Spurs coach Gregg Popovich will coach the West team in the All-Star game after leading San Antonio to the NBA's best record. Popovich has guided the Spurs to a 38-7 start, the best in franchise history. The Spurs have been rejuvenated behind Tim Duncan, Tony Parker and Manu Ginobili staying healthy for the first time in three seasons.
[Tue, 25 Jan 2011 08:15:21 PST]
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The Milwaukee Bucks have signed guard Garrett Temple to a 10-day contract. The 24-year-old Temple has appeared in 30 games with San Antonio, Houston and Sacramento over the last two seasons, averaging 4.6 points and 1.1 rebounds in a little under 12 minutes. The Bucks have struggled with injuries to starters Brandon Jennings (left foot), John Salmons (right hip) and Drew Gooden (left foot).
[Tue, 25 Jan 2011 14:28:18 PST]
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For the better part of the past few weeks, life inside the Detroit Pistons locker room has been a tenuous experience at best. A recent rift between coach John Kuester and guard Rip Hamilton had resulted in Hamilton sitting out for seven straight games entering Monday, and a brand new alignment trudging its way into the second half of the schedule.

[Mon, 24 Jan 2011 20:37:21 PST]
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David West made up for lost time with a thrilling display of clutch shooting that kept the good times rolling in New Orleans. After sitting on the bench in early foul trouble while his team went down by double digits, West returned to score 20 points, including a decisive 19-foot fadeaway with 0.5 seconds left, and the Hornets won their ninth straight game, 91-89 over the Oklahoma City Thunder on...

[Mon, 24 Jan 2011 21:18:24 PST]
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Political leaders celebrated a successful campaign to meet attendance benchmarks that will prevent the Hornets from leaving New Orleans after this season, then asked fans and the business community to do what they can to prevent annual nail-biting over the NBA's future in the Big Easy. "Today's a great step forward but we're not done yet," Gov.
[Mon, 24 Jan 2011 17:18:18 PST]
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Tim Duncan was spread out on the floor, cringing, clutching his left knee. All the San Antonio Spurs came off the bench and surrounded him, fearing the worst. "Bad, bad memories," point guard Tony Parker thought to himself. "I thought something was seriously wrong with his knee." Turns out, all is still well with the Spurs.

[Mon, 24 Jan 2011 23:14:27 PST]
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Brook Lopez had a hard time remembering his last game-winning shot. "I don't know, it might have been Stanford -- but it feels good," the New Jersey Nets center said. "We ran the play exactly the way we wanted to." Lopez scored the tiebreaking basket on a turnaround jumper from 6 feet out with 1.4 seconds remaining and the Nets beat Cleveland 103-101 on Monday night, handing...

[Mon, 24 Jan 2011 20:33:24 PST]
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Amare Stoudemire shook the basket with his dunks. Raymond Felton found his shooters on the wings, and knocked down his own shots when left open. The New York Knicks looked right again, and it sure helped that the Washington Wizards do everything wrong on the road -- even something as simple as getting dressed Monday night.

[Mon, 24 Jan 2011 20:27:23 PST]
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Peja Stojakovic used to pile up points against the Dallas Mavericks. Now they're eager to see what he can do for them. Dallas signed Stojakovic off waivers on Monday in a bid to replace some of the scoring punch lost when Caron Butler went down with a season-ending injury. Although Stojakovic has averaged 17.2 points per game over his career, and 19.2 per game against Dallas, the Mavericks...
[Mon, 24 Jan 2011 15:51:15 PST]
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Rudy Gay found a way to deliver another late winner for the Memphis Grizzlies. Gay hit a tiebreaking jump shot with less than a second to play, Zach Randolph had 17 points and 12 rebounds and the Grizzlies beat the Toronto Raptors 100-98 on Monday night. "Rudy is good at that," Randolph said.

[Mon, 24 Jan 2011 20:11:20 PST]
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