DALLAS (AP) Mavericks coach Rick Carlisle was fined $25,000 by the NBA on Saturday for criticizing the officiating after Dallas' loss to Golden State.
PHOENIX (AP) With or without Dirk Nowitzki, the Dallas Mavericks almost always beat the Phoenix Suns.
Friday night was more of the same.
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) Pau Gasol had 22 points and 12 rebounds in his return to the starting lineup and Kobe Bryant nearly had a triple-double in leading the Los Angeles Lakers to a 111-100 victory ove
DALLAS (AP) A Texas jury sentenced the son of former NBA player Nick Van Exel to 60 years in prison Friday in the shooting death of a longtime friend.
NEW YORK (AP) NBA players put union chief Billy Hunter on an indefinite leave Friday, two weeks after a report they commissioned questioned Hunter's leadership and criticized him for bad decision




















