Quantity, not quality, for Morrow

Neil Tardy looks ahead to Week 7 of the NBA schedule and highlights good and poor offensive and defensive matchups to exploit.

LeBron James, thinking like an MVP

...were not good enough to win a championship. He'd never say it, but when any serious basketball person thought of a starting backcourt for a contending team, Sasha Pavlovic and Larry Hughes didn't...

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Ten Drops of NBA Knowledge

...reacts after he scored and was fouled on the play during the third quarter of an NBA basketball game against the San Antonio Spurs in San Antonio, Thursday, Dec. 3, 2009. Boston won 90-83...

Garnett, Celtics clip Spurs for sixth consecutive victory

Kevin Garnett scored 20 points and the Boston Celtics won their sixth straight game, 90-83 win over the San Antonio Spurs on Thursday night.

Celtics Win Sixth Straight

Celtics top Spurs, 90-83

Easiest to make move in assists

John Cregan explains why assists is the easiest category in which to make up ground in the standings.

Harris-for-Kidd pays delayed dividends

The Mavs' deal for Jason Kidd has yielded an unexpected but welcome plan.

With injury comes opportunity

Neil Tardy looks ahead to Week 6 of the NBA schedule and highlights good and poor offensive and defensive matchups to exploit.

Ranking the top 20 sophomores

David Thorpe breaks down the 20 best sophomores in the league.

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Dirk scores 11 of 41 in OT to lead Mavs past Spurs

Dirk Nowitzki scored 41 points to lead the short-handed Mavs past the Spurs in overtime on Wednesday.

...Kidd, right, drives past San Antonio Spurs guard Manu Ginobili during the second half of an NBA basketball game in San Antonio, Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2009. San Antonio won 92 - 83. (AP Photo/Darren Abate...

...Jose Juan Barea, middle, of Puerto Rico, and Shawn Marion during the second half of an NBA basketball game in San Antonio, Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2009. San Antonio won 92-83. (AP Photo/Darren Abate...

Ugly first quarter results in tie score

SAN ANTONIO -- The Dallas Mavericks and San Antonio Spurs have played a lot of beautiful basketball against each other over the last decade. The first quarter of Wednesday night's game at the...

Daily Dime: Cavs win East finals rematch

...points on 57.5 percent shooting in the first half before coasting home. "We're a bad basketball team right now," he said. "If your team isn't playing hard and not defending, that's...