Sewing up a 5-year contract over the weekend didn’t slow Thunder guard Russell Westbrook down as Oklahoma City trounced the Detroit Pistons 99-79 at Chesapeake Energy Arena Monday night.

When Kevin Love declared for the NBA Draft in April 2008, I shook my head. Like Tyler Hansbrough, who was dominating college basketball at the time, I thought of Love as only a college player. He didn’t have what it would take to muster a valid career in the NBA. He would average 10 and [...]

Last night’s game between the Portland Trailblazers and the Atlanta Hawks took on added meaning as Jamal Crawford returned to Philips arena for the first time since he and the Hawks parted ways.

The Phoenix Suns (4-9) are in the midst of a five-game losing streak that has the Purple and Orange gang sitting 13th in the Western Conference. The four wins in 13 games mark the worst start to a Suns season since 1996-97, when that team started 0-13 before collecting its first win. In a seemingly twisted stroke of irony, the 1996-97 season marked Steve Nash’s first in the Valley of the Sun while the 2011-12 campaign could be his last.

It was a tale of 25 turnovers and unsustained energy that cost the Cavaliers a home defeat to the Golden State Warriors, 105-95, after a long, seven-game road trip. The loss dropped their record to 6-7 for the season.

After their win over the New York Knicks Saturday night inside the Chesapeake Energy Arena, the Oklahoma City Thunder finished a span of 13 games in 21 nights to open the season and the team still finds itself on top of the Western Conference.
Having won 11 of their 13 contests after the grueling start to [...]

In a condensed season with games piled on top of each other, every body on the roster counts and the Atlanta Hawks are about learn this lesson the hard way as all-star forward Al Horford is expected to miss a large chunk of time.

Part of getting to where the Dallas Mavericks want and need to be this year includes beating the teams they are supposed to beat on a regular basis. Getting the 4-6 Milwaukee Bucks at home qualifies as a team the Mavericks should be able to beat even as they work to regain their full confidence.

DeMarcus Cousins isn’t the first NBA player to enter the league boasting special talents while also falling short a few screws. However, he is unique in that he’s made it 19 months into his pro career without either side – the talent or the personality – winning out in a clear fashion.

Amir Johnson has given up inches and pounds every game this season as he makes the transition from playing power forward to sliding into his new role as Toronto’s starting centre. This season he has battled in the post against Roy Hibbert, Dwight Howard and Tyson Chandler, yet he is still averaging a team-high 7.8 rebounds and 1.2 blocks in just under 30 minutes of burn.