The Oklahoma City Thunder don't like to see the kind of defensive numbers that ended up on the box score against the Sacramento Kings.
Thunder forward Kevin Durant receives an alley-oop and goes for the slam in the second half Tuesday night against the Kings. Durant scored 39 points and had 10 rebounds.
Golden State Warriors center Andris Biedrins' free throw shot is "broken."
Golden State Warriors center Andris Biedrins is on pace to set the record for worst free throw percentage in a single season, a record set by Boston Celtics center Garfield Smith in the 1971-72 season.
It was just two seasons ago that the Boston Celtics and Detroit Pistons played in the Eastern Conference finals.
Celtics forward Kevin Garnett passes around the defense of Pistons center Ben Wallace during the first quarter Tuesday night. Garnett posted 14 points, nine rebounds and three assists.
Kobe Bryant is searching for his shooting touch five games into a return from injury. He still found a way to score, though.
Los Angeles Lakers forward Pau Gasol, of Spain, reacts after making a basket during the first half of an NBA basketball game against the Indiana Pacers in Los Angeles, Tuesday, March 2, 2010.
The number on LeBron James' back will be different next season. The Cleveland Cavaliers can only hope the logo on the front of his jersey remains the same.
Sacramento Kings forward Andres Nocioni has been suspended by the NBA for two games without pay after pleading no contest in California to drunken driving.
The Oklahoma City Thunder have assigned rookie center Byron Mullens and second-year guard Kyle Weaver to the Tulsa 66ers of the NBA Development League.
Golden State Warriors leading scorer Monta Ellis underwent an MRI exam on his injured back that revealed a strain, and he isn't expected to join the team at all during its five-game road trip.
Michael Jordan was easy to spot courtside in his bright red coat. He shook hands, yelled at the referees and kept checking his phone in his first game as owner-to-be of the Charlotte Bobcats.
Managing partner Michael Jordan, left, and Charlotte forward Gerald Wallace watch the action during the Bobcats' game against the Dallas Mavericks.
The San Antonio Spurs waived swingman Michael Finley after nearly five seasons Monday, giving the 15-year veteran a chance to finish the season with more playing time elsewhere.
Amare Stoudemire and the Phoenix starters had a front-row seat for the Suns' turnaround against the Denver Nuggets.
Suns guard Goran Dragic, right, slips past the Mavericks' Malik Allen on his way to the basket in the third quarter. Dragic scored 12 points in the Suns' 101-85 win.
Nate McMillan let his team know at halftime they were not playing as if they were fighting to hold on to a playoff spot.
Portland's Nicolas Batum, center, beats the Grizzlies' Marc Gasol, left, and Zach Randolph for an easy bucket during the second half. Batum scored 21 points.
Until Zydrunas Ilgauskas returns from his 30-day waiting period to rejoin the Cleveland Cavaliers, if he really does, perhaps the most watched men on the team will be Anderson Varejao, 27, and J.J. Hickson, 21.
Cleveland's Anderson Varejao, right, being defended by the New York Knicks' Jonathan Bender in Monday night's game, will have to step up at center for the Cavaliers since Shaquille O'Neal is out up to eight weeks following thumb surgery.
Minnesota Timberwolves star center Al Jefferson apologized to the team and fans Sunday after his arrest on suspicion of DWI following a weekend loss to Portland.
So much for all that confidence the Denver Nuggets had built up during their two impressive wins against the Los Angeles Lakers earlier this season.
Lamar Odom, shoots over the Denver Nuggets' Kenyon Martin during the second half. Odom helped the Lakers come back from an 11-point third-quarter deficit to beat the Nuggets.
Kimberla Lawson Roby, author of Be Careful What You Pray For
New York Times Bestselling Author, Kimberla Lawson Ro- by, has
published 14 novels which include, BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU PRAY FOR, A DEEP
DARK SE- CRET, THE BEST OF EVERYTHING, ONE IN A MILLION (a no- vella),
SIN NO MORE, LOVE & LIES, CHAN- GING FACES, THE BEST-KEPT SE-
CRET, TOO MUCH OF A GOOD THING, A TASTE OF REA- LITY, IT'S A THIN LINE,
CASTING THE FIRST STONE, HERE AND NOW, and her debut title, BEHIND
CLOSED DOORS, which was originally self-published through her own
company, Lenox Press.