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Stinking it up on the East Coast has grown stale for the Knicks, so it’s a perfect time to embark on a league-worst roadshow out West.

DENVER — There's a definite chance of speed-ball coming to the Rocky Mountains next season. The Knicks visit the Nuggets Monday to begin a five-game Western swing and will face…

When Nets owner Mikhail Prokhorov paid for a gigantic billboard of himself and Jay Z to be unveiled within shouting distance of Madison Square Garden in June 2010, it was…

A playoff spot is within reach, with Paul George potentially available to help grab it.

Monta Ellis scored 18 of his 31 points in the third quarter, and the Dallas Mavericks closed with a 16-3 spurt in the final 6:36 to beat the Los Angeles Lakers 100-93 on Sunday night.

Memphis’s season ended in disappointment last year after the team installed a new coach, but the change is paying dividends now. That’s just the sort of gamble Washington may need to consider.

Parker had a season-high 32 points in leading the San Antonio Spurs to their fifth straight victory, a 116-105 home win over the Chicago Bulls.

Even against a fellow All-Star, Russell Westbrook’s dominance continued.

Tobias Harris and Maurice Harkless combined for 16 points in the fourth quarter Sunday night and the Orlando Magic beat the Boston Celtics, 103-98.

Al Jefferson scored 24 points and the streaking Charlotte Hornets beat the Detroit Pistons 108-101 on Sunday night in a matchup of Eastern Conference playoff hopefuls.

Gordon Hayward scored 24 points, including five straight to stop a Nets rally, and the Utah Jazz beat Brooklyn 95-88 on Sunday night.

Knicks coach Derek Fisher said it's out of his hands whether to fill the open roster spot but admitted their unsigned second-round pick, shooting guard Thanasis Antetokounmpo, continues to be…

Marc Gasol apparently has inflicted the first dose of the harsh reality Knicks fans could face more of during the offseason. Big-name players aren't necessarily going to be in a…

The Knicks don’t have much going for them presently. But by George, the Pacers just might have something here.

“Knock, knock.” “Who’s there?” “Tim Hardaway.” “Tim Hardaway who?” “Tim, is there a Hard-a-way to make a living?”

Tyus Jones scored 24 points to propel the No. 3 Blue Devils to a road win over the No. 19 Tar Heels.

James Harden scored 28 points, Corey Brewer had 24 and the Houston Rockets snapped a three-game road losing streak by beating the Denver Nuggets 114-100 on Saturday night

Kevin Martin scored 29 points and Ricky Rubio hit a big 3-pointer with a minute left to help the Minnesota Timberwolves snap a four-game skid with a 121-113 victory over the Portland Trail Blazers on Saturday night.

Hollis Thompson and Luc Mbah a Moute scored 19 points apiece, and the Philadelphia 76ers surprised the short-handed Atlanta Hawks 92-84 on Saturday night.

The Pelicans thought Tyreke Evans was being unselfish to a fault, and they told him so at halftime as they pondered how to overcome a double-digit deficit against one of the best teams in the NBA.

Bargnani, who may not be in a Knicks uniform next season, has become the team’s go-to guy of late, but it wasn’t enough against the Pacers.

Khris Middleton scored 30 points and hit a key 3-pointer from the corner with 40.8 seconds left, and the Milwaukee Bucks snapped a four-game losing streak with a 91-85 victory over the Washington Wizards on Saturday night.

Rodney Stuckey scored 17 points, George Hill made the tiebreaking 3-pointer with 2:34 left, and the Indiana Pacers beat the New York Knicks 92-86 on Saturday night for their season-best fifth straight victory.

LeBron James tied Cleveland’s career assists record and scored 17 points in the Cavaliers’ 89-79 victory over the Phoenix Suns on Saturday night.

LeBron James tied Cleveland’s career assists record and scored 17 points Saturday as the Cavaliers beat Phoenix.

Dwyane Wade scored 28 points, Tyler Johnson added 24 and the Miami Heat erased a 12-point, fourth-quarter deficit to beat the Sacramento Kings 114-109 in overtime Saturday night.

The cosmic shift in the East occurred last July a few weeks before Paul George’s career was dealt a severe blow when he broke his leg.

