Cavaliers' Brown to coach East in All-Star Game (PA SportsTicker)

Cleveland Cavaliers coach Mike Brown will guide the Eastern Conference in next month's All-Star Game in Phoenix, the league announced after the team's 112-95 victory over the Los Angeles Clippers on Friday.

What's left, and how much longer for Stern? (AP)

After 25 years of taking the NBA around the globe, David Stern still isn't ready to stay at home. Not when so many challenges remain, so many new opportunities exist to grow the sport. And certainly not when he still loves the game of basketball so much. So as Stern this weekend reaches the 25th anniversary of his appointment as commissioner, one of the longest and most successful tenures in sports...

Ilgauskas back with Cavs (AP)

Cleveland Cavaliers center Zydrunas Ilgauskas returned to the starting lineup Friday night against the Los Angeles Clippers after missing 13 games with a broken left ankle. Ilgauskas has not played since Dec. 30. He originally injured his ankle on Dec. 10 at Philadelphia. He tried to come back early but had continued soreness and swelling and an MRI revealed a fractured bone.

Cavaliers top Clippers 112-95, now 22-0 at home (AP)

At least LeBron James has an All-Star coach. Disappointed that teammate Mo Williams was not named a reserve for next month's All-Star game in Phoenix, James learned following Cleveland's 112-95 win over the Los Angeles Clippers on Friday night that Cavaliers coach Mike Brown will coach the Eastern Conference squad on Feb.

Sources: Shaq included among All-Star reserves (Yahoo! Sports)

Hornets' David West, Orlando's Jameer Nelson and Rashard Lewis and Lakers' Pau Gasol also are among the choices.

Magic knock off Cavs 99-88 (AP)

The Orlando Magic are looking more and more like a contender in the Eastern Conference. Dwight Howard had 22 points and 18 rebounds, Hedo Turkoglu added 19 points and 11 rebounds, and the Magic took advantage of LeBron James' shooting struggles to beat the Cleveland Cavaliers 99-88 on Thursday night.

Games to pay attention to: Cavs/Spurs vs. Magic/Suns (Yahoo! Sports)

Cleveland at Orlando ; San Antonio at Phoenix Two great games on tonight, you can watch them at home with the...

Former NBA player Blount indicted on drug charges (AP)

Former NBA player Corie Blount has been indicted on charges of selling marijuana. The 40-year-old former University of Cincinnati star was arrested in December. Sheriff's deputies say they watched him pick up a package they knew contained 11 pounds of marijuana and that they found another 18 pounds of marijuana at his home.

NBA Power Poll: Heat figuring out how to steal wins (SportingNews.com)

It's been an eventful week for the Heat. Through it all, they're picking up wins other teams might not.

Williams scores 43 as Cavs improve to 21-0 at home (AP)

Mo Williams was nearly flawless, and he kept the Cleveland Cavaliers perfect at home, too. Williams had a career-high 43 points and 11 assists, and LeBron James recorded his 20th career triple-double as the Cavaliers improved to 21-0 at home with a 117-110 win over the Sacramento Kings on Tuesday night.

Williams, James help Cavs crown Kings 117-110 (AP)

The polls were closed. Mo Williams made a late push for All-Star votes anyway. Williams scored a career-high 43 points with 11 assists and strengthened his argument to be in Phoenix among the NBA's stars next month, and LeBron James recorded his 20th career triple-double as the Cleveland Cavaliers improved to 21-0 at home, beating the Sacramento Kings 117-110 on Tuesday night.

BDL NBA Power Rankings: Rotating machinery (Yahoo! Sports)

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Cavaliers C Ilgauskas returns to practice (PA SportsTicker)

Cleveland Cavaliers starting center Zydrunas Ilgauskas, who has been sidelined for nearly a month with a sprained left ankle, returned to practice Monday.

Cavaliers F James, Lakers C Bynum honored by NBA (PA SportsTicker)

Cleveland Cavaliers forward LeBron James and Los Angeles Lakers center Andrew Bynum were named Players of the Week for the Eastern and Western Conferences, respectively, on Monday.

