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Bill Plaschke of the Los Angeles Times: Yay? One of the most hyped teams in NBA history fell exhaustedly into the playoffs Wednesday. Appropriately, it happened with only three hours left in the season. Fittingly, it was clinched when they were just ...

Tony Bizjak, Dale Kasler and Ryan Lillis of The Sacramento Bee: The uncertainty over the future of the Sacramento Kings will linger at least into next week. Just as Mayor Kevin Johnson announced on Tuesday that a local investor group was finally read...

Ethan J. Skolnick of the Palm Beach Post: So is this his best season? "I don't know," LeBron James said. "I've had some really good individual seasons. I think, as far as efficiency, yeah. I don't know if they've got all the numbers settled yet, but ...

Tom Moore of phillyBurbs.com: In the wake of a published report saying the organization privately hopes Doug Collins doesn't return next season as 76ers coach, his agent claims it will be Collins' call. "The relationship with Doug, me and Sixers mana...

Ethan J. Skolnick of the Palm Beach Post: The game-winning jumper was a perfect capper to another brilliant night for James, one that included 37 points, seven rebounds, 12 assists and a vicious dunk off a Norris Cole lob that left Heat nemesis and n...

Joseph Goodman of The Miami Herald: Once again, it was Shane Battier's turn to speak. The Heat's forward delivered a rousing postgame speech in Toronto on Feb. 3 after the first game of the Heat's winning streak and - by the request of his teammates ...

Ethan J. Skolnick of the Palm Beach Post: He is now not just a man of distinction, but one with a distinction, having somehow scaled to heights - on legs that don't lift - that no one else in NBA history has reached. And, still, that bemused expressi...

Darnell Mayberry of The Oklahoman: This was a good win. Good because it keeps the Thunder on the Spurs heels. Good because it was anything but the Thunder's preferred style and yet OKC found a way to prevail. Good because it was a day filled with adv...

Andre C. Fernandez of The Miami Herald: The Heat continued to climb the ladder on the list of the NBA's all-time best winning streaks with Wednesday's victory. Miami tied seven other teams that have strung 16 victories together, including three that ...

Howard Beck of The New York Times: The ball flew - sometimes from the edge of the arc, sometimes from well beyond it, often with Knicks defenders closing fast - following its own gentle arc toward the net, splashing through 11 times, until Curry, the...

Ronald Tillery of The Commercial-Appeal: When the final horn sounded, Rudy Gay dripped with emotion, stood on the Grizzlies' side of half-court and smiled all the way through an impromptu receiving line. The Grizzlies' 88-82 victory over Gay and the ...

T.J. Simers of the Los Angeles Times: The Clippers' streak ends this week. Look at the schedule. It begins with a trap game against Utah on Sunday night, a game in Denver on Tuesday where the Nuggets are 9-1, a trap game the next night at Golden Stat...

Charles F. Gardner of the Journal Sentinel: Scott Skiles said "it's a make-or-miss league." On Wednesday night his Milwaukee Bucks made their shots on the way to a 108-93 victory over the Brooklyn Nets before 13,102 fans at the BMO Harris Bradley Cen...

Doug Smith of the Toronto Star: Jose Calderon knew it was time for someone to simply stand up and make an unequivocal declaration that enough was enough, that the situation was dire and it was time, in his word, to become "professional." And he's gon...

Josh Robbins of the Orlando Sentinel: For one night at least, the Magic erased the pain of Dwight Howard's messy departure and the frustrations from the rebuilding process his exit set in motion. They also embarrassed Howard by forcing him to confron...

Mike Wells of The Indianapolis Star: The Indiana Pacers have gone from not being able to win in the Staples Center against the Los Angeles Lakers to now not being able to lose in the building. George Hill made a layup with 0.1 seconds left to give th...