Three Phoenix players scored 19 points each as the Suns won despite having missed their first 21 3-point attempts.

James Harden has been so good this season that Houston Rockets coach Kevin McHale has come to expect performances like the one he had Friday night.

The San Antonio Spurs’ offense is coming after a stretch of high-scoring games. There is still work to be done defensively.

Marcus Morris made the tiebreaking basket and scored 19 points, twin brother Markieff Morris and Eric Bledsoe also had 19, and the Phoenix Suns beat the Brooklyn Nets 108-100 in overtime Friday night.

LeBron James tossed a pass to no one in the corner. He argued about a call so vehemently that he received a technical. By the end of his frustrating night, the Atlanta Hawks had sent a clear message to the King:

Zach Randolph had 24 points and 13 rebounds, Marc Gasol scored nine of his 18 in the fourth quarter and the Memphis Grizzlies rallied for a 97-90 victory over the Los Angeles Lakers on Friday night.

Indiana keeps finding different ways to survive games without Paul George. On Friday, they simply wore down weary Chicago.

Isaiah Thomas scored 14 of his 27 points in the fourth quarter and the Boston Celtics won for the fifth time in seven games, 104-98 over the New Orleans Pelicans on Friday night.

Victor Oladipo had 32 points, 10 assists and five steals and the Orlando Magic held on to beat the Sacramento Kings 119-114 on Friday night.

Gordon Hayward scored 25 points to lead the Utah Jazz past the Philadelphia 76ers 89-83 on Friday night.

Nene scored 20 points, Marcin Gorat added 14 points and 17 rebounds and the Washington Wizards blew all but one point of a 35-point lead before holding off the short-handed Miami Heat 99-97 on Friday night.

Al Jefferson had 23 points and 13 rebounds and the Charlotte Hornets beat the Toronto Raptors 103-94 on Friday night in a game that had six technical fouls.

A snapshot flashed on the screen of Greater Allen A.M.E. Cathedral of New York, Anthony Mason and John Starks.

Trail Blazers guard Wesley Matthews ruptured his left Achilles tendon in Portland’s game against Dallas on Thursday night and is out for the season.

The mood was somber in the Trail Blazers’ locker room following their victory over the Dallas Mavericks. The win had come at a cost, with Wesley Matthews lost for the season because of a ruptured Achilles tendon.

E’Twaun Moore finished off Russell Westbrook and the Oklahoma City Thunder.

The Bulls rallied to beat the Oklahoma City Thunder, 108-105, in Chicago.

Mr. Mason was a combative player in the Knicks’ mid-1990s heyday, a tough defensive specialist who sometimes clashed with opponents and, occasionally, with his own coaches.

When he's not calling the Knicks as the team's radio voice, broadcaster Mike Crispino has gotten a chance to do what most NBA fans haven't done — watch top-5 draft…

Nicolas Batum hit a 3-pointer that forced overtime, then set up three alley-oop baskets and added a clinching 3 in the final minute to rally the Portland Trail Blazers past the Los Angeles Clippers 98-93 on Wednesday night.

Stephen Curry shook off a rough shooting night to make three straight 3-pointers early in the fourth quarter to help the Golden State Warriors beat the Milwaukee Bucks 102-93 on Wednesday night in their return from a season-high, six-game road trip.

Russell Westbrook donned a mask and played like a superhero.

Anthony Davis was feeling great, fired up about being back on the court and not at all subtle about showing it.

The San Antonio Spurs are back home and beginning to show signs of returning to their old form.

LeBron James retaliated on the scoreboard after Jonas Valanciunas tackled him on a drive late in the third quarter.

The Pacers won their third straight game on Wednesday by beating the Knicks, who have lost 10 of their last 12.

The Charlotte Hornets didn’t try to hide it: This was an important game.

Dwyane Wade scored 25 points and added six assists, Hassan Whiteside grabbed 25 rebounds and the Miami Heat rallied to beat the Los Angeles Lakers 100-94 on Wednesday night.

Kenneth Faried had 18 points and 14 rebounds to help the Denver Nuggets win their second straight since firing coach Brian Shaw, 100-85 over the Minnesota Timberwolves on Wednesday night.