Cavs' Ilgauskas back at practice (AP)

Beating general manager Danny Ferry in games of one-on-one has gotten old for Zydrunas Ilgauskas. He's ready to play with the bigger boys again. Cleveland's starting center, sidelined for nearly a month with a broken left ankle, returned to practice on Monday and afterward said he hopes to play this week.

James leads Cavs over Jazz 102-97 (AP)

After beating the buzzer to give Cleveland a win the night before, LeBron James enjoyed a much less dramatic finish Saturday. The result was the same: The Cavaliers won again and still had the best record in the NBA. James scored 33 points, pulled down 14 rebounds and was just one assist short of a triple-double while leading Cleveland to a 102-97 win over the Utah Jazz on Saturday night.

LeBron's buzzer-beater lifts Cavs (AP)

LeBron James got the last word in a wild game. James stepped back under pressure from Ronny Turiaf and knocked down a 19-footer that barely beat the final buzzer, giving the Cleveland Cavaliers a 106-105 road victory over the Golden State Warriors on Friday night. "It's a great feeling, especially when you get it like that and then you hear the horn and the shot goes in and there's no way they can...

James' buzzer-beater lifts Cavs (AP)

LeBron James tossed up a rare airball from the top of the 3-point arc that showed he's human. Then he quickly returned to his typical self. James stepped back under pressure from Ronny Turiaf and knocked down a 19-footer to barely beat the final buzzer, lifting the Cleveland Cavaliers to a wild 106-105 victory over the Golden State Warriors on Friday night.

Cavaliers sign F Williams to second 10-day contract (PA SportsTicker)

The Cleveland Cavaliers on Friday signed forward Jawad Williams to a second 10-day contract.

AccuScore: Marion better fit for Raptors (Yahoo! Sports)

Simulations show Toronto would benefit from trade for Heat forward Shawn Marion.

So far, Pavlovic has been good as a starter for Cavs (Yahoo! Sports)

The Cleveland Cavaliers have had a five-year schizophrenic relationship with Sasha Pavlovic.

Kobe says LeBron is the league MVP ... so far (Yahoo! Sports)

Kobe Bryant won his first most-valuable-player award last season, but will LeBron James prevent a repeat...

Kobe will play with painful dislocated finger (Yahoo! Sports)

There have been knee injuries that required surgery, severely sprained ankles that took weeks to recover, and a...

James and Williams lead Cavs over Blazers 104-98 (AP)

LeBron James had 34 points and 14 assists and the Cleveland Cavaliers held off the Portland Trail Blazers for a 104-98 victory on Wednesday night. Mo Williams added a season-high 33 points, including a career-high six 3-pointers for the Cavaliers. Cleveland made 11 of 19 3-point attempts. Brandon Roy had 23 points for Portland.

Game to pay attention to: Cavaliers vs. Trail Blazers (Yahoo! Sports)

Cleveland at Portland This isn't a case of throwing up a game with the best combined team winning percentages...

BDL NBA Power Rankings: Do you believe in Magic? (Yahoo! Sports)

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Power Poll: No more denying the Magic (SportingNews.com)

After defeating three division leaders, it's impossible to deny the Magic the top spot in the NBA Power Poll.

Bryant's defense never rests against James (Yahoo! Sports)

Backed by the Lakers' loaded roster, Kobe Bryant is content to fight his battles on either end of the floor.

Game to pay attention to: Cavaliers vs. Lakers (Yahoo! Sports)

What better way to cap off a full slate of Martin Luther King Jr. Day NBA action than to watch LeBron James and...

Bryant, Gasol lead Lakers past Cavaliers 105-88 (AP)

Dislocated right ring finger and all, Kobe Bryant did just what the Los Angeles Lakers needed against the Cleveland Cavaliers. So did his teammates. Bryant and LeBron James tussled to a virtual standoff Monday night, but Bryant's supporting cast was far more effective, and that was the difference as the Lakers beat Cleveland 105-88 to snap a five-game losing streak to the Cavaliers.

