LeBron scores 26 to lead Cavaliers past Bucks for fifth straight win

LeBron James scored 26 points, Mo Williams added 17 and the Cleveland Cavaliers, despite playing poorly on offense down the stretch, hung on to beat the Milwaukee Bucks 85-82 on Friday night for their fifth straight win.

Cavs silence Bucks early as LeBron posts fourth straight double-double

Delonte West scored 14 of his season-high 21 points in a 29-0 first-half run to lead the streaking Cleveland Cavaliers to a 101-86 victory over the Milwaukee Bucks on Sunday.

First Cup: Friday

...to play head-to-head 82 times. The theater was riveting. Dwyane Wade destroyed, just destroyed, Anderson Varejao with a first-quarter, one-handed, soaring dunk in transition, drawing howls from the crowd and...

Future Power Rankings: Teams 6 to 10

How will your favorite team fare in future seasons? Chad Ford and John Hollinger take a close look.

Story | Conversation | November 09, 2009

Central Division preview

Tom Carpenter analyzes each Central Division team and the players worthy of fantasy consideration.

First Cup: Wednesday

...his 25th birthday. And there's Mo Williams, an All-Star guard. Anthony Parker and Anderson Varejao, two respected role players who'd start for most teams. That was Tuesday's...

FIBA Americas Qualifier: Day 3

...last game of the first round is on Sunday against Panama. Leandro Barbosa had 21 points, Anderson Varejao 19 and Marcelo Huertas 18 for Brazil. Despite a strong performance by Scola, Argentina fell...

FIBA Americas Qualifier: Day 1

By Alfredo R. Berrios ESPNdeportes.com SAN JUAN -- Forward Charlie Villanueva will enter next season with the Detroit Pistons with the sole intention...

Top remaining free agents

Chad Ford takes a look at the 2009 free-agent class.

Story | Conversation | July 08, 2009

Ranking the summer moves

Chad Ford ranks all 30 teams' offseason moves so far.

Story | Conversation | July 08, 2009

The Deep End of the Rotation: Assessing Playoff Benches

Posted by Kevin Arnovitz You know the sequence well: It's the start of the second quarter in a pivotal playoff game. We see repeated camera shots ...

NBA: No Bodies Available

Posted by Kevin Arnovitz The playoff run is heating up. It's a fan's dream, with top teams in both conferences jockeying for position with the...

Tourney thoughts, a little O.J. and the Lopez twins

I spent the weekend lounging around the Sports Guy Mansion, watching college basketball and waiting for the Milwaukee Bucks to contact me about their ...

Fiscal Sanity, In the NBA No Less

...value as a contributor. On Thursday, Brian Windhorst of the Akron Beacon-Journal pointed out that Anderson Varejao has lost all leverage with the Cleveland Cavaliers. With the Orlando Magic handing out money to...

Milwaukee Bucks' Ersan Ilyasova (7), from Turkey, pulls down a rebound against Cleveland Cavaliers' Anderson Varejao (17), from Brazil, in the fourth quarter of an NBA basketball game Friday, Dec. 18, 2009...