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Jim McIsaac/Getty Images Gasol earned his first Defensive Player of the Year award by anchoring the NBA's stingiest defense. Since the 1982-83 season, when the first Defensive Player of the Year award was given, a power forward or a center has won ...

The Celtics will have to contend with the Heat's fourth-quarter dominance The Miami Heat bring their 22-game winning streak into Boston for a showdown at 8 p.m. on Monday (ESPN) with a team that has given them a lot of trouble in the past. Here a...

The Miami Heat have lost 10 straight regular season games in Boston, including five losses in the LeBron-Wade-Bosh era. Since the start of the 2010-11 season, the Heat have averaged just 83.2 points per 100 possessions in the regular season at TD...

Rocky Widner/NBAE/Getty ImagesThe Nuggets play a different brand of basketball at home The Denver Nuggets started the season 11-12 but have run off a 22-9 record since then. What changed? 17 of Denver's first 23 games were on the road, but since the...

The Dallas Mavericks have the sixth-highest pace in the NBA with 96.4 possessions per 48 minutes. However, they are not converting those possessions into an efficient offense. Mavericks have an offensive efficiency rating of 99.7, which has them rank...

AP Photo/Ross FranklinChicago Bulls center Joakim Noah is averaging career-highs (so far) in points per game (13.5), assists per game (4.5), blocks per game (2.2) and (1.4) steals per game heading into today's game with the Houston Rockets. M...

Mark L. Baer/US PresswireJrue Holiday (left) and the 76ers will face Rajon Rondo (right) and the Celtics on ESPN Friday night.Jrue Holiday might be ready to insert his name into the list of elite point guards in the NBA. Holiday, who will lead th...