Buy This Photo Boston's Jermaine O'Neal blocks a shot by Dallas' Brendan Haywood during Monday night's game. O'Neal left with a sprained left wrist, finishing with four blocked shots, three rebounds and no points in the Celtics' 89-73 loss to the Maveric

DALLAS (AP) - Dirk Nowtizki and the defending champion Dallas Mavericks seem to be hitting their stride at the midway point of their season. The short-handed Boston Celtics are just struggling. Nowitzki scored 26 points with season-high 16 rebounds while

DALLAS (AP) — Dirk Nowtizki and the defending champion Dallas Mavericks seem to be hitting their stride at the midway point of their season. Nowitzki scored 26 points with season-high 16 rebounds while moving into the top 20 on the NBA career scoring lis

DALLAS - Dirk Nowtizki and the defending champion Dallas Mavericks seem to be hitting their stride at the midway point of their season. The short-handed Boston Celtics are just struggling. Nowitzki scored 26 points with season-high 16 rebounds while movi

Dirk Nowitzki had 26 points and moved into the top 20 on the NBA career scoring list and the Dallas Mavericks beat the short-handed and struggling Boston Celtics 89-73 Monday night. The defending champion Mavericks reached the midpoint of their regular s

DALLAS - Dirk Nowitzki had 26 points and moved into the top 20 on the NBA career scoring list and the Dallas Mavericks beat the short-handed and struggling Boston Celtics 89-73 Monday night. The defending champion Mavericks reached the midpoint of their

Dirk Nowitzki feasted upon the backup big men of the Boston Celtics to lead his Dallas Mavericks to a lopsided 89-73 win at home. The Celtics were without Rajon Rondo, Kevin Garnett and Brandon Bass and struggled to get anything going offensively, scorin

Dirk Nowitzki had 26 points and moved into the top 20 on the NBA career scoring list and the Dallas Mavericks beat the short-handed and struggling Boston Celtics 89-73 Monday night. The defending champion Mavericks reached the midpoint of their regular s

DALLAS -- Well the good news for the Celtics is they are back on the court after last night's debacle in Detroit. The bad news they will be without two key players after Rajon Rondo was suspended two games for tossing the ball at official Sean Wright and

February, 20, 2012 Feb 20 8:17 PM CT DALLAS -- Jason Kidd stole Ray Allen's pass into the paint midway through the quarter to give Kidd his 2,515th career steal, pushing him past Michael Jordan to become No. 2 on the NBA's all-time steals list. The theft

Greg Monroe had 17 points, 10 rebounds and seven assists, and Rodney Stuckey added 16 points to lead the surging Detroit Pistons over the Boston Celtics 96-81 on Sunday night. Detroit has now won seven of its last nine games, including two victories in f

The Mavericks had their six-game winning streak snapped in a Sunday matinee at Madison Square Garden. The Boston Celtics arrived in Dallas with much bigger problems. The Celtics have been contenders ever since they pulled off deals to acquire Kevin Garne

February, 20, 2012 Feb 20 8:00 AM ET Allen Einstein/NBAE/Getty Images Greg Stiemsma goes up for the dunk in Detroit on Sunday. With two more dunks Sunday night against the Detroit Pistons, including the first career slam for rookie center Greg Stiemsma,

When they traded Rashard Lewis to the Washington Wizards in December 2010, the Orlando Magic indicated they had faith Ryan Anderson could deliver in an increased role. Though Brandon Bass inherited Lewis' starting job, Anderson saw an increase in minutes

AUBURN HILLS, Mich. (AP) Amid stories about Jeremy Lin and the upcoming All-Star game, the Detroit Pistons have quietly become one of the hottest teams in the NBA. Detroit has now won seven of its last nine games, including two victories in five days ove

AUBURN HILLS, Mich. Amid stories about Jeremy Lin and the upcoming All-Star game, the Detroit Pistons have quietly become one of the hottest teams in the NBA. Greg Monroe had 17 points, 10 rebounds and 7 assists, and Rodney Stuckey added 16 points to le

Boston Celtics' Keyon Dooling, left, pressures Detroit Pistons' Rodney Stuckey in the second half of an NBA basketball game, Sunday, Feb. 19, 2012, in Auburn Hills, Mich. Stuckey contributed 16 points as the Pistons won 96-81. (AP Photo/Duane Burleson) D

To say that things haven't gone as planned would be a vast understatement for Glen Davis. We poke fun at him and gleefully compare him to Brandon Bass, but all the jokes stop when you learn that he's lost both his grandmother and father this year. "With

AUBURN HILLS, Mich. (AP) — Amid stories about Jeremy Lin and the upcoming All-Star game, the Detroit Pistons have quietly become one of the hottest teams in the NBA. Greg Monroe had 17 points, 10 rebounds and seven assists, and Rodney Stuckey added 16 po