Last game, I talked about opportunities that have presented themselves to the Bulls' bench players because of injuries to starters. Tonight, I want to talk about Thabo Sefolosha specifically. He had a chance to start at the beginning of...
The Atlanta Hawks finished strong last season, taking the Boston Celtics to 7 games in the first round of the play-offs. They made the post-season as the 8th seed; the Hawks would be a 4th seed at this point...
* The Hawks won the lone previous meeting between these teams this season, 113-108 on Nov. 11, behind Al Horford's 27 points and 17 rebounds. * Atlanta has held nine straight opponents below 100 points. * The Hawks are...
It's pretty difficult to come to the Palace and not remember some of the great battles that we had with the Pistons when I was playing. I remember when I was a rookie and the 7-game series we had...
Injuries obviously hurt any team, but the Bulls have had a number of them lately and they are starting to take a toll. Kirk Hinrich has been out since November, Tyrus Thomas has missed a couple of games and...
DENVER (AP) — Denver Nuggets All-Star Carmelo Anthony will miss at least three weeks with a broken bone in his shooting hand, but he won't need surgery.
Anthony was fitted with a red, removable splint Tuesday after breaking a bone in his right hand in a victory over the Indiana Pacers the night before.
He's been told...
All Times ESTEASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic Division
W L Pct GB Boston 29 6 .829 — New Jersey 17 18 .486 12 New York 13 19 .406 14½Toronto 14 21 .400 15 Philadelphia 13 20 .394 15 Southeast DivisionW L Pct GB...
INDEPENDENCE, Ohio (AP) — LeBron James is still talkin' the walk.
Two days after he was surprisingly whistled for traveling in the closing seconds of Cleveland's 80-77 loss at Washington, James maintains his "crab dribble" was legal and that he has no plans to remove it from his arsenal.
The Cavaliers superstar was...
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — An Israeli basketball team fled to the locker room Tuesday as hundreds of fist-pumping, chanting Turkish fans protested the violence in Gaza.
The European Cup game between Bnei Hasharon and Turk Telekom was postponed because the Israeli team did not return to the court. There was no word on when or where the...
PHOENIX (AP) — The Phoenix Suns have released Dee Brown less than two weeks after signing him to fill the team's need for a backup point guard.
Brown appeared in two games for Phoenix and averaged 2.5 points and 1.5 assists. Brown was signed by the Suns on Dec. 24 after appearing in 17 games with the Washington Wizards to begin...