The San Antonio Spurs relied on their offense as Tony Parker (6'0''-G-80) and Emanuel Ginobili (6'6''-G-77, agency: Interperformances) teamed up for 62 points to carry the Spurs to a 110:99 win over New Orleans. Trailing 0-2 in the semifinal series against the Hornets the defending champions were not about to give New Orleans a chance to get away with it in Texas. Read more...

Kobe Bryant (6'6''-G-78) lived up to his recent status of the NBA MVP as he tallied 34 points, 8 boards and 6 assists to pace the LA Lakers to a 120:110 victory over the Utah Jazz in Game 2 of the Western semis. The Lakers thus stretched their playoff perfect run to 6 games. Bryant, who received the award from David Stern before the game, scored 6 points in a 13:0 run midway through the first frame and the hosts never looked back afterwards. Read more...

In the weekend game at Alexandria, the Maryland BayRaiders trailed by 20 at halftime and coaches Ollie Matson and William Brooks came up with a great game plan. The Avengers fought as usual, playing their aggressive, fast-paced basketball, but it wasn' t enough. The BayRayders escaped from Virginia with a 128-123 win, that allows the team to stay at the top of the league table. Read more...

Chauncey Billups was presented with the NBA's Walter J. Kennedy sportsmanship award Monday night before the Detroit Pistons' playoff game against the Orlando Magic.The award, which is voted on by the Professional Basketball Writers Association, is given to a player or coach who shows 'outstanding service and dedication to the community. Read more...

The defending champions lost their second straight game in New Orleans putting themselves on the brink of elimination. Chris Paul (6'0''-G-85, college: Wake Forest) kept proving his age never an obstacle in the playoffs tallying 30 points and 12 assists to propel the Hornets to another confident 102:84 victory over the Spurs. Predrag Stojakovic (6'10''-F-77) nailed 5 treys on the way to a 25-point night. Read more...

SAN ANGELO, TX - The TPBL for the second year will be sponsoring and hosting one of the biggest high school basketball tournament series in the state. The 2ND ANNUAL WEST TEXAS HIGH SCHOOL SUMMER SHOOT OUT has two divisions BOYS & GIRLS and all classifications , 1A-5A , are welcome to this big event. Last years champion DEL RIO, TX will be returning to the tournament and is looking to repeat as champion in the boys division. Read more...

SAN ANGELO, TX - The TPBL for the second year will be sponsoring and hosting one of the biggest high school basketball tournament series in the state. The 2ND ANNUAL WEST TEXAS HIGH SCHOOL SUMMER SHOOT OUT has two divisions BOYS & GIRLS and all classifications , 1A-5A , are welcome to this big event. Last years champion DEL RIO, TX will be returning to the tournament and is looking to repeat as champion in the boys division. Read more...

The Santa Barbara Breakers seems really unbeatable in this year West Coast Pro Basketball League. After all, they are the only team with a running website, have lots of players with previous pro experience and a good team organization. Given the results, we can not say the same of the other teams in the league. In their last two games, the Breakers easily defeated Newport Beach 100-82 and Ventura 118-95. Their record is now 6-0 and we expect that they will end season undefeated. Read more...

The Atlanta Hawks wasted their chance to come up with the biggest surprise of the NBA playoff starting round losing to Boston at the Banknorth Garden yesterday. The Celtics shook off the ups and downs of the shaky series and did what they were used to during the season routed their opponents. Paul Pierce (6'7''-F-77, college: Kansas) scored 22 points and Kevin Garnett (6'10''-F-76) added 18 points and 11 boards as the Celtics held off the sensational Hawks 99:65 to claim the Eastern semis birth. Read more...

D-League Most Valuable Player: Kasib Powell (6'7''-F-81) of Sioux Falls Rookie of the Year: Blake Ahearn (6'2''-G-84) of Dakota Wizards Dennis Johnson Coach of the Year: Bryan Gates of Idaho Stampede Co-Defensive Players of the Year: Stephane Lasme (6'8''-F-82) of Los Angeles and Mouhamed Sene of Seattle D-League Impact Player: Morris Almond (6'6''-F-85) of Utah Flash Jason Collier Sportsmanship Read more...

COURTESY oursportscentral.com The Edmonton Chill announced that they have decided to release former Blue DEVIL Sean Dockery. The 6-2 point guard had been recovering from a knee injury he suffered while playing this winter in his hometown of Chicago and had been slated to join the club when the Chill traveled to the Chicago area for their seven game road trip in June. Read more...

Jordan Mason (189-G-80, agency: Pro Agents-Basketball Careers) and his Nova Ves from Slovak Republic failed to close out the series against Lucenec. Nova Ves enjoyed a 2-0 lead before the third game but could not handle Lucenec away from home. The hosts used a massive 23:10 rally in the second frame to clear off to a confident distance. And though Nova Ves clawed their way back into contest and cut the deficit to minimum Lucenec survived a dramatic crunch time to stay alive for now. Read more...

"As preparation for tryout camps, the 36 episode documentary, and our inaugural season nears, anyone who's anyone and everyone in New York City that has ever had a passion for basketball and a large enough heart to share their love of the game, will be a part of our movement for the greater New York," stated Anwar Sharhan, co-owner. Read more...

It is with great pride and pleasure that we are announcing that Quentin Townsend, owner of the Atlanta Vision, has accepted the position of President/COO of the American Basketball Association effective Wednesday, April 30th. According to Joe Newman, ABA CEO, "This is the first in a series of major changes in the structure and management of the ABA and one that will help move the ABA to the next level. Read more...

The Detroit Pistons have reminded everybody they are one of the main contenders for the title in the season routing ambitious Orlando 91:72 in the first semifinal game in the East. The experienced Pistons squad knew exactly what they should do to keep the Magic in the box. Aggressive and sometimes dogged defense limited Dwight Howard to just 12 points and 8 boards and Orlando were done. Read more...

With the same, strange one-month delay, the Premier Basketball League released also the 2008 single game performances. The list is as follows: MOST POINTS, SINGLE GAME PTS Randy Gill (6'2''-G-78, college: Bowie St.) Maryland v. Rochester February 24, 2008 45 Anthony Lumpkin (6'1''-G-78, college: SW Oklahoma St. Read more...

With a strange one-month delay, the Premier Basketball League announced the 2008 PBL MVP and All-League Teams. Read more...

The NPBL first season champions Hudson Valley Hawks had a bad start, but showed a dramatic improvement in last games. Yesterday night, they took the second win in a row defeating the Delaware Destroyers 119-113 and improving their record to 3-6. The Hawks 3 guard lineup proved to be lethal as starting guards Willie Coleman (6'0''-G-84), Tay Fisher (5'9''-G-86, college: Siena), and Justin Skipwith (6'1"-G-83, college: Post) each had huge games. Read more...

The Atlanta Hawks refused to give up crafting an improbable 103:100 victory over the regular season leaders Boston at the Phillips Arena and forcing the decisive seventh game in the series. Many have predicted this series to be a classical one-way traffic with a sweep pretty sure to happen. And it looked alike after the first two games in Boston. But then the Celtics travelled to the Phillips Arena and things changed drastically. Read more...