Suicide lines: JO rumors, Kobe's MVP pick, Sloan's extension (Yahoo! Sports)

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Cavaliers' Wallace to sit out vs. Bulls (PA SportsTicker)

Cleveland Cavaliers forward/center Ben Wallace will miss Thursday night's game at Chicago with an intestinal flu.

Magic act has Orlando among NBA elite (Yahoo! Sports)

For Jameer Nelson, Dwight Howard and the rest of the Magic, making the playoffs is no longer good enough.

Cavs' West breaks wrist, will miss 2-3 weeks (Yahoo! Sports)

Delonte West, a major cog in the Cleveland Cavaliers ' success over the last three months, suffered a nasty fall...

Games to pay attention to: KB, CP, LBJ and Dwight (not pictured) (Yahoo! Sports)

"Dwight, hurry up! Get in the picture! Come on, man, he's ready! Dwight, let's go! No? You're going to rue...

Cavaliers G West out five to six weeks (PA SportsTicker)

Cleveland Cavaliers guard Delonte West will be out five to six weeks after Friday's MRI confirmed a non-displaced fracture of his right wrist.

At wide receiver, LeBrown James (AP)

LeBron James once dreamed of playing in the NFL. He did for 30 seconds. In a television commercial debuting Sunday for State Farm Insurance, James, a former star wide receiver in high school, suits up for the Cleveland Browns. A die-hard Dallas Cowboys fan, James wears a brown No. 23 Browns jersey with "LeBron" on the back.

Cavaliers' West to miss 6 weeks with broken wrist (AP)

Cavaliers starting guard Delonte West will miss up to six weeks with a broken right wrist sustained in a nasty fall on Thursday night in Chicago. West got hurt when he fell face first to the floor while trying to block rookie Derrick Rose's layup in the first quarter of the Cavaliers' 102-93 overtime loss.

LeBron, Cavaliers sting Hornets 92-78 (AP)

With LeBron James nursing a head cold, two starters out with injuries and his team dragging from a late night of travel from chilled-to-the-bone Chicago, Cavaliers coach Mike Brown had to try something new. He may have to try it again. James shook off one of his worst games this season and a blow to his shooting arm to flirt with a triple-double, and the Cavaliers, using a small lineup that had...

Cavaliers G West to undergo MRI (PA SportsTicker)

Cleveland Cavaliers guard Delonte West will undergo an MRI exam at the Cleveland Clinic on Friday after suffering a non-displaced fracture of his right wrist in Thursday's 102-93 overtime loss to the Chicago Bulls.

Cavaliers G West leaves game (PA SportsTicker)

Cleveland Cavaliers guard Delonte West suffered a non-displaced fracture of his right wrist and needed two stitches for a cut above his left eye after a collision in the first quarter of Thursday's game with the Chicago Bulls.

West fractures right wrist (AP)

Cleveland Cavaliers guard Delonte West left Thursday's game against the Bulls with a fractured right wrist after a nasty collision with Chicago's Derrick Rose. West was off to a blazing start, with 11 points, when he tried to block Rose's layup with 1:36 left in the first quarter. Both players crashed to the court, but while Rose quickly popped up, West stayed down clutching his wrist with a...

Deng, Rose lead Bulls over Cavs in OT, 102-93 (AP)

Derrick Rose was having so much fun late in the game, he couldn't help but let out a primal scream. Then, after a dramatic finish, he let out a big sigh of relief. Rose scored 16 points after a slow start and Luol Deng added 22 to lead the Chicago Bulls to a surprising 102-93 overtime victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers on Thursday night after LeBron James missed a jumper at the end of regulation.

Wallace out with flu (AP)

Cleveland forward Ben Wallace was sidelined for the second consecutive game because of intestinal flu when the Cavaliers visited the Chicago Bulls on Thursday night. A former Bull, Wallace is averaging 3.4 points and 7.0 rebounds. With center Zydrunas Ilgauskas missing his sixth game because of a fractured left ankle, the Cavaliers were missing 40 percent of their starting lineup and two of their...