After edging the Western Conference-leading Golden State Warriors in their previous game, the Nets were little competition for the Charlotte Hornets, with whom they had been tied for the final playoff spot in the East.

Marc Gasol made a jumper with 0.1 seconds left to give the Memphis Grizzlies a 102-100 victory over the Houston Rockets on Wednesday night.

Tyler Zeller banked in a shot from under the basket as time expired to give the Boston Celtics an 85-84 victory over the Utah Jazz on Wednesday night.

Brandon Knight had 28 points and seven assists in his best game for Phoenix, and the Suns overcame a 15-point deficit to beat the Orlando Magic 105-100 on Wednesday night.

George Hill scored a season-high 21 points, and Rodney Stuckey added 17 to help Indiana rout the struggling Knicks 105-82 on Wednesday night.

INDIANAPOLIS — Former Knicks president Donnie Walsh has a word of advice for the current president regarding the club's cap space this summer and next: It's not always about signing…

They took no prisoners. Even among themselves. Pat Riley's Knicks were known for their toughness and Patrick Ewing, the center on those terrific, though title-less teams, recalled the physicality of…

A few years before Phil Jackson arrived, Donnie Walsh was entrusted with breaking down the Knicks’ roster to free up salary-cap space.

Patrick Ewing sat courtside at Barclays Center before Wednesday’s game between the Nets and Hornets, remembering his late teammate.

There's a new free-agent on the market — one Phil Jackson adores. Brian Shaw, who considers Jackson his mentor, was fired as Nuggets head coach on Tuesday, not even getting…

You can't take Phil Jackson anywhere. On Jackson's first college-recruiting trip Thursday at Ohio State, the Knicks president got his club fined for remarks he made about OSU guard D'Angelo…

A change on the bench gave the Denver Nuggets a boost and ended six weeks of frustration for the struggling franchise.

The Knicks, whose previous worst loss was by 28, fell by 38 at home against Sacramento, which got 25 points from Rudy Gay and never trailed.

The plus-minus statistic measures how a team performs when a particular player is on the court. On Tuesday against the Kings, Langston Galloway was minus-40 in only 23 minutes of play.

Al Horford knew the Atlanta Hawks would eventually respond to Houston’s big lead.

LeBron James doesn’t usually spend a lot of time talking about personal accomplishments, but he made an exception Tuesday night.

Nikola Mirotic scored 23 points to lead the short-handed Chicago Bulls to a 97-92 win Tuesday over the Washington Wizards.

Gordon Hayward and Derrick Favors scored 21 points each, Rudy Gobert added 15 points and a career-best 24 rebounds to lead the Utah Jazz to a 93-82 victory over the Memphis Grizzlies on Tuesday night.

Rudy Gay scored 25 points, DeMarcus Cousins had 22 and Ben McLemore finished with 20 and the Sacramento Kings handed the New York Knicks their worst loss of the season Tuesday, 124-86.

Al Jefferson had 21 points and 16 rebounds, Mo Williams added 20 points and 13 assists and the Charlotte Hornets beat the Los Angeles Lakers 104-103 on Tuesday night for their third win in four games.

Last week, Denver Nuggets players broke their huddle with a chant of “1-2-3 … Six weeks,” interpreted by some as a countdown to the end of a season gone sour.

LeBron James has moved into 21st place on the career scoring list with 24,506 points.

Kyrie Irving admitted missing two games with a strained left shoulder wasn’t easy.

Knicks fans were so disinterested late in the fourth they started a loud “Tom Hanks” chant for the actor who was in attendance.

The NBA has fined the Knicks an undisclosed amount over president Phi Jackson’s public remarks on Ohio State freshman D’Angelo Russell.

Anthony Mason Jr. is considering holding a candlelight memorial for his father, so Knicks fans whom he adored can pay their respects.

The LeBron James we all know, love and occasionally mock is finally back.

Making no effort to downplay how much this win meant to him, Goran Dragic thanked the Miami Heat for his birthday present.

There was no stopping Stephen Curry down the stretch, so Jarrett Jack shot over him.

Richard Jefferson tied his season high with 16 points, seven during a 16-0 Dallas run early in the third quarter, and the Mavericks raced past the New Orleans Pelicans 102-93 on Monday night.

