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Bob Kravitz of The Indianapolis Star: The 1971-72 Los Angeles Lakers couldn't have beaten them. The 1985-86 Boston Celtics couldn't have beaten them. Nobody could have beaten the Miami Heat on Sunday night at Bankers Life Fieldhouse. Not the Indiana ...

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 ...

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 ...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Geoff Calkins of The Commercial-Appeal: The game ended and the music blared and the streamers fell and ... What? No streamers? No triumphant jog off the court? No fans racing to their cars to relive the highlights on the postgame show? No looking for...

John Rohde of The Oklahoman: So we're to believe James Harden was rushed, that he wasn't given enough time to decide whether to stay with the Thunder or bolt, so to speak. Harden said Thunder general manager Sam Presti gave him one hour to accept a f...

Jonathan Feigen of the Houston Chronicle: All that was left for James Harden to do was drive Royce White to Atlanta. He did everything else - much more than even he could have imagined. This is what it means to be a "foundational player," as Daryl Mo...

Eddie Sefko of The Dallas Morning News: Eddy Curry figures to embark to Los Angeles on Monday with his new Mavericks teammates as the team's starting center. Considering he's had a grand total of 25 minutes of playing time going into the season opene...

Dwain Price of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram: Dallas Mavericks guard Delonte West was suspended Monday night by the team, according to a source, for conduct detrimental to the team. West apparently was involved in an ugly outburst in the locker room a...

Jonathan Feigen of the Houston Chronicle: Royce White said he will join the Rockets for practice Monday in Houston, citing the team's blessing to travel to a large part of the season's schedule by bus as part of his plan to manage his mental illness....

Kyle Veazey of The Commercial-Appeal: Pop star Justin Timberlake has decided to secure a stake in his hometown's professional sports franchise. Timberlake, 31, who grew up near Millington, has agreed to become a limited partner in Robert Pera's bid t...