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Along the lines of pictures being valued at a thousand words, the shot chart above makes up most of what you need to know from a statistical perspective about the Miami Heat's win over the Chicago Bulls on Monday night. Read the entire article....

The Bulls shot the ball well in the third quarter ... But the bigger story was how mightily the Nets struggled against the Bulls defense. The story of Game 2 of the Brooklyn Nets-Chicago Bulls series can be told in a pair of shot charts (whic...

US Presswire The Lakers fall to 1-10 this season when Kobe Bryant scores 30 or more points. The Cleveland Cavaliers beat the Los Angeles Lakers 100-94, their seventh win in their past eight home meetings with the purple and gold. The Lakers have lo...

Despite Kobe Bryant's team-high 35 points, the Los Angeles Lakers came up short of getting back to .500 this season, losing to the Oklahoma City Thunder 114-108. The Lakers have not won consecutive games under Mike D'Antoni who falls to 4-6 since...

Jeff Kowalsky/AFP/Getty Images Reggie Miller is second all-time in regular season 3-pointers and first in postseason 3-pointers. He'll be enshrined in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame on Friday. Reggie Miller headlines the 2012 Naismit...

Fernando Medina/NBAE/Getty ImagesPairing Kobe Bryant with Dwight Howard, the Lakers are poised to change the landscape of the NBA.Dwight Howard is the newest member of the Los Angeles Lakers, having officially been traded from the Orlando Magic in a ...

Kirby Lee/USA TODAY Sports Carmelo Anthony and Team USA set US Olympic scoring records in a 156-73 victory over Nigeria on Thursday. The 83-point win is bigger than any win the Dream Team had in 1992. Team USA beat Nigeria 156-73 on Thursday behind...

Team USA improves to 16-1 in Olympic openers, beating France by 27 points, 98-71. The United States now is 5-0 against the French in Olympic competition, winning those games by an average of 30.2 points. The only team to beat Team USA in an Olymp...

Kentucky's Anthony Davis (New Orleans Hornets) and Michael Kidd-Gilchrist (Charlotte Bobcats) went 1-2 in the 2012 NBA draft, marking the first time in the common draft era that college teammates were selected with the first two picks. Overall, K...

Andrew D. Bernstein/NBAE/Getty ImagesIt's LeBron James (left), and not Kevin Durant, who has been "clutch" in the NBA Finals.(The Miami Heat host the Oklahoma City Thunder in Game 4 of the NBA Finals, Tuesday at 9 ET on ABC/ESPN3.) Since the NB...

Bryan Terry/Reuters LeBron James (right) may struggle in the NBA Finals when the Heat go up against the Thunder.LeBron James was stellar against the Boston Celtics, averaging 33.6 points and 11 rebounds per game while making 52.7 percent of his fiel...

Jim Rogash/Getty Images LeBron James did something that only Wilt Chamberlain had done in NBA postseason history. The Heat forced Game 7 with a 98-79 victory over the Celtics on Thursday night. Facing elimination on the road, the Miami Heat forced ...

Mike Ehrmann/Getty ImagesLeBron James has played 8 playoff games with his team facing elimination, and is 2-6 in those games.The Miami Heat will try and stay alive tonight against the Boston Celtics (ESPN, 8:30 ET), and it certainly will not be an ea...

Ronald Martinez/Getty ImagesKevin Durant led the Thunder's big second-half comeback to beat the Spurs and reach the NBA Finals.For one half Wednesday night, Tony Parker was well on his way to carrying the San Antonio Spurs to victory and forcing Game...

Matthew Emmonsj/US PresswireTony Parker needs to get back on track if the Spurs are going to win Game 5.The Western Conference Finals head back to San Antonio for Game 5 tonight at 9 ET with the series knotted at two games apiece. Spurs Keys to th...

Nathaniel S. Butler/NBAE/Getty ImagesThe Miami Heat have never lost a seven-game series when they've won the first two games.(The Boston Celtics host the Miami Heat in Game 3 of the NBA Eastern Conference Finals, Friday at 8:30 ET on ESPN.) If his...