First Cup: Thursday

Fred Kerber of the New York Post: "'Twas the night before the night before Christmas ... and the Nets still lost. They had Yi Jianlian back from a kne...

Page 2 in the grandstands

...I expected to see, and the buzz usually reserved for a college game hovered in the building. Shaquille O'Neal was booed lustily, evoking his years of toiling for the hated Lakers, and questionable calls...

K-Bros: Christmas Day Showdown

...the X-Mas Day showdown with the Cleveland Plain Dealer's Brian Windhorst, who offers thoughts on Shaq, LeBron vs. Ron Ron and the puppets. Plus, we discover a subtle way for Lakers fans to...

Ric Bucher's NBA Minute: Best Of The Decade

Photo: Vince Bucci/Getty Images Image - Shaquille O'Neal (34) and Kobe Bryant (8) stand next to each other during the first quarter of...

NBA Minute: Decade's Best

Ric Bucher selects his NBA Team of the Decade, Regular Season Game of the Decade, Postseason Game of the Decade and Player of the Decade

How to change your NBA destiny

In the No Benjamins Association, Bill Simmons says to expect more trades than ever this season.

Lakers links and NBA news- December 22

...the ultimate tale of the tape between Kobe and LeBron. Around the NBA: JA Adande notes that Shaq's return to Phoenix was unusually un-Shaqlike. Meanwhile, Cleveland pulled away late to hand the Suns...

Cavaliers' late run helps Suns to first home loss of season

LeBron James and Mo Williams led a 15-0 fourth-quarter run and the Cleveland Cavaliers went on to hand the Phoenix Suns their first home loss of the season 109-91.

LeBron Leads Cavs Past Suns

Cavs hand Suns first home loss of season in Shaq's return to Phoenix

PHOENIX - DECEMBER 21: Shaquille O'Neal #33 of the Cleveland Cavaliers is guarded by Channing Frye #8 of the Phoenix Suns...

PHOENIX - DECEMBER 21: Shaquille O'Neal #33 of the Cleveland Cavaliers is guarded by Channing Frye #8 of the Phoenix Suns...

The Shaq experiment

In the December 28, 2009 issue of ESPN The Magazine, Chris Broussard explains that -- contrary to the belief of some -- the Shaq/LeBron experiment in Cleveland IS actually working.

Story | Conversation | December 21, 2009

Shaq has clashed with teammates on almost every team he's been on

LeBron and Shaq have been working well together this season

Daily Dime

Shaq was back in Phoenix, but it was his team that appeared to arrive