Last Updated: May 28, 2011 11:46am
Miami and Dallas play for it all
Only seven different teams have won the NBA Championship since 1984.
Last Updated: May 27, 2011 11:35pm
The Heat owe the Raptors
One game separated the Heat and Mavs during the regular season, one season-ending win by Miami that now provides the home-court cushion in the NBA final.
Last Updated: May 27, 2011 11:46pm
Mavericks aim to atone
The painful memories of 2006 resonate to this very day, a time when the Dallas Mavericks allowed a championship opportunity to escape from their grasp.
Last Updated: May 27, 2011 2:51pm
Rockets tab McHale as next head coach
The Houston Rockets have reportedly settled on Kevin McHale as their next head coach.
Last Updated: May 27, 2011 12:04pm
NBA legacy set to be stamped
Dirk Nowitzki or LeBron James is about to be elevated in the coming days by finally securing the game's biggest prize.
Last Updated: May 27, 2011 9:42am
Former WNBA player dies
Former WNBA player Margo Dydek died Friday, just over a week after suffering a heart attack. She was 37 years old.
Last Updated: May 27, 2011 12:14am
Heat join Mavs in NBA final
LeBron James and Dwyane Wade rallied the Heat from a late deficit and carried Miami into the NBA final with an 83-80 victory over the Chicago Bulls in Game 5 of the Eastern Conference final.
Last Updated: May 26, 2011 8:59pm
Canuck hoopster picks Leon Rose
It’s unlikely Brampton’s Tristan Thompson will get drafted by the Raptors, but the connections linking the highly touted power forward to Toronto extend beyond geography.
Last Updated: May 26, 2011 5:18pm
Brown's hands full with Lakers
Whether it was Hubie Brown, Dee Brown, Kwame Brown or the chosen one in Mike Brown, the Lakers aren't going to regain the swagger that made them champions until a full cleansing is completed.
Last Updated: May 26, 2011 3:12pm
Bargnani's mixed messages
By now, most Toronto Raptors fans have seen Andrea Bargnani's interesting comments regarding his future with the club when he did a brief interview during an Italian Sky Sports feed of the Western Conference Finals, essentially saying he wants to play somewhere warmer and where he can "play [his] role."
Last Updated: May 26, 2011 1:31am
Heat vs. Mavs — let's get on with it
The Chicago Bulls aren’t dead yet. The Oklahoma City Thunder already are.
Last Updated: May 26, 2011 1:22am
Bargnani likes Toronto, really
Andrea Bargnani’s name has been mud in these parts for the past couple of days — well, to clarify, muddier than usual. And he wants you to know it’s all a misunderstanding.
Last Updated: May 26, 2011 3:21am
Mavs headed to NBA final
Oklahoma City will look back at two straight losses with late-game leads. In the meantime, Dallas is looking ahead to its first NBA Finals appearance since 2006.
Last Updated: May 25, 2011 8:35pm
Lakers hoping to land Brown as coach
The Los Angeles Lakers hope to appoint Mike Brown as head coach “within the next few days“ to succeed Hall of Famer Phil Jackson, the NBA champions said on Wednesday.
Last Updated: May 25, 2011 1:28am
Heat wear out Bulls in OT
LeBron James led all scorers with 35 points and shut down Derrick Rose with the game on the line in regulation, as the Miami Heat pulled out a 101-93 overtime victory in Game 4 to take total control of the Eastern Conference finals.
Last Updated: May 24, 2011 5:34pm
Raptors keep eye on Rudy Gay
With so much business that needs to be completed, so many areas that need to be addressed, there’s no point in rhyming off Bryan Colangelo’s off-season to-do list.
Last Updated: May 24, 2011 4:26pm
NBA players file unfair labour charge
The National Basketball Association players' association has filed an unfair labour charge against the league with the National Labor Relations Board on Tuesday.
Last Updated: May 24, 2011 1:42am
You have to give props to Bosh
That was it Toronto basketball fans. Your worst nightmare coming true.
Last Updated: May 24, 2011 2:51am
Mavericks inch closer to NBA finals
Dirk Nowitzki put the Dallas Mavericks on his back late in regulation and forced overtime in Game 4 of the Western Conference finals.
Last Updated: May 24, 2011 2:47am
Blazers relieve Cho of duties
The Portland Trail Blazers parted ways with general manager of basketball operations Rich Cho on Monday.
Last Updated: May 23, 2011 6:04pm
Bulls' Noah fined after anti-gay insult to fan
Chicago Bulls centre Joakim Noah was fined $50,000 by the NBA after he made an anti-gay slur to a Miami Heat fan during his team's 96-85 playoff defeat on Sunday.
Last Updated: May 23, 2011 12:25am
Bosh helps Heat take series lead
Chris Bosh went 13-of-18 from the field en route to 34 points, as the Miami Heat pulled away in the fourth quarter for a 96-85 victory over the Chicago Bulls in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference finals.
Last Updated: May 22, 2011 9:31pm
Mavs' poor D a worrisome trend
If you've never suspected Brendan Haywood would look good in a Toronto uniform, consider his impassioned plea Saturday.
Last Updated: May 22, 2011 12:59am
Mavs start hot, hold off Thunder
The Dallas Mavericks jumped out to a big lead in Game 3 of the Western Conference finals and held off the slow-starting Oklahoma City Thunder, 93-87, to take back home-court advantage.
Last Updated: May 22, 2011 12:49am
He Haslem liking unlikable Heat
Udonis Haslem may be doing what neither LeBron James nor Chris Bosh could do for the Miami Heat.