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LOS ANGELES -- Former UCLA and NBA legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is hoping to dive into the Bruins' search for a basketball coach. Abdul-Jabbar, the NBA's all-time leading scorer and a three-time national champion as a member of the UCLA basketball t...

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EL SEGUNDO, Calif. -- The Black Mamba has already shed his skin several times this season as Kobe Bryant transformed from the league's leading scorer to one of its most effective passers. In the last three games, Bryant seems to have finally settl...

The Denver Nuggets will be without leading scorer Danilo Gallinari against the Los Angeles Lakers on Monday night as the forward sits out with a bruised left thigh.

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NBAE/Getty Images Kevin Durant (left) and LeBron James have the two highest scoring averages in All-Star Game history.We preview the NBA All-Star Game with 10 facts you need to know. • Kevin Durant won his first All-Star Game MVP award...

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Lou Williams, the Atlanta Hawks' third-leading scorer, will miss the remainder of the season with a right knee injury.

Carmelo Anthony scored 22 of his 30 points in the first quarter, and the New York Knicks held on after he departed with a sprained left ankle to beat the Los Angeles Lakers 116-107 in coach Mike D'Antoni's return to Madison Square Garden.

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Kobe Bryant's ultimate place among basketball's greats may be up for debate. But there is no denying Bryant's spot as one of the all-time best scorers after he became the youngest player in NBA history to reach 30,000 career points Wednesday.

Mike D'Antoni limped around the court at the Los Angeles Lakers' practice facility Monday, barking out instructions to his players in his Southern twang, while his crutch remained propped up against the scorer's table at center court. He isn't com...

LOS ANGELES -- "The Captain," Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, finally got his due Friday as the Los Angeles Lakers unveiled a magnificent statue in honor of the NBA's all-time leading scorer. The pose for Abdul-Jabbar's statue, the sixth to be erected outsi...

Neil Paine looks inside the numbers to reveal that NBA players with top defensive reputations -- including Kobe Bryant, Joakim Noah, Rajon Rondo, Arron Afflalo and Tayshaun Prince -- are not the defensive stalwarts they appear (or used) to be.

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Basketball Hall of Famer Jack Twyman, one of the NBA's top scorers in the 1950s who became the guardian to a paralyzed teammate, has died. He was 78.