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Four key players returning from injury should help their teams win in 2011-12.

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Our ESPN.com NBA analyst forecasts the regular-season outcome for all 30 teams

DALLAS -- San Antonio coach Gregg Popovich indicated after this morning's shootaround that the Spurs would play to win tonight. Tim Duncan and Manu Ginoboli apparently aren't part of that plan. Those two Spurs' stars aren't dressed out. They're...

Here's how Boston Celtics legend Larry Bird viewed the NBA All-Star Game: "You play the first half and guys get some dunks and this and that, but you get into the second half you play to win. We always said, 'We're here, we might as well win the game...

Eric Karabell debunks the myth that you need a top point guard to lead your league in assists.

The eighth day of summer league action saw Randy Foye spark the Wolves past the Mavs with a 28-point effort.

Dan Shanoff on the NBA Playoffs, LeBron, Richard Seymour, Pedro Martinez, JJ Redick, NASCAR Cat Fight and more.

Indiana Pacers guard George Hill has been cleared to play Saturday night against the New York Knicks in Game 6 of the Eastern Conference semifinal series.

Mike Woodson still has confidence in Jason Kidd. Just not enough confidence to guarantee the slumping veteran more minutes in Game 6. Woodson played Kidd just five minutes in the Knicks' Game 5 win over Indiana. Kidd did not play in the secon...

The Knicks' win Thursday gave them more than just a chance to play another day -- it gave them confidence. "If any team can accomplish this, I feel like we can," Tyson Chandler said. The "this" Chandler was referring to is winning a series af...

Garrett W. Ellwood/NBAE/Getty Images Play a ton of minutes in the regular season, like Stephen Curry, and injuries are common. A while back I found that players who play a ton of minutes don't win NBA titles anymore. It used to happen all the ti...

WHAT IT MEANS: Say this much for the Knicks: They sure know how to make things interesting. New York nearly squandered a 26-point fourth-quarter lead but righted the ship with three minutes to play to secure an 88-80 win in Game 6. With the v...

Denver Nuggets broadcaster Scott Hastings has taken offense to Golden State Warriors coach Mark Jackson accussing the Nuggets of dirty play.

Kevin Durant will not play in Wednesday's regular-season finale, meaning Carmelo Anthony will secure his first career NBA scoring title. Anthony is the first Knick to win the scoring title since Bernard King led the NBA in scoring in 1984-85. ...

Carmelo Anthony, Tyson Chandler and Kenyon Martin will not play on Monday night in Charlotte, according to the Knicks. The absences are expected. The Knicks say Anthony is out due to a sore left shoulder. Anthony said after Sunday's win over...

The Boston Celtics can assure themselves of no worse than the seventh seed in the Eastern Conference with a win Friday night in Miami coupled with a Milwaukee Bucks loss in Atlanta. Boston holds a three-game edge on Milwaukee with four games to play ...