
Heat have no room for error versus Spurs in Game 6
They lost three times in three months in one of the most overpowering stretches the NBA has ever seen. Now the Miami Heat have lost three times in ...

Back home, Heat try to stop a 5th Spurs NBA title
The Miami Heat weren't supposed to be in this situation. Not now, anyway. Coming home from Texas with their season on the line in 2011 was one thing.

Spurs, Heat defined by stability at the top
Front offices across the NBA seem to be panicking a bit these days. Job security has long been an oxymoron for coaches in this league, but even by ...
Team source: Kings hire D'Alessandro as GM
The Sacramento Kings hired Denver executive Pete D'Alessandro as their new general manager on Saturday. D'Alessandro will replace the departing Geoff ...
Celtics to play Wolves during preseason in Canada
The Boston Celtics will play a preseason game against the Minnesota Timberwolves in Montreal next season as part of the NBA's Canadian series. The NBA ...

Detroit Pistons hire Maurice Cheeks as new coach
Maurice Cheeks is getting a third shot to be an NBA head coach. The Detroit Pistons are desperately hoping he makes the most of the opportunity he was ...

George Karl out as coach of Nuggets
The starless Denver Nuggets just lost their biggest name on the bench. George Karl was ousted Thursday less than a month after winning the NBA's Coach ...
Ujiri leaves Denver for Toronto Raptors
From the moment he took over the moribund Toronto Raptors last month, Tim Leiweke vowed to make some significant changes to return the team to ...

Suns connect with their past by hiring Hornacek
One of the most popular Phoenix Suns players from the franchise's past will guide the team to an uncertain future. At the news conference on Tuesday ...

NBA draft order set, so who goes No. 1?
The Cleveland Cavaliers are on top of the NBA draft yet again, only this time there is no LeBron James waiting to save them. There may not even be a ...
Thunder star Kevin Durant makes $1M tornado pledge
Oklahoma City isn't just a place where Thunder star Kevin Durant lives these days. It's home. So as he watched the horrifying images Monday as a ...

Grizzlies go from uncertain future to West finals
Midway through the season, the Memphis Grizzlies came through Oklahoma City and left with questions swirling about the franchise's future after ...

Grizzlies edge Thunder 88-84, reach 1st West final
With their trademark grit-and-grind mentality, the Memphis Grizzlies are making history for a franchise with little prior postseason success.

Kevin Durant, Thunder at risk of elimination
The Memphis Grizzlies are showing a knack for closing out tight games against the Oklahoma City Thunder. All that's left to prove is whether they can ...

Grizzlies beat Thunder in OT for 3-1 series lead
Lionel Hollins demands a certain standard from his Grizzlies that he didn't get in the first half against Oklahoma City. Well, they came through after ...

Grizzlies take 2-1 lead beating Thunder 87-81
The Memphis Grizzlies call it grit and grind, and it got them through another ugly game. Marc Gasol scored 20 points and hit two free throws with 1:03 ...

Parity abounds so far in NBA conference semifinals
Parity has struck the NBA playoffs, where the conference semifinals are all fit to be tied. The four current series are all knotted at one game apiece ...

Nuggets' Ujiri named NBA's top executive
Even as Masai Ujiri accepted the NBA's executive of the year trophy from club President Josh Kroenke on Thursday, the Denver Nuggets general manager ...

Denver's Karl earns Coach of the Year honors
George Karl led the Denver Nuggets to a team-record 57 wins without a big name on his roster. For that endeavor, Karl earned the NBA's Coach of the ...

Allen's defense key as Grizzlies top Thunder 99-93
Tony Allen thought it might have been out of desperation that he ended up guarding Kevin Durant in crunch time. Whatever it was, it worked out ...

Grizzlies drop Thunder 99-93, even series at 1-1
The Memphis Grizzlies wouldn't let Kevin Durant come through in the clutch for the second straight time. This was Mike Conley's time to shine.

Kevin Durant coming through as a closer once again
Pondering Kevin Durant's latest big-time shot on the playoff stage, Lionel Hollins started listing a who's who of NBA greats from days gone by: ...
Thunder strike first, take 1-0 lead on Grizzlies
Kevin Durant was in just the right spot and, once he had the ball, knew exactly what to do with it. Derek Fisher poked the ball away from Memphis' ...

Durant, Thunder edge Grizzlies 93-91 in Game 1
Derek Fisher turned a tough situation for the Oklahoma City Thunder into the worst-case scenario for the Grizzlies. With the Thunder down by one in ...

Thunder beat Rockets 103-94 to advance
The Oklahoma City Thunder were unhappy about coming back to Houston for Game 6. They left town in a much better mood. Kevin Durant scored 27 points ...