LeBron, Cavs build early lead, coast to victory

LeBron James scored 12 of his 34 points in the first quarter, helping the Cleveland Cavaliers build a cushion it used to cruise to a 98-88 win over the Detroit Pistons on Wednesday night.

Lakers avoid rare three-game skid by knocking off Pistons

Kobe Bryant scored 40 points for the 100th time in his career, and the Los Angeles Lakers avoided a rare three-game losing streak with a 106-93 victory over the Detroit Pistons on Tuesday night.

Wallace's 16 boards, Gordon's 23 points get Pistons rolling

Ben Gordon scored 23 points and Ben Wallace added 16 rebounds, helping the Detroit Pistons beat the 76ers 88-81.

Bargnani's 22 points, 12 rebounds power Raptors past Pistons

Andrea Bargnani had 22 points and 12 rebounds for his first double-double of the season, Chris Bosh scored 25 points and the Toronto Raptors beat the Detroit Pistons 110-99 on Wednesday night.

Central Division preview

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

Rankings: Power forwards

Fantasy basketball power forward rankings for the 2009-2010 season.

Rankings: Centers

Fantasy basketball center rankings for the 2009-2010 season.

Housecleaning time: Clips, links and e-mail

...over the hump -- then build around Hamilton (who has a team-friendly contract), Tayshaun Prince (ditto), Jason Maxiell, Amir Johnson (major sleeper), the 15th pick in the 2007 draft and whatever they can get...

20 reasons to heart Cavs-Pistons

My editors asked me to tackle the 20 most fascinating subplots from the Cavs-Pistons series as we head into Thursday night's crucial Game 5. Frankly, ...

Midweek roundup

...s an established track record of undersized power forwards getting playing time (Ryan Gomes, Craig Smith, Jason Maxiell, Luke Walton, etc.). That's the single best value you're going to find in the...

Summer's madness

Scoop Jackson appraises the state of the NBA's contenders and how free agency is shaking out.

Chad Ford's Mock Draft

The Clips won the No. 1 pick in the draft. Will they take Blake Griffin?

Cleveland Cavaliers forward Joe Smith (32)pulls down a rebound from Detroit Pistons forward Jason Maxiell in the second quarter of Game 3 of a first-round NBA basketball playoff series in...

Scouting Update: Pistons-Cavs, Game 3

Scouts Inc. breaks down Game 3 of the Eastern Conference first-round series between the Detroit Pistons and Cleveland Cavaliers and picks the winner.

Pistons unable to control LeBron as Cavs take 2-0 series lead

The Detroit Pistons couldn't contain LeBron James again. And this time, they didn't stop his teammates until it was too late.