Kobe Bryant scored 34 points while playing much of the second half in obvious pain with an injured left leg and the Los Angeles Lakers rallied in the final minutes without him to stay in the NBA playoff race with a 118-116 victory over the Golden State Warriors on Friday.

Nate Robinson scored a season-high 35 points and the Chicago Bulls stopped another lengthy winning streak, rallying to beat New York 118-111 in overtime Thursday night and end the Knicks' 13-game run.

Kobe Bryant scored a season-high 47 points as the Los Angeles Lakers pulled closer to a playoff berth with a 113-106 victory over the Portland Trail Blazers on Wednesday.

The New York Knicks romped to their first Atlantic Division title since 1994, getting 36 points from Carmelo Anthony and beating the Washington Wizards 120-99 on Tuesday night for their 13th straight victory.

Jeremy Lin, the first NBA player of Taiwanese descent, is set to make his debut in the postseason run after the Houston Rockets beat the Phoenix Suns in a dramatic 101-98 home game on Tuesday.

Louisville won the 75th edition of the NCAA men's basketball championship on Monday, beating Michigan 82-76 in a pulsating final in front of more than 74,000 fans at the Georgia Dome.

What a week for Rick Pitino! He's elected to the Hall of Fame. His horse is headed to the Kentucky Derby. His son gets a prominent head coaching job.

The playoff-bound Clippers beat Los Angeles rivals the Lakers 109-95 to clinch their first Pacific Division title in club history against a team that has long overshadowed them.

Jeremy Lin says he felt a sense of bigotry towards him when he wasn't offered a U.S. college scholarship despite being named one of California's top players in his final high school year.

The chief of a major college sport program and a university vice president resigned Friday over the failure to immediately fire a basketball coach who was caught on video hitting, kicking and taunting players with anti-gay slurs at practice.