Smoke. No Fire.
By DON VAN NATTA
Miami has the stars on the court, but the notoriously distracted fans in South Florida have been mostly indifferent.
Miami has the stars on the court, but the notoriously distracted fans in South Florida have been mostly indifferent.
Phil Jackson won the first of 11 titles when his Bulls vanquished the Lakers in 1991. Twenty years later, could his Lakers top the Bulls for title No. 12?
The Minnesota Lynx have signed Maya Moore, the first pick in this year's WNBA draft.
Marquis Barnett, a senior basketball player at Cardozo High School in Queens, plans to choose a college close to home.
The N.B.A. has fined Kobe Bryant of the Los Angeles Lakers $100,000 for directing an antigay slur at a referee during Tuesday’s victory over the San Antonio Spurs.
Almost all the starters rested, and the Celtics’ bench beat the Knicks’ bench in the last game of the regular season.
For a star player earning $27 million, a $100,000 fine — about 0.4 percent of his salary — is far less imposing than if he were suspended for a playoff game.
The Knicks and the Nets remade themselves with trades that have left the teams struggling for identities.
Carmelo Anthony scored 39 points for the second straight game, including the tiebreaking jumper with 1:08 left.