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Kobe Bryant of the Los Angeles Lakers and Kevin Durant of the Oklahoma City Thunder top the Western Conference, while Dwight Howard of the Orlando Magic and LeBron James of the Miami Heat lead the Eastern Conference after the third returns of 2011 NBA All-Star Balloting ...

The Miami Heat's LeBron James and Dwyane Wade, and Oklahoma City's Kevin Durant were named the Kia NBA Eastern and Western Conference Players of the Month, respectively, for games played during December. James (25.2 ppg, 7.9 rpg and 6.8 apg) and Wade (27.9 ppg, 6.9 rpg and 4.1 ...

Kobe Bryant of the Los Angeles Lakers and Kevin Durant of the Oklahoma City Thunder top the Western Conference, while Dwight Howard of the Orlando Magic and LeBron James of the Miami Heat lead the Eastern Conference after the first returns of 2011 NBA All-Star Balloting presented ...

Trail Blazers center Greg Oden, the former No. 1 draft pick whose short career has been marred by injuries, will have microfracture surgery on his left knee and will not play this season. Oden hasn't played since last December because he needed surgery to repair a fractured ...

The Atlanta Hawks agreed Monday to a five-year, $60 million contract extension with All-Star center Al Horford. The team reached the deal with Horford just ahead of a deadline that would have opened the door for one of their stalwart players to become a restricted free agent next summer. ...

The Boston Celtics' Rajon Rondo and the Los Angeles Lakers' Pau Gasol today were named the Eastern and Western Conference Players of the Week, respectively, for games played Tuesday, October 26, through Sunday, October 31. Rondo helped the Celtics to a 2-1 record to start their season, including ...

Dwyane Wade was off the court, perfecting the art of taking scoop shots from underneath a side basket and getting them to fall through the net without touching the rim. That'll be the extent of his basketball work for the next week or two. Wade's ailing right hamstring was ...

With all he has accomplished in the past year, Kevin Durant has earned a place among the NBA's elite players. In just his third year in the league, Durant became the youngest player to win the scoring title. His own improvement helped lead an Oklahoma City franchise that had won only ...

Phil Jackson wants a better sustained effort from the Lakers against the Oklahoma City Thunder. He got it for one quarter in the playoff opener, then watched the defending champions lose energy the rest of the way. The Lakers won 87-79 Sunday mostly on the strength of their ...

Kevin Durant had 20 points and eight rebounds to lead the way to a 100-81 win in a Team USA intrasquad exhibition game on Saturday night. Rudy Gay scored a game-high 27 points for the losing Blue team. Durant, playing for the White team, continued to make his case for a spot ...