The Rockets’ James Harden became tangled with LeBron James during Houston’s victory on Sunday, and as James fell back to the court, he kicked James.

Mirza Teletovic’s season ended in January when he was found to have clots in his lungs, and questions about clots have reverberated around the N.B.A.

Chris Paul had 26 points and 14 assists, and the Los Angeles Clippers allowed only one field goal in the fourth quarter to outlast the Minnesota Timberwolves for a 110-105 victory Monday night.

Toronto needed a boost from any player to halt a miserable losing streak.

The NBA has suspended Houston star James Harden one game without pay for kicking LeBron James in the groin.

German center Christian Welp, who won the European championship with Germany and also played in the NBA, has died of heart failure aged 51, the University of Washington said on Monday.

In a season full of injuries, many hoped that the new, longer All-Star break would help NBA players catch their breath and recover after a grueling first 3 1/2 months.

Atlanta, still the class of the Eastern Conference, faces a Houston team that has weathered the loss of its star center, Dwight Howard.

Heal fast, Anthony Davis. In the meantime, know this: Your teammates are holding things down just fine until you’re completely mended.

James Harden scored 33 points for Houston, and James missed two free throws with 4.2 seconds left in overtime as the Rockets held on for a victory over the Cavaliers.

D.J. Augustin was still in Detroit when the Oklahoma City Thunder played 14 games without Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook earlier this season.

Mason, who died Saturday at 48, had the tenacity and talent that made him one of the select few to achieve the dream of becoming a professional athlete.

When you’re sitting on the NBA’s best record like the Golden State Warriors, you don’t have to stress over every single game.

Roy Hibbert had 14 points, 15 rebounds and five blocked shots to help the Indiana Pacers beat the Philadelphia 76ers 94-74 on Sunday night.

Mo Williams had 23 points and 11 assists, and the Charlotte Hornets beat the Orlando Magic 98-83 on Sunday night.

Damian Lillard scored nine of his 31 points in the fourth quarter, LaMarcus Aldridge had 26 points and 15 rebounds, and the Portland Trail Blazers beat the Sacramento Kings 110-99 on Sunday for their third straight victory.

James Harden has been putting up MVP-caliber numbers all season for the Houston Rockets.

As he took his final breath in a New York City hospital, Knicks star Anthony Mason was surrounded his biggest fans — his three sons.

A straight-faced Derek Fisher addressed a room full of reporters in the Knicks’ interview room at the Garden.

The death of Anthony Mason on Saturday coincided with a Knicks game against the Toronto Raptors.

In 1994, the Knicks and the Beastie Boys were two of the biggest things going in New York.

Tim Hardaway Jr.’s dad was a teammate of Anthony Mason’s on the 2000-01 Miami Heat, the one season Mason made an All-Star team.

The Knicks could use Anthony Mason right about now.

Word spread quickly along Parson’s Blvd. in Jamaica, Queens when Anthony Mason entered Cutty’s Hair Studio.

Anthony Mason, a bruising power forward who personified the gritty Knicks of the mid-’90s, died early Saturday morning.

In those days, what now seem as much like glory days for the New York Knicks as the ones with Clyde and Willis Reed.

In two weeks we celebrate the anniversary of Phil Jackson getting paid an awful lot of money by James Dolan to come out of retirement.

Anthony Mason died Saturday morning, almost two decades after he last played for the Knicks. But as the organization mourns the late Mason's life, they also can learn from him….

He carved out a legacy. For decades, Queens barber Freddy Avila, 53, crafted ex-Knick Anthony Mason's signature buzz cuts — popularizing a New York City trend and helping define the…

He had shoulders that seemed to stretch from the corner of 33rd and Seventh Avenue to the West Side Highway. Anthony Mason stood defiantly in the lane alongside Patrick Ewing…

Trey Burke had 23 points and six assists to help the Utah Jazz hold off the Milwaukee Bucks 82-75 on Saturday night.

Deron Williams scored 25 points, and Thaddeus Young had 16 points and 8 rebounds off the bench as the Nets defeated Dallas.

Kawhi Leonard had 22 points and 10 rebounds, and the San Antonio Spurs dominated from the opening tip in a 101-74 rout of the Phoenix Suns on Saturday night.

