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2013 NBA Allstar Game - Houston will host the 2013 NBA All-Star Game on Sunday Feb. 17 in the Toyota Center. Houston will be hosting its third NBA All-Star Game, including the 1989 game that was played at the Astrodome.

Kevin Durant Bio - The American sports superstar, Kevin Durant, is a professional basketball player. Born on 29th September 1988 in Maryland D.C. is currently playing for Oklahoma City Thunder as a member of the National Basketball Association (NBA). From childhood Kevin Durant showed interest in basketball following the footsteps of Michael Beasley. Both of them are childhood friends and remain so till date. Having finished his schooling in Maryland and Virginia continued his college education in Texas. During all this time, from school to college, he earned his status as a champion in basketball.

Kobe Bryant - To know more about Kobe Bryant, you should begin by checking his personal background. With his awesome parents Joe and Pamela Bryant, Kobe was born in Philadelphia on August 23, 1978. His father was an NBA professional player until he chose to go to Italy with his family. Kobe has learned to adapt the life in Italy but he never left his dream of becoming a basketball player just like his father. The Bryant family then moved back to the US in 1991 after Kobe's father, Joe, retired from playing basketball in Italy.

Lebron James - James LeBron was born in the city of Akron in Ohio on December 30 1984. His mother was only 16 years old when she gave birth to James. His biological father was an ex-convict, so his mother had to raise him alone. His mother could barely find any work, and the men she met were far from fine. James was ashamed of what was happening at home, so it was hard for him to make friends at school. He used sports, especially football and basketball as a way to escape his frustrations in life. In his 1st year of football playing in "Pee-Wee Football" he became close with his team coach, Frankie Walker, who asked his mother to let James live with him and his family. The new environment helped LeBron get back to school and attend all classes.

Carmelo Anthony - Carmelo Kyam Anthony was born in May 29, 1984; he developed a nickname `Melo' Carmelo Anthony is a player by profession and plays for the NBA in the team New York Knicks. He studied at Oak hill academy before joining Towson catholic high school, He attended Syracuse University beside participation in Orangemen team where he lead the team to its first National Championship in the year 2003, He achieved by becoming the tournaments best player where he was awarded .Was named the most valued player of the region ,which is NCAA East Region. He spend one season playing for Syracuse University and opted to join NBA draft in the year 2003.The Nuggets selected Anthony as the third pick. He was later traded to the Knicks in the 2011 trade period.

ESPN will show the Clippers-Suns game from US Airways Center in Phoenix Friday as the second game of a nationally televised double header. Golden State at Philadelphia will be the first ESPN game Friday, beginning at 8 p.m. Eastern, followed by the Clippers-Suns at 10:30 p.m. Eastern.

The Heat-Blazers game from the Rose Garden in Portland will begin at 10:30 p.m. Eastern Thursday on TNT. Another interesting matchup precedes the Heat-Blazers on TNