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Nick Collison is the only player left from the last time the Oklahoma City Thunder franchise won five games in a row, more than four long, loss-filled years ago. With a crucial offensive rebound and two clutch free throws, he let his teammates find out what it feels like, too. Kevin Durant scored 31 points [...]

Nick Collison is the only player left from the last time the Oklahoma City Thunder franchise won five games in a row, more than four long, loss-filled years ago. With a crucial offensive rebound and two clutch free throws, he let his teammates find out what it feels like, too. Kevin Durant scored 31 points [...]

Aaron Brooks felt in a groove, and that was all the Houston Rockets needed to pull out another close victory over the Dallas Mavericks. Brooks scored 30 points, Shane Battier made a tiebreaking 3-pointer with 2:11 left, and Rockets beat the Mavericks 97-94 on Thursday night. "I wanted to extend the defense a little bit [...]

Manu Ginobili and the San Antonio Spurs would've been relieved to beat a winning team by even a slim margin. A blowout like this made the victory all the more satisfying. Tim Duncan had 23 points and 10 rebounds, and San Antonio beat a winning team for the first time in a month with a [...]

Coach Mike Dunleavy missed the Los Angeles Clippers' game against the Philadelphia 76ers on Thursday nightafter aggravating a herniated disc in his back while at home getting ready to go to Staples Center. Assistant Tony Brown ran the team in his place. Dunleavy is in his seventh season as Clippers coach and his second in [...]

Aaron Brooks scored 30 points, Shane Battier made a tiebreaking 3-pointer with 2:11 left, and the Houston Rockets beat the Dallas Mavericks 97-94 on Thursday night. Brooks followed Battier's 3 with one of his own for a six-point lead with 1:35 remaining, and the Rockets held on when Jason Kidd missed a potential tying shot [...]

Tim Duncan had 23 points and 10 rebounds, and the San Antonio Spurs beat a winning team for the first time in a month with a 108-78 victory over the Miami Heat on Thursday night. Manu Ginobili added 18 points for the Spurs, who have won 10 of 12. But the Heat are the only [...]

Back in Philadelphia, Allen Iverson could be back in the All-Star game. Tracy McGrady also could have a starting spot — even though he might not play another game before then. Iverson surged into second place among Eastern Conference guards Thursday after the third returns of All-Star balloting, putting him in position to make his [...]

When the Chicago Bulls won in Washington on Nov. 14, they were hoping they'd get their next road victory before Thanksgiving. Instead, it took until New Year's Eve. "I wasn't thinking about the streak — I just wanted to get a win," Bulls coach Vinny Del Negro said. "This was just a nice, solid win [...]

Derrick Rose scored 22 points, and Joakim Noah added 15 points and 21 rebounds to help the Chicago Bulls hand the Detroit Pistons their ninth straight loss, 98-87 on Thursday. Chicago hadn't won a road game in six weeks, but never trailed against the slumping Pistons (11-21), who are been 10 games under .500 for [...]