Battle of the power forwards in Game 5 clearly goes to Boston, which also gets some Zen-like leadership from Garnett.Boston The man who likes to abuse his own bald head  either as a way to psych himself up or express simple frustration  was the one trying to ramp down the energy on Sunday.Boston’s Kevin Garnett [...]

Kobe Bryant signed a three-year extension to stay under contract through 2013-14 with the Lakers, the only team he has ever known in his NBA career. Bryant was already under contract this season and next season for a total of $47.8 million before the extension would kick into gear. Financial details of the extension were [...]

Nike Inc has extended its contract with basketball star LeBron James, one of the sports gear giant’s top athletes.Nike provided no details of the contract, but said in a short statement on Wednesday that it was “proud to continue our partnership with him for years to come.” “Nike’s relationship with LeBron has created innovative basketball [...]

LOS ANGELES Kobe Bryant scored 24 points, hitting 14 of 15 free throws, and the Los Angeles Lakers pulled away with a dominating third-quarter run for a 122-99 victory over the Indiana Pacers on Tuesday night.Andrew Bynum added 16 points and Pau Gasol had 14 points and 16 rebounds for the defending NBA champions, who fell [...]

OAKLAND, Calif. Stephen Curry scored 32 points and made the go-ahead free throw in the final minute after a technical foul on Jamal Crawford to help the Golden State Warriors rally from an 18-point deficit and beat the Atlanta Hawks 108-104 on Sunday night.Playing with only eight healthy players, the Warriors scored 16 straight points [...]

DENVER, Players All-Star Carmelo Anthony and Chauncey Billups appeared to inspire and support the Denver Nuggets 127-91 victory over the Dallas Mavericks in the competition continued American NBA basketball, Tuesday.Anthony scored 19 points after not playing for eight games because of ankle injury while Billups contributed 16 points after missing one game, also because of [...]

The Grammy winners are all set to perform during the NBA All-Star game on Feb. 14. The game will air live at 8 p.m. EST on TNT. Shakira will perform two songs from her latest CD, “She Wolf”; Keys will perform new and old hits. The divas will go on during the halftime show. Usher [...]

MEMPHIS, Tenn.  Kobe Bryant scored 44 points, passing Jerry West as the Los Angeles Lakers’ career scorer, but it wasn’t enough as the Memphis Grizzlies got 22 points and 17 rebounds from Zach Randolph to defeat the Lakers 95-93 on Monday night.Rudy Gay led Memphis with 25 points, and his 3-pointer with 29.5 seconds left [...]

BOSTON Kobe Bryant made amends for a poor shooting game by sinking a spectacular game-winning jumper as the Los Angeles Lakers edged the Boston Celtics 90-89 on Sunday.Bryant drilled a difficult 15-footer with 7.3 seconds left despite the close attendance of Ray Allen, who then went on to miss a three-point attempt as time expired [...]

Philadelphia  A listless game between the Lakers and 76ers on a cold Friday night became a showdown between Kobe Bryant and Allen Iverson.Bryant and Iverson raised the temperature of the game in the second half, the two of them taking the game over, giving the crowd inside Philadelphia’s Wachovia Center something to get excited about.The [...]