Michael Jordan didn't hesitate when asked what he considered to be the best of his many great games. "This would have to be it," Jordan said after scoring a career-high 69 points and leading the Chicago Bulls to a 117-113 overtime victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers Wednesday night. "Everything seemed to fall and I found myself in a great rhythm." Jordan made 23 of 37 field-goal attempts and 21 of 23 foul shots while compiling the ninth best single-game scoring performance in NBA history.

SOUTH KOREA’S professional basketball league has kicked out a US national because he is deemed “too tall” under new regulations. The Korean Basketball League (KBL) announced last week that as of next season, foreign players can be no taller than 2 metres. The league believes that by imposing height restrictions it will encourage teams to recruit players rather than “just tall ones”, reported The Korea Times.

In the end Golden State was just too much for every team it came up against, including a most valiant Cleveland squad and its superstar, LeBron James.

LeBron James has agreed to a four-year contract worth more than $150 million with the Los Angeles Lakers, Klutch Sports Group announced on Sunday.  

The keenly-awaited matchup turns into a free-for-all.

Kobe Bryant may wear No. 24, but he's No. 1 in the shooting guard rankings for yet another year. That doesn't mean his crown is safe, though.

At 50 years old, Michael Jordan dunks at his annual "Flight School" camp at the University of California, Santa Barbara.

Lakers owners/executives Jim and Jeanie Buss have different views on the exit of Dwight Howard. "He was never really a Laker," Jim said to Ric Bucher of The Hollywood Reporter. "He was just passing through."

Rather than fight his way forward, he arranged for the police to swing by and escort him down the wrong side of the road. He made the concert in time, assumedly had a nice evening and later posted the footage to his Instagram account . Unfortunately, that final decision has opened up quite a can of worms thanks to the practical implications of police officers using time and resources to escort an athlete to a concert.

Or maybe the elephant is a full grown adult and Yao is godzilla.

The Miami-Dade Police Department says its officers violated policy by providing a police escort to Miami Heat star LeBron James through heavy traffic at last Friday's Justin Timberlake/Jay-Z concert.

Allen Iverson, an 11-time All-Star who has not played in the NBA since 2010, is prepared to officially announce his retirement in the coming days.

Teen Accidentally Dunks Himself in Phoenix Caught on Tape!

There are tons of gadgets to help golfers develop the perfect swing, but it’s hard to apply the same unobtrusive training tools to other sports. Evo One, though, is the counterpoint — it's a Kickstarter project that puts a tiny coach inside a basketball to help players improve their game.

Tracy McGrady's pro basketball career may not be over - there's always Europe or China - but his time in the NBA has ended.

Oklahoma City Thunder guard DeAndre Liggins was in jail early Sunday morning on charges of domestic abuse.

Retired U.S. basketball star Dennis Rodman is in North Korea for the second time this year but is refusing to say whether the release of an imprisoned Korean-American will be on his agenda.

No, we don't care how many attempts this took. The ground-level replays are great.

The former NBA star's controversial "basketball diplomacy" gets real

Stat geeks and hoop junkies, let the mouth watering begin. The NBA and Stats LLC announced a plan to install motion-tracking technology in every NBA arena beginning with the upcoming 2013-2014 season.

Either forgiveness is in the air, or this is basketball's version of keeping your friends close and your enemies closer. Both sides of one of the NBA's best rivalries of the early 2000s—former Los Angeles Lakers great Shaquille O'Neal and the —have come together in a partnership that can only be described as unlikely.

The NBA2k14 video game is out, and so are the much-anticipated player ratings.

Larry Brown Sports found video of Michael Jordan schooling a young O.J. Mayo at a summer basketball camp at UCSB in 2006. Mayo (who now plays for the Bucks) was the No. 1 high school recruit in the country at the time, and Jordan was three years into retirement.

At 17, basketball player Zach Hodskins is a YouTube sensation and headed to the University of Florida’s Division I team. What makes him so special? He was born without the lower half of his left arm.

Britain's premier netball commentator ANTHONY RICHARDSON is back to bring his commentary to Game 7 of the NBA Finals. Sorry this is so late, they've only just come out in the UK. Why 7 games, anyway? Seems a bit self-indulgent, to be honest.

Terrell Coleman, a 6-foot-5 freshman from Miller Grove High School, died after playing basketball on Sunday, DeKalb County Schools has confirmed. The cause of death is unknown at this point.

5'8" Division II basketball player, Josh Kioh, performs an amazing dunk. Kioh plays JV for Adams State in Colorado.

Kevin Ware's story is far from over. But he delivered a Hollywood ending on Wednesday night.

Jamal Mashburn wasn’t called “Monster Mash” for nothing. In his heyday as a forward for the Dallas Mavericks, Miami Heat and other teams, his skills put fear into those who had to face him on the court. But from his earliest days in the National Basketball Association, Mr. Mashburn always had other interests, and always had a Plan B.

Jingle Hoops

LeBron James is a four-time MVP and two-time defending NBA Finals MVP, and one of the most iconic athletes in the world. He has multimillion-dollar endorsement deals with Nike, Samsung and other companies. Now, he’s expanding his brand into another realm: acting.

Los Angeles Lakers guard Kobe Bryant will return to the court Sunday against the Toronto Raptors, he announced on his Facebook page Friday afternoon. Out since tearing his left Achilles tendon April 12, the 2007-08 NBA MVP and 15-time NBA All-Star posted a video leading into finally announcing a return date. He has been practicing with the team as he rebuilds strength in the Achilles.

Crazy alley-oop from the Heat-Timberwolves game

Dennis Rodman plans to travel to North Korea next week to train its basketball team, a trip unaffected by the execution of leader Kim Jong Un's uncle.