BDL NBA Power Rankings: Musical chairs (Yahoo! Sports)

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Flu sidelines Cavaliers F-C Wallace (PA SportsTicker)

Cleveland Cavaliers forward-center Ben Wallace will not play in Tuesday's game against the Memphis Grizzlies due to an intestinal flu that has been bothering him since Sunday.

James' triple-double carries Cavs in Memphis (AP)

LeBron James was the only healthy frontcourt player for the Cleveland Cavaliers. He was more than enough. James had 30 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists for his second triple-double of the season, leading the Cavaliers to a 102-87 victory over the Memphis Grizzlies on Tuesday night. With Zydrunas Ilgauskas sidelined by a fractured left ankle and Ben Wallace out with the flu, Cleveland was missing...

Suicide lines: Shaq-ovic, Coach Dwight Howard, Rip or Iverson ... (Yahoo! Sports)

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Power Poll: Heavyweights ready to clash (SportingNews.com)

The Cleveland Cavaliers jump over the Lakers for the No. 1 spot, but they'll have to fight to keep it this week with a tough schedule.

LeBron to appear on GQ cover in February (PA SportsTicker)

After gracing the cover of Sports Illustrated as a teenager, LeBron James will pose for another popular magazine - GQ.

James to appear on GQ cover in February (AP)

LeBron James has raised his fashion game. "You look good, you play good," James said Monday after practice. "I was brought up that way." James, who takes great pride in his wardrobe and tries to stay ahead of the style curve, will appear on the February cover of GQ Magazine -- another first for the NBA superstar whose career has been defined by firsts.

Game to pay attention to: Celtics vs. Cavaliers (Yahoo! Sports)

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Cavaliers rock Celtics 98-83 (AP)

They circled this game on their calendar months ago. On Friday night, the Cleveland Cavaliers checked it off as another win. Their biggest in a season getting special. LeBron James scored 38 points, harassed Paul Pierce all over the floor and strengthened his case to be the league's MVP front-runner as the Cavaliers, playing with a bottled-up intensity reserved for the playoffs, improved to 19-0 at...

Cavs owner upset with Blazers' threat (Yahoo! Sports)

Cleveland owner Dan Gilbert tells Portland its threat to possibly sue any team that signs Darius Miles is "dead wrong."

Celtics, Cavaliers ready to rumble (AP)

As little LeBron James Jr. practiced writing his name on the dry-erase board in Cleveland's locker room, his famous father was busy a few feet away. The Boston Celtics were on the flatscreen TV and LeBron James was watching them, studying them, breaking them down. Stepping away from his work, the youngster examined his penmanship.

Behind the Box Score, where Danny Granger turned the tide (Yahoo! Sports)

Indiana 113, Phoenix 110 Skeets had talked about it in passing, but he's not alone, and I was probably one of...

LeBron has easy night, Cavaliers rout Bobcats (AP)

LeBron James and a few of his teammates hung around after their postgame showers and watched the final minutes of Boston's game against Houston on TV. They'll see the Celtics in person soon enough. The NBA champions are coming. The Cavaliers are ready. James scored 21 points before grabbing an early seat on the bench, Mo Williams added 15 and Cleveland warmed up for its highly anticipated matchup...

Hornets find footing in West race with Lakers (Yahoo! Sports)

Buoyed by their coach's confidence, Chris Paul and David West have the Hornets believing they can challenge the Lakers.

Power Poll: It's official ... NBA no-longer two-team show (SportingNews.com)

One thing that seemed certain before the season started was this: Every week, when formulating the poll, the...

Areanas tests knee, works out in Washinton (Yahoo! Sports)

As the practice was winding down Monday, the teammate who might best help the Washington Wizards salvage their...

LeBron not convinced he walked (AP)

LeBron James is still talkin' the walk. Two days after he was surprisingly whistled for traveling in the closing seconds of Cleveland's 80-77 loss at Washington, James maintains his "crab dribble" was legal and that he has no plans to remove it from his arsenal. The Cavaliers superstar was adamant after the game that he didn't walk.

