching to Kemba Walker the importance of passing first, shooting second.

Apparently Walker's a pretty good listener.

In just his fourth start at...

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NBA roundup

 January 30, 2012

Heat 97, Bulls 93

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