Lakers 31, Pacers 29 (first quarter)The Lakers attacked the undersized Indiana Pacers inside, going hard at them with seven-footers Andrew Bynum and Pau Gasol.But they weren’t the only ones.The rest of the Lakers went at the Pacers inside as well, going in for layups.The Lakers scored 18 of their  points inside the paint against the [...]

Washington It was time for one last victory lap, seven months later, in the memorable confines of the East Room in the White House.The Lakers met with President Obama on Monday, continuing the annual tradition of an NBA champion’s visiting the White House, though this one had to be unique, accompanied by presidential trash talk [...]

MIAMI  LeBron James and Dwyane Wade walked off the court at halftime, smiling toward each other after an epic performance worthy of superstars.At game’s end, only James left happy.James hit two free throws after a scary tumble and blow to the head with 4.1 seconds left for the winning points, and Wade missed a jumper [...]

The Lakers couldn’t finish off a game they thought they had firmly in command, ultimately done in by a surprising foul called on Pau Gasol with 1.2 seconds left and an imprecise inbounds pass by Luke Walton to Kobe Bryant that led not to Bryant’s familiar last-second magic but a shot that rimmed and went [...]

Cleveland A three-point shots late to avoid the end game of the Cleveland Cavaliers defeat of Oklahoma City. In action at Quicken Loans Arena, Cavs leading 100-99.Daniel Gibson is a hero who became the Cavs in action. Three-point shots that he made during the game 8.7 seconds remaining to lead the Cavs back 98-96. Kevin [...]

Cleveland Shaquille O’Neal had a desire to see the slam dunk contest between the three champ, LeBron James, Kobe Bryant and Vince Carter. Dunk contest that could be useful to Haiti. That’s an idea that was brought up to greet the arrival of Shaq NBA All Star in mid-February next. Shaq wants to LeBron, his [...]

NEW YORK After the overthrow Dwight ‘Superman’ Howard in the final of Slam Dunk contest last year, Nate Robinson was not satisfied. He wanted to play LeBron ‘King’ James in action this year. Really? Robinson to ensure self-maintaining slam dunk title, the action entitled All-Star. He tried to be the first successful pebasket took the [...]

BOSTON  Luol Deng scored 25 points to lead a strong effort from the starting unit as the Chicago Bulls topped the Boston Celtics for the first time this season with a 96-83 victory on ThursdayAll five starters reached double figures for the Bulls (17-20) who captured their third-straight win and avenged two lopsided defeats to [...]

NEW YORK  Some of his teammates laughed when Gilbert Arenas pointed his index fingers at them, as if they were guns.David Stern didn’t.Stern hasn’t found any of Arenas’ behavior funny lately, so on Wednesday he handed down a punishment he wasn’t expected to deliver until much later.Arenas was suspended indefinitely without pay by the NBA [...]

LOS ANGELES With apologies to Jerry West, the Lakers’ modern-day “Mr. Clutch” did it again.Kobe Bryant hit yet another buzzer-beating 3-pointer and finished with 39 points as the defending NBA champions overcame a 20-point deficit to beat the Sacramento Kings 109-108 on Friday night. The last time the Lakers won a game in which they [...]