BDL NBA Power Rankings: Bringing in the New Year (Yahoo! Sports)

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Wizards poke fun at LeBron (PA SportsTicker)

Caron Butler and the Washington Wizards aren't buying what LeBron James is selling.

Wizards poke fun at LeBron's 'crab dribble' (AP)

Add LeBron James' "crab dribble" to the lengthy list of talking points in the Cavaliers-Wizards rivalry. "I'll have to check in my book to see what a 'crab dribble' is. I'm not quite sure," Washington interim coach Ed Tapscott said with a smile Monday. "I do know that we don't seem to get away with very many of them, whatever they are." James and the rest of the Cavaliers were given Monday off by...

Celtics, Cavs downed by teams at bottom of East (AP)

LeBron James didn't agree with the traveling call that helped prevent his Cleveland Cavaliers from beating lowly Washington. A loss to the struggling New York Knicks leaves little doubt Kevin Garnett and the Boston Celtics are stumbling atop the Eastern Conference. James was whistled for taking an extra step while driving for a potential tying layup with 2.3 seconds left, and Cleveland lost 80-77...

Cavs coach Mike Brown ejected (PA SportsTicker)

Cleveland Cavaliers head coach Mike Brown was ejected for arguing a call midway through the fourth quarter of Sunday's 80-77 loss to the Washington Wizards.

No walk in the park: James, Cavs lose to Wiz 80-77 (AP)

Was it a walk? LeBron James wants the NBA to take a closer look at what he calls his "crab dribble." The move, James insists, does not constitute traveling. A referee disagreed Sunday. James was whistled for taking an extra step while driving for a potential tying layup with 2.3 seconds left, and his Cleveland Cavaliers lost 80-77 to the Eastern Conference-worst Washington Wizards despite wiping out...

Cavaliers C Ilgauskas out for Friday's game (PA SportsTicker)

Cleveland Cavaliers center Zydrunas Ilgauskas has been ruled out for Friday's home game against the Chicago Bulls.

Cavs' Ilgauskas out with fractured ankle (Yahoo! Sports)

A fractured bone in center Zydrunas Ilgauskas' left ankle will sideline him for an unspecified amount of time,...

Cavaliers C Ilgauskas out 3-4 weeks (PA SportsTicker)

Cleveland Cavaliers center Zydrunas Ilgauskas will miss three to four weeks with a bone chip in his ankle, according to the Cleveland Plain Dealer.

Cavaliers C Ilgauskas has small fracture in ankle (PA SportsTicker)

The return of Cleveland Cavaliers center Zydrunas Ilgauskas remains uncertain after an MRI taken Friday revealed a small chip fracture in his left ankle.

Brown, Scott earn monthly coaching honors (PA SportsTicker)

Mike Brown of the Cleveland Cavaliers and Byron Scott of the New Orleans Hornets on Friday were named the NBA's top coaches for December.

Cavs' Ilgauskas to miss up to a month (AP)

Cavaliers center Zydrunas Ilgauskas could miss up to a month after suffering a small fracture when he twisted his left ankle last month. Ilgauskas sprained his ankle during a Dec. 10 game at Philadelphia, when he tried to block former teammate Donyell Marshall's shot and landed on the Sixers forward's foot.

Cavaliers clobber Bulls (AP)

The Cleveland Cavaliers weren't about to follow one big loss with another one. Anderson Varejao scored a career-high 26 points -- the majority of them off passes from LeBron James -- and James had a triple-double as the Cavaliers stayed unbeaten on their floor with a 117-92 win Friday night over the Chicago Bulls after learning center Zydrunas Ilgauskas will miss a month with a fractured bone in...

Cavs' Ilgauskas to miss game against Bulls (AP)

Cavaliers center Zydrunas Ilgauskas will sit out Friday's game against the Chicago Bulls with a sore left ankle. Ilgauskas has been bothered by pain and stiffness since spraining his ankle on Dec. 10 against Philadelphia. He missed three games because of the injury. The 7-foot-3 big man, who overcame serious foot injuries earlier in his career, was examined at the Cleveland Clinic and advised to get...