LA LAkers- Denver Nuggets Yes ... it's the finals time and the western conference has a great match up . The Lakers advanced after an erratic, baffling semifinal series against the Houston Rockets. After being pushed to Game 7, the Lakers responded with an 89-70 win on Sunday, getting a brilliant performance on both ends of the court by Pau Gasol, who had 21 points and 18 rebounds. The Nuggets have been c ...

NBA playoffs second round - Los Angeles And the Lakers will keep it up to the title . The top-seeded Lakers were off a week after eliminating the Utah Jazz in five games and waiting for the fifth-seeded Rockets to finish off Portland in six games. Houston advanced to the second round for the first time since 1997. Los Angeles won the season series 4-0, dominating the fourth quarter of each game. Bryant aver ...

The once-mighty team that reached at least the Eastern Conference finals the previous six seasons is in an 0-3 hole with very little reason to think it can win the series, even if it finds a way to prevail Sunday afternoon in Game 4 at The Palace. One thing is left for the Pistons - their pride and the fact that losing 4-0 is not something they can live it. Not only did Cleveland post the best record in the ...

One of the most intriguing games of the final month of the season takes place Tuesday night as LeBron James and Dwight Howard try to carry their teams to a key victory at Quicken Loans Arena. Orlando Magic against the almighty Cleveland Cavaliers. While Cleveland is a league-best 29-1 at home, Orlando has the best road record in the East at 23-10. Orlando (49-17) is one of the few teams that has had the Cav ...

The Lakers open a three-game road trip Monday night, looking to avoid losing their seventh straight game in Portland against a Trail Blazers team seeking its 12th consecutive victory at the Rose Garden. Los Angeles (50-12) owns the league's best record and has built an eight-game lead atop the Western Conference, but looked rather ordinary a week ago after losses at Denver and Phoenix. Blazers went 4-0 SU a ...

The holiday season kept us away for a bit from the NBA scene , but we re back now with a new tip before the New Year.  Today's game will be played in Portland . The Raptors are facing Blazers back to back and they re coming after two wins , showing that it s not over yet for them. Toronto's Jermaine O'Neal scored 24 points, grabbed eight rebounds and blocked six shots in the loss to the Blazers earlier this ...

Interesting Monday night in NBA , only 3 games but one good free tip for you . The Bobcats (5-11) came close to winning their second in a row in what would have been stunning fashion Saturday, falling 89-84 to Boston. Charlotte shot 47.8 percent against a team that's allowing an NBA-low 40.8 percent shooting on the season and bested the Celtics 36-33 on the boards. Felton will try to bounce back against Min ...

New NBA free tips for you . After yesterday s win on the Spurs , today we gonna focus on Indiana at Dallas game. Dallas has been one of the NBA's best teams when playing at home, going 104-19 at the American Airlines Arena over the previous three seasons, so its 0-4 start under Carlisle was surprising. Dirk Nowitzki is heating up. He scored 25 points and had 10 rebounds Friday, while Jason Kidd added 18 poi ...

After a short break we re back tonight with another NBA free tip .  Tonight s match up is in Memphis , between Grizzlies and San Antonio Spurs. Manu Ginobili is ready to play for the Spurs. The Spurs guard, who missed the team's first 12 games while recovering from September ankle surgery, will make his season debut tonight at Memphis, Popovich confirmed after this morning's shootaround. It was welcome news ...

Back on the west coast where a game between two teams with big problems is to be played tonight. We ll continue to provide free NBA tips and also we re working on our NBA live coverage on the live NBA page.  San Antonio Spurs - Los Angeles Clippers The Clippers (1-8) aren't looking any better this fall, having dropped eight of nine to start the season despite playing eight of those nine games at Staples Cen ...