The Detroit Pistons and Utah Jazz have both registered important victories in their respective semi-final NBA playoff series. »more

The San Antonio Spurs have defeated the Phoenix Suns 111-106 in the opening game of the best-of-seven Western Conference semi-final series. »more

The Utah Jazz have completed a stunning comeback, sending the highly-fancied Houston Rockets crashing out of the playoffs 4-3 after a 103-99 win in game seven on Saturday. »more

The Phoenix Suns and the San Antonio Spurs have progressed to the next round of the NBA playoffs after knocking out the Los Angeles Lakers and Denver Nuggets respectively. »more

Dirk Nowitzki scored 30 points and Josh Howard added 23 as the Mavericks stayed in contention in their Western Conference first-round series against the Golden State Warriors with a 118-112 victory in Game Five. »more

A FIBA delegation headed by Secretary General Patrick Baumann has visited the construction site of the Wukesong Arena in Beijing, which will host the basketball at the 2008 Olympic Games. »more

The Chicago Bulls have knocked the Miami Heat out of the NBA playoffs while the Los Angeles Lakers, Dallas Mavericks and Toronto Raptors are just one loss away from being eliminated. »more

Chauncey Billups has scored 25 points to lead the Detroit Pistons to a 97-93 victory over the Orlando Magic. »more

The Cleveland Cavaliers are 2-0 in their Eastern Conference playoff series against the Washington Wizards after a 109-102 game-two win. »more

Defending NBA champions, the Miami Heat, find themselves in a 0-2 playoff series hole after Ben Gordon shot 27 points to lead the Chicago Bulls to a 107-89 win at the United Center on Tuesday night. »more