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Knicks-Pacers Preview

First things first: The Knicks need their top two scorers, Carmelo Anthony and J.R. Smith, to have better shooting nights in Game 2. They combined to go 14-for-43 on Sunday afternoon in the Knicks loss. Tyson Chandler's four-point, three-rebound perf...

Getty Images Even on teams with great scorers, "just get it to that guy" is bad strategy. It's late in a close game, your team has the ball, and they need to decide what to do. Pick and roll? Isolation? Drive and kick? This shooter? That one? ...

Boston Celtics coach Doc Rivers despised the idea of trading away Jason Collins when his team moved him at the February trade deadline, but with a glaring need for a bench scorer, Collins became a necessary inclusion in a swap for the Washington Wiza...

CHICAGO -- Brooklyn Nets guard C.J. Watson and Chicago Bulls guard Nate Robinson each received a technical foul in the second quarter of Game 4 of the Eastern Conference quarterfinals after getting tangled up and tackling each other into the scorer's...

Brooklyn Nets guard C.J. Watson and Chicago Bulls guard Nate Robinson each received a technical foul in the second quarter of Game 4 of the Eastern Conference quarterfinals after getting tangled up and tackling each other into the scorer's table.

Nuggets-Warriors Preview

Bradford Doolittle looks in-depth at the Grizzlies' playoff loss to the Clippers on Saturday. He writes that poor offensive rebounding -- Memphis had just four all game -- was a major factor.

Story | Conversation | April 22, 2013

The NBA has rescinded one of DeMarcus Cousins' technical fouls, allowing Sacramento's leading scorer to play Monday night at Oklahoma City instead of serving an automatic one-game suspension.

Homework time for the rooks. Which veteran should Andrew Nicholson study?

Story | Conversation | April 12, 2013

Homework time for the rooks. Which veteran should Jared Sullinger study?

Story | Conversation | April 12, 2013

Homework time for the rooks. Which veteran should Anthony Davis study?

Story | Conversation | April 12, 2013

Junior guard Russ Smith will leave Louisville early to enter the NBA draft, according to his father.

Jalen Rose and Bill Simmons break down the suddenly tight race for the NBA scoring title between Carmelo Anthony and Kevin Durant. They also explain how Melo and Durant were born to score baskets the way sharks were born to kill fish....

We're only nine days into April and Carmelo Anthony has scored 40-plus points over three straight games, eclipsed Kevin Durant as the NBA's top scorer and has led the Knicks to a league-best 12-game winning streak. In doing so, he was named the Easte...

WHAT IT MEANS: Sunday's game was billed as a matchup between Kevin Durant and Carmelo Anthony, the top two scorers in the NBA. But it turned into the J.R. Smith Show late in the fourth quarter. Smith sealed the Knicks' 125-120 win with two hu...