Deron Williams scored 25 points, Thaddeus Young had 16 points and eight rebounds off the bench and the Brooklyn Nets topped the Dallas Mavericks 104-94 on Saturday night.

Marc Gasol had 27 points and 11 rebounds, and Mike Conley hit a big 3-pointer with 30 seconds left to lift the Memphis Grizzlies to a much-needed 101-97 victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves on Saturday night.

Tim Hardaway Jr. scored 22 points, Langston Galloway made a clinching 3-pointer and the New York Knicks ended a sad Saturday for the franchise with a 103-98 victory over Toronto, the Raptors’ season-high fifth straight loss.

Paul Millsap scored 22 points, Dennis Schroder added 16 points and 10 assists and the intentionally depleted Atlanta Hawks still had enough to beat the Miami Heat 93-91 on Saturday night.

John Wall scored 22 points, Nene added 21 and the Washington Wizards ended their six-game losing streak with a 99-95 win over the Detroit Pistons on Saturday night.

Before their game against the Toronto Raptors on Saturday night at Madison Square Garden, the Knicks saluted Mason, a former player who died early Saturday morning after experiencing congestive heart failure a few weeks ago.

The Cavaliers will be without at least one All-Star on Sunday in Houston.

Oklahoma City guard Russell Westbrook underwent surgery to repair a right cheek fracture and will miss the Thunder’s nextgame, the team announced on Saturday.

All-Star forward Chris Bosh of the Miami Heat has been released from a South Florida hospital following a weeklong stay for treatment after blood clots were found on one of his lungs.

The undermanned Knicks pulled off a feat Friday night many doubted they’d accomplish again with Carmelo Anthony done for the season.

AUBURN HILLS, Mich. — Pistons general manager and coach Stan Van Gundy had a chance to lock up burly power forward Greg Monroe last summer with a long-term deal when…

After the Portland Trail Blazers overcame Russell Westbrook’s third straight triple-double, Damian Lillard sensed his team was recapturing its form of earlier this season.

No matter that Wayne Ellington missed his first six shots through three quarters.

George Hill took center stage with the biggest stars sitting.

Tony Parker scored 19 points, Kawhi Leonard had 17 points and seven rebounds, and the San Antonio Spurs snapped a four-game losing streak with a 107-96 victory over the short-handed Sacramento Kings on Friday night.

The Knicks, who had lost eight straight games, won in double overtime with help from Shane Larkin’s 3-point play in the final minute.

The team’s general manager, Gar Forman, described the surgery on Rose’s right knee on Friday as minor and said that Rose would be out four to six weeks.

Derrick Favors had 21 points, 10 rebounds and three blocks, Trey Burke came off the bench to score 19 points and the Utah Jazz beat the struggling Denver Nuggets 104-82 on Friday night.

LeBron James couldn’t carry the Cavaliers on his sore back Friday night.

George Hill took center stage with the biggest stars sitting.

Shane Larkin’s three-point play in the final minute of the second overtime helped the New York Knicks snap their eight-game losing streak with a 121-115 victory over the Detroit Pistons on Friday night.

Terrence Jones scored a season-high 26 points, James Harden made the tiebreaking free throw with 43 seconds left and followed that with a jumper, and the Houston Rockets beat the Brooklyn Nets 102-98 on Friday night.

Chris Paul had 19 points and 13 assists, and DeAndre Jordan added 15 points and 22 rebounds to lead the Los Angeles Clippers past the Memphis Grizzlies 97-79 on Friday night.

Alexis Ajinca made the go-ahead layup with 26 seconds left and scored a career-high 24 points to help the New Orleans Pelicans won their fourth straight, 104-102 over the Miami Heat on Friday night.

The Chicago Bulls got a positive update on Derrick Rose, and then used another big night by Jimmy Butler to beat the Minnesota Timberwolves 96-89 on Friday.

Paul Millsap scored 14 of his 20 points in the first quarter and the Atlanta Hawks recovered after losing an early 16-point lead to beat the Orlando Magic 95-88 on Friday night.

Nerlens Noel had 14 points and 13 rebounds in the Philadelphia 76ers’ 89-81 victory over the Washington Wizards on Friday night.