Pau Gasol tipped in Kobe Bryant's missed shot with less than a second to play as the Los Angeles Lakers edged Oklahoma City 95-94 to advance in the NBA playoffs. The reigning NBA champions won the Western Conference first-round series four games to two and next face Utah, who eliminated Denver Friday with a 112-104 victory. But the Lakers ...

San Antonio Spurs guard Tony Parker missed Sunday's game against the Detroit Pistons because of a strained left hip flexor. Parker, who missed his ninth game of the season, sat out San Antonio's Feb. 11 win over Denver with the same injury. He returned ...

The National Basketball Association assessed Denver's Dahntay Jones a flagrant foul on Tuesday, a day after he tripped Lakers star Kobe Bryant in game four of the Western Conference finals. The match officials, which Denver won 120-101 didn't call a foul on the play, which had Lakers coach Phil Jackson fuming after the game. "Just unacceptable defense," Jackson ...

The San Antonio Spurs are the NBA's Southwest Division champions and the No. 3 seed for the Western Conference playoffs. They have Michael Finley, Tim Duncan and the Dallas Mavericks to thank for that. Finley and Duncan led the Spurs to a 105-98 overtime win against ...