Los Angeles Times
One playoff victory was good enough for Mike Woodson to return as New York Knicks coach even with Phil Jackson lurking as a potential candidate. Woodson knows more will be asked of him now. "I know expectations are high and they should be high,"...
Miami Herald
Splayed out on his back next to the Heat's bench, Mike Miller leaned laboriously on one elbow when Heat coach Erik Spoelstra signaled for him to reenter Game 6 of the Eastern Conference semifinals...Mario Chalmers had just picked up his fifth foul...
San Jose Mercury News
The Philadelphia fans won't be getting all riled up over comments deriding their loyalty. "It's Game 7. There's no tomorrow," Celtics captain Paul Pierce said before practice on Friday. "If this is not the most important thing to you right now, there...
The Star
Dwyane Wade scored 41 points and NBA Most Valuable Player LeBron James added 28 on Thursday as the Miami Heat beat the Indiana Pacers 105-93 to reach the Eastern Conference finals. After falling behind 2-1 in the-best-of-seven second-round series,...
International Herald Tribune
Miami Heat head coach Erik Spoelstra has been fined $25,000 for publicly criticizing the officiating during his team's playoff series against the Indiana Pacers, the National Basketball Association said on Friday. Spoelstra made his comments to the...
Sun Sentinel
Miami Heat coach Erik Spoelstra won the series but lost in the pocketbook when it came to his war of words with Indiana Pacers coach Frank Vogel regarding how the teams' games had been officiated this season. The NBA announced Friday that Spoelstra...