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Andrew Bynum popped champagne in the middle of the hallway outside the Lakers locker room. Ron Artest lost his voice, screaming at the top of his lungs while clutching what the Lakers had worked for all season. But the moment that may very well stand out was the image ...

This was the earlier Rajon Rondo of the NBA playoffs. This was the one who declared himself the best point guard in the league. Not the one who came up lame in Game 1 of the NBA Finals. This was the all-around Rondo, who had a series of huge ...

The talk coming into the game circled around how the Celtics' defense may rival that of the 2008 championship team. On Thursday, the Lakers showed their rendition of defense. They took charges. They caused deflections. They altered and rejected shots inside. In short, they frustrated Boston. That defense coupled ...

Ron Artest signed Wednesday with the NBA champion Los Angeles Lakers, the team he wanted to join for years. Artest, who played for the Houston Rockets last season, received a five-year deal worth about $33 million, according to his agent, David Bauman. Seated next to Lakers general manager Mitch Kupchak, Artest professed ...

If LeBron James or Kobe Bryant are looking for a little help, Ron Artest is talking calls. The Rockets star forward, an unrestricted free agent, will consider a team's chances of winning an NBA championship when deciding where he'll bring his skills next season, his agent says. David Bauman said Wednesday that ...

Ron Artest was on his best behavior for the Houston Rockets this season. He was also a key contributor during their surprising run to the second round of the playoffs. Both Artest and the team say they want to extend their relationship for another season, but the fiery forward also said ...

Pau Gasol and Yao Ming jump for the Game 2 opening tip-off. Lakers beat Rockets 111-98 to even playoff series.

Desperate to salvage a split at home, the Los Angeles Lakers blitzed Houston in the first quarter. The Rockets withstood the initial charge, and stuck around for another rough-and-tumble game that turned chaotic. This time, though, the Lakers defended their home court. Kobe Bryant scored 40 points, Pau Gasol added 22 points ...

People think this Lakers-Rockets series is about Ron Artest vs. Kobe Bryant, but it isn't. Ron and Kobe will go head-to-head only so much. After the Rockets' Game 1 win, Ron said that Kobe is the only dude that can "stop" Kobe. And, of course, Kobe, in his dry postgame ...

It was fitting that tiny Aaron Brooks was the one to lean down and pry the 7-foot-6, 310-pound Yao Ming from the floor late in Houston's 100-92 victory in Game 1 of the Western Conference Semifinals, because the Rockets' smallest and tallest players had just spent the last 48 minutes ...