ATLANTA — The Pistons are short-handed most nights, which has become routine down the final stretch of the regular season. However, that fact becomes more glaring when they face opponents with prominent frontcourts, especially without two of their best big men.

Detroit couldn’t keep the Atlanta Hawks off the offensive glass, which led to ...Read more

NEW YORK — No wonder the Cavaliers want the Nets in the first round of the Eastern Conference playoffs this season.

If that hypothetical series goes anything like the Nets’ 115-109 loss to the Cavaliers on Tuesday, Cleveland may as well own a first-round bye.

Reports emerged out of Cleveland on March 17 suggesting Cavaliers personnel ...Read more

National Basketball Players Association Vice President Jaylen Brown called the nature of the eight-game suspension the Nets handed Kyrie Irving in November “unjust,” and said it violated the NBA’s collective bargaining agreement.”

“That’s my job as vice president of the union,” Brown said in an interview with The Ringer’s Logan ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — The Lakers arrived Tuesday at their practice facility and took a team photo.

They'll begin to know Wednesday if those smiles can be lasting.

The game against the Phoenix Suns in Los Angeles begins the final 10 of a wildly up-and-down season, one in which optimism slowly built over the last month despite the team never reaching ...Read more

CORAL GABLES, Fla. — It’s just after noon and a soft sunshine plays across the University of Miami campus as Jim Larrañaga leaves his basketball office for his daily walk.

He wasn’t sure he’d have time for it Tuesday between the two-hour staff meeting, the nine media interviews, the private talks with various players and the general ...Read more

NEW YORK — “Here comes Willis Reed.”

Marv Albert now says it was a throwaway line before Game 7 of the 1970 NBA Finals, but it became a signature sound byte of his Hall of Fame career — and the signature moment of the New York Knicks.

Albert made the call on the radio knowing prior Reed’s intention of playing that night. The Madison ...Read more

MIAMI — Former Miami Heat guard Mario Chalmers recently was interviewed on the “In Shambles” podcast via Playmaker HQ.

And in the age old debate over who is better between his former teammate LeBron James or Michael Jordan, Chalmers was asked to weigh in on the greatest of all time topic.

“Nobody fears ‘Bron,” Chalmers said. “...Read more

The streak is over. Eleven road losses in a row did not become 12.

Ending the streak — which lasted nearly two months — is a reason for celebration for the Dubs.

“That was gross,” Klay Thompson said of the losing streak.

But so was the Warriors’ win over the Rockets.

The Warriors didn’t win the game so much as the young Rockets ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — George Karl isn’t a racist for saying Joel Embiid looks lazy, but he’s doing a great job of proving Kendrick Perkins right. And no, Perkins isn’t right.

Karl, 71, is a Hall of Fame coach, basketball royalty, a star at North Carolina, and a five-year ABA pro with 1,175 NBA coaching wins. I’ve known him for more than ...Read more

About three seconds after TCU’s season ended on Sunday night in the NCAA Tournament the immediate focus turned to arguably the most talented player in program history.

Mike Miles, whatcha thinkin’?

Pro, or run it back.

The same can be asked to the rest of the roster; everybody on the team can potentially return for another run.

A good, ...Read more

NEW YORK — Rick Pitino promised a St. John’s return to prominence during his introduction Tuesday as men’s basketball coach, saying a turnaround will happen “in a big way” at a program beleaguered by mediocrity the past two decades.

“St. John’s is one of the legendary names in all of college basketball,” Pitino said during a ...Read more

ALBANY, N.Y. — It has been a long time, almost a decade, an eternity by UConn’s lofty basketball standards, but the men’s program is once again at the center of March Madness.

“This is such a special team,” said freshman Donovan Clingan. “It’s a great team, and we’re not done yet. You can definitely say ‘UConn’s back,’ we�...Read more