For a basketball player, it can be more than $200 million. Just ask Tamika Catchings. A single chromosome is the only genetic difference between men and women. If the Indiana Fever forward had been born with XY chromosomes instead of XX, she might have been, well, another Kevin Garnett. That Y equal more than $20 [...]

They’re better off slowing down the game — or even better yet, standing still at the free throw line. That’s what the Lakers did to near perfection in Game 3 on Friday night, and that’s why they’re still standing in a series with an opponent who can run circles around them. PHOTOS: Top highlights from [...]

Whether Bosh was bothered or not is immaterial. When guard Dwyane Wade, forward LeBron James and Bosh were called “Two and A Half Men,” it was a direct hit on Bosh — the implication being the seven-time All-Star didn’t belong in the same sentence with James and Wade. The insults seem a bit foolish and [...]

“I don’t even know where to start,” Collins said. “Don’t even know where to start.” Let’s start with this: Down 18 to the much more experienced Celtics with 10:50 left in the third quarter and showing no signs the improbable was about to happen, the Sixers defeated the Celtics 92-83, evening this best-of-7 Eastern Conference [...]

ByRachel Delgado, AP This family photo shows Patrick Gonzalez, 12, with an image of San Antonio Spurs’ Matt Bonner shaved into his head. Article source: http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~r/UsatodaycomNba-TopStories/~3/yP8XZQyLYaI/1

By Adi Joseph, USA TODAY These are not the superstars we’ve come to know. These are not two of the best ballhandlers in the NBA, two of the most creative offensive players of the past decade, two of the most entertaining players to hit the hardwood. Chris Paul and Dwyane Wade are lost. And they’re [...]

That’s the big hand on the Miami Heat Trouble-o-Meter, advancing ever higher. Thursday was not a fluke, accident, aberration or just one of those days. The Indiana Pacers are believing more by the minute, and the Heat are 0-2 since Chris Bosh went down. Miami is supposed to have a two-star answer to everything, except [...]

Way down. The Heat are in a hole. COLUMN: Heat in big trouble Roy Hibbert had 19 points and 18 rebounds, George Hill scored 20 and Danny Granger 17 as the Pacers, showing more balance, toughness and togetherness than favored Miami, throttled the malfunctioning Heat 94-75 on Thursday night in Game 3 of the Eastern [...]

Chris Paul responded to his awful Game 1 with only a slightly better encore, scoring 10 points as the Clippers now head home desperate to steer out of what’s starting to get the feel of a sweep. Blake Griffin led the Clippers with 20 points. His plan to manage his ailing knee so the All-Star [...]

By Adi Joseph, USA TODAY The play was designed to get Kobe Bryant open. You could see it in the Los Angeles Lakers star’s look of astonishment. You could see it on Steve Blake‘s face as his three-pointer hit iron. Bryant had been cold down the stretch as the Lakers wilted away a lead. The [...]