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Cleveland's Anderson Varejao (17) shoots inside against Los Angeles' Reggie Evans in the second quarter Wednesday in Cleveland. The Cavaliers upended the Clippers, 99-92.
Of all the impressive numbers on Tony Parker's stat sheet, perhaps the most eye-popping was zero fouls. Parker scored 37 points, Gary Neal added 18 off the bench and the visiting San Antonio Spurs beat the Philadelphia 76ers, 100-90, in a matchup of division leaders. Tim Duncan had 16 points and 11 rebounds and Tiago Splitter scored 15 for the Southwest Division-leading Spurs. (Today)
Elise Amendola
Paul Pierce moves ahead of Boston shooting legend.
Paul Pierce passed Larry Bird for No. 2 on the Celtics' career scoring list, finishing with 15 points as Boston increased its winning streak to five in a row with a 94-84 victory against the visiting Charlotte Bobcats. Pierce needed nine points to tie Bird's total of 21,791. He had seven points at halftime, then hit a 3-pointer with 10:23 left in the third quarter to pass Bird. (Yesterday)
H. Rumph Jr
Kobe Bryant surpassed former teammate Shaquille O'Neal on Monday to become the NBA's fifth-leading scorer all time.
Lou Williams nailed the go-ahead 3-pointer, scored 14 of his 24 points in the fourth quarter, and dampened Kobe Bryant's record-setting game while leading the Philadelphia 76ers to 95-90 win against the Los Angeles Lakers Monday night. With "Beat L.A.!" (02/07/2012)
The city of Seattle has been working behind the scenes the past eight months with a hedge-fund manager to bring an NBA team back to town -- possibly as early as next fall if the Sacramento Kings fail to get a satisfactory deal for a new arena, newly released documents show. The city Friday turned over the documents to The Seattle Times under a public records request. (02/06/2012)
Rookie Kyrie Irving made a driving layup in traffic with 15.8 seconds left to give the Cleveland Cavaliers a 91-88 victory against the defending NBA champion Dallas Mavericks Saturday night at Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland. (02/05/2012)