Tonight’s Wizard-Thunder Battle Royale is henceforth known as “The Blake Griffin Bowl.” What’s that? They don’t have bowl games in basketball? Well, screw you and your little dog, too! The Thunder, who has really helped build a solid local fanbase by sporting the association’s worst record in its first season in Oklahoma City, has a

Randy Wittman is gone, but the losing continues for the Minnesota Timberwolves. Wittman got canned after the team dropped its fifth straight game a few weeks ago. Vice-president Kevin McHale took over the coaching duties, but nothing has changed – Minny keeps losing, having dropped another eight in a row. The team heads into MSG

Can Christmas Morning and the prospect of a grudge match against their fiercest rivals revitalize the geriatric Phoenix Suns, the NBA’s oldest team? Phoenix, with an average age of 27.3 years, will try to shake off the cobwebs earlier than normal for an afternoon Christmas Day matchup against the San Antonio Spurs, a team it’s

How’s this for weird? As bad as the Pacers have been this season, it took a virus spreading through the locker room to get them to start winning. Okay, the recent competition hasn’t exactly been world-class, but at this stage, wins are wins and Indy has three of them in its past four games. This,

Despite all their injuries and uncertainty, the Houston Rockets are gunning for a season-high fourth straight win Monday as they play the second game of four-game road trip. Best of all, Houston gets to travel to the Swamp tonight – a place they’ve won five straight and where the hometown Nets have lost four of