Just keep shooting those 3s, Raymond Felton implored Ty Lawson. Except for that last one. Lawson made his first 10 3-pointers Saturday night on his way to a career-high 37 points in leading the short-handed Denver Nuggets to a 130-106 win over the Minnesota Timberwolves. Lawson became the first player in NBA history to start a game with 10 straight 3-point conversions but missed out on another...

Richard Jefferson said the San Antonio Spurs want to finish with the NBA's best record. Then someone told him how many more victories it could take to assure that. "We got to win two more?" Jefferson said. They'll try, but the Spurs have other priorities. Jefferson scored 20 points and the Spurs, mindful of the playoffs starting next weekend, won their fourth in a row while starting...

Eliminated from playoff contention, the Houston Rockets still looked like a team with plenty of incentive against the Los Angeles Clippers. Chase Budinger, Kevin Martin and Brad Miller scored 16 points apiece and Chuck Hayes had 12 points and 13 rebounds in Houston's 99-78 win Saturday night. Goran Dragic had 14 points, seven assists and a career-high 10 rebounds in his first start for the...

Even after his first career triple-double, Milwaukee Bucks big man Drew Gooden knows he'll never be mistaken for Magic Johnson. "More like Tragic Johnson sometimes," Gooden joked. "But I try. I try to get my teammates going." Gooden had 15 points, 13 rebounds and 13 assists, and John Salmons scored 32 points, helping Milwaukee to a 108-101 victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers...

Next week, the Atlanta Hawks will face the Orlando Magic in the first round of the playoffs. They couldn't be heading into the postseason in worse shape. The reeling Hawks lost their fourth straight game on Saturday, 115-83 against the Washington Wizards, and weren't even competitive. The loss was embarrassing and puzzling.

LaMarcus Aldridge teased Gerald Wallace about how the Portland crowd responded when Wallace refused to back down against the Los Angeles Lakers. "They chanted your name so loud, I started chanting with them," Aldridge said. "Ger-ald Wall-ace." Aldridge had 24 points and 11 rebounds, but Wallace -- with his physical play and his refusal to get rattled even when pestered by Ron...

Tony Allen knelt at center court on the Memphis logo as Zach Randolph hit two free throws to seal the Grizzlies' first trip to the playoffs in five years. "I could go on all day telling y'all what was going on in my head at the time," Allen said. "For the most part, I was just happy.

For the first time since the final year of the Michael Jordan era, the road through the Eastern Conference playoffs will again go through Chicago. Carlos Boozer had 24 points and 11 rebounds, and the Bulls clinched the top seed in the East with a 93-82 win over the Cleveland Cavaliers on Friday night.

The Portland Trail Blazers knew they caught a break: Tim Duncan and Manu Ginobili were too hurt to play, and Tony Parker was a surprise late scratch, too. Portland took advantage. Yet, it still wasn't easy. Andre Miller scored 26 points and the Blazers, who trailed late despite San Antonio playing without four starters, rallied in the final minutes to hand the slumping and banged-up Spurs their...

The Philadelphia 76ers couldn't stop Derrick Rose. They just tried to make it difficult for him at every turn. They hounded the Chicago star on defense, double-teamed him and worked to cut off his path to the basket whenever possible. Rose still had 31 points Monday night, but he also committed 10 turnovers and the 76ers held on after building a big lead to beat the Bulls 97-85 and end their...

Indiana's Roy Hibbert had no mercy on Boston's depleted front line. The 7-foot-2 center scored 26 points as the Pacers beat the Celtics 107-100 on Monday night and remained in sole possession of eighth place in the Eastern Conference playoff race. Boston had already traded away Kendrick Perkins, and Shaquille O'Neal, Jermaine O'Neal and Troy Murphy were out with injuries, leaving...

Although Kevin Durant uncharacteristically missed two crucial free throws in the closing seconds of the game, he did enough earlier to help the Oklahoma City Thunder escape Arco Arena with a victory Saturday night. Durant had a poor night overall from the free-throw line, shooting 8 of 13, but that was the only shortcoming offensively for the NBA's leading scorer.