Miami’s LeBron James had 40 points, 18 rebounds and 9 assists in Sunday’s win against Indiana. It would be hard to point out one play as indicative of his dominating day but this pass to Dwyane Wade would come close. Great players make great plays and this is pretty nifty. The Heat win tied the [...]

Kyrie Irving is not only the NBA’s Rookie of the Year, he’s an auteur. The Cleveland Cavaliers star wrote, directed and starred in “Uncle Drew” a short film for Pepsi MAX. Irving pokes fun at his generation of players and street ballers (while also providing an homage) with his uncle Drew character at Clark’s Pond [...]

Could the Clippers get that nightmare collapse against the San Antonio Spurs in Game 3 — a 24-point lead, poof, gone — out of their system, out of their psyche? Could Chris Paul and Blake Griffin play through injury and deliver the big efforts the Clippers needed from them to avoid a series sweep? Could [...]

Never mind. Sunday was gut-check day, head-check day, heart-check day — an entire physical exam — for the Heat. Especially Wade. Play poorly again, lose again, look impotent against the Indiana Pacers, and the sky would be falling. This hit show might actually close, to bricks being shot and bricks being thrown. MORE: James, Wade [...]

So when Kevin Durant sank a 25-foot shot to win a pressure-packed playoff game at L.A.’s Staples Center, a modern mecca of the NBA playoffs, and in doing so also defeated one of the greatest Lakers of them all, Kobe Bryant, another pro basketball page had been turned. Actually, if you’re watching Durant in these [...]

Bounce, bounce, bounce. Dwyane Wade. He had come Sunday for atonement. So had all the Miami Heat. “You start to realize,” their coach, Erik Spoelstra said before Game 4. “It’s all about survival.” Five hours later, Bankers Life Fieldhouse was quiet again, this time filled with disappointed Indiana Pacers‘ fans who yearned so deeply to [...]

LeBron James brought it back. And this time, Dwyane Wade helped him. James scored 40 points, Wade added 30 — 22 in the second half — and Miami’s dynamic duo took over after halftime to get the Heat even in the series with a 101-93 win over the Indiana Pacers in Game 4 of the [...]

If LeBron James is one of the giants of his age, isn’t it time he take his talents and save South Beach? Isn’t that what Jordan would do? How does Dwyane Wade answer the criticism from an horrific and stormy Game 3 – with purpose or pique? Strike back at the Indiana Pacers, or bicker [...]

Until the last eight minutes of the nightcap, that is, when the young guys – the Oklahoma City Thunder‘s Russell Westbrook and Kevin Durant – took over. The day started with 36-year-old Tim Duncan, who is looking surprisingly spry in these playoffs, leading his San Antonio Spurs to a 3-0 series lead over the Los [...]

A 24-0 San Antonio Spurs run sucked the life out of the hangar-like Staples Center and turned the home team into a little pile of Paper Clips. That was easy! STORY: Should Vinny Del Negro remain Clippers coach? PHOTOS: Top highlights from the NBA playoffs So the Spurs, whose advanced age doesn’t seem to be [...]