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Blake Griffin showed off the high-flying dunks that helped him become college player of the year in a very public pre-draft workout Saturday for the Los Angeles Clippers. But that wasn't what most impressed coach Mike Dunleavy. Griffin's handling three basketballs as part of a dribbling drill, his final trick before finishing the hour-long session, [...]

Andrew Bynum was helpless to stop the Boston Celtics' pummeling of the Lakers in the NBA finals a year ago. He's finally getting a chance to do something about bringing a title to Los Angeles. Even with an awkward brace on his surgically repaired knee, Bynum had the best start of any Lakers player in [...]

Behind Kobe Bryant's stone-faced mask and the icy grimace he's wearing in these finals, his eyes are laser locked on one target: His fourth NBA title. His vision is so narrow, so sharp that he can't think about anything but a shiny championship trophy now close enough to touch. To him, these two weeks are [...]

Behind Kobe Bryant's stone-faced mask and the icy grimace he's wearing in these finals, his eyes are laser locked on one target: His fourth NBA title. His vision is so narrow, so sharp that he can't think about anything but a shiny championship trophy now close enough to touch. To him, these two weeks are [...]

Hubie Brown first tried positioning two recorders and a knife on the table in front of him. When that didn't work, he grabbed a reporter's notebook and sketched his idea on paper. Orlando coach Stan Van Gundy has his own equipment and undoubtedly spent his Saturday doing what Brown was doing: Trying to draw up [...]

Dwight Howard shared some time with Hall of Fame center Bill Russell before the Orlando Magic lost Game 1 of the NBA finals. Howard has long admired Russell, even though his career ended well before the 23-year-old big man became a star. One of the few books Howard said he's ever enjoyed reading is "Russell [...]

Dwight Howard hasn't been surprised by anything during his first trip to the NBA finals. It's all seemed so familiar to Orlando's center, like he's been here before. If it wasn't June, it would be like any other game. Sure, there's more media. There's "that big trophy everywhere you look." There's a stenographer sitting in [...]

Dwight Howard hasn't been surprised by anything during his first trip to the NBA finals. It's all seemed so familiar to Orlando's center, like he's been here before. If it wasn't June, it would be like any other game. Sure, there's more media. There's "that big trophy everywhere you look." There's a stenographer sitting in [...]