Chauncey Billups scored 17 points, nine in an early third-quarter flurry that broke open the game, and the United States beat France 86-55 on Sunday in its only home exhibition before the world championships. Rudy Gay had 19 points to lead the Americans, who started slowly in ...

U.S. coach Mike Krzyzewski believes Kevin Durant has been too unselfish so far in the Americans' preparations for the world championships. Krzyzewski said Friday that the Oklahoma City Thunder star is the best player on the team but has been passing up too many shots. Durant ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - With LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh focused on building their own NBA Dream Team in Miami, USA Basketball unveiled a Plan B line-up on Wednesday for next month's world championships. While James, Wade and Bosh were all key members of the United States' gold medal-winning team at the Beijing Olympics they will not be ...

The United States lost another big man Wednesday, as David Lee will miss the world championships because of an injured middle finger on his right hand. USA Basketball said Lee will have his finger placed in a splint and could miss six weeks. The All-Star forward is expected to be ...

Kevin Durant's offseason itinerary has taken the NBA's youngest scoring champion to New York, L.A., Chicago and the Great Wall of China, and it will lead him elsewhere with the U.S. national basketball team. All the while, he's settling into a new ...

What kind of damage could LeBron James and Kevin Durant do if the NBA's two top scorers were on the same team? What if Chris Bosh was snagging rebounds and bringing a low post presence to complement Durant's potent perimeter game? For an ...

LeBron James won his second straight NBA MVP award Sunday, dominating the voting just as he dominated on court all season. The Cleveland Cavaliers star received 116 of a possible 123 first-place votes to win in a landslide over Oklahoma City forward Kevin Durant. Durant was ...

Cleveland's LeBron James received his second NBA Most Valuable Player award in a row, taking 116 of a possible 123 first-place votes for a landslide triumph Sunday over runner-up Kevin Durant. James, who had 109 of a possible 121 first-place votes from a media panel last year, was more overwhelming this year to defeat Oklahoma City's Durant, who ...

Pau Gasol tipped in a missed jumper by Kobe Bryant with a half-second left and the Los Angeles Lakers survived a late comeback effort by Oklahoma City and eliminated the Thunder 95-94 in Game 6 of the first-round playoff series on Friday night. Gasol crashed to ...

At the time last summer when Kevin Durant suggested the Oklahoma City Thunder should be shooting for the playoffs this season, it was considered an outlandish statement. But look at them now. Durant scored 22 points, Russell Westbrook added 18 points and eight rebounds, and the Thunder ...