Ray Allen has made more three pointers than any player in the NBA but with five seconds left and his team three points down on Tuesday, he had not made a single one in the crucial Game 6 of the NBA Finals.

The Miami Heat weren't supposed to be in this situation. Not now, anyway.

The San Antonio Spurs got their swagger back as they put the Miami Heat in a world of hurt with a 114-104 win in pivotal game five of the NBA finals on Sunday.

Miami has struggled to win two straight games deep in the playoffs, which comes as a surprise to a team that recorded the second-longest winning streak of all-time in the regular season.

LeBron James had a game-high 33 points and 11 rebounds and Dwyane Wade scored 32 as the Miami Heat defeated the San Antonio Spurs 109-93 in game four of the NBA finals on Thursday.

The Brooklyn Nets made a major splash by naming recently retired point guard Jason Kidd as their new head coach on Wednesday.

Danny Green and Gary Neal aren't NBA royalty like LeBron James. Either undrafted or unwanted, they were once more likely to be found playing in summer league or some other country than against the mighty Miami Heat.

Houston Rockets star James Harden caused a stir yesterday when he appeared at the Kaohsiung City Youth Basketball Court in Southern Taiwan.

Lionel Hollins will not be offered a new contract to coach the Memphis Grizzlies, the team announced on Monday, despite his guiding them to the best playoff run in their 18-year history.

Tim Duncan, Tony Parker and Manu Ginobili sat in mostly stunned silence, all that playoff experience not preparing them for how they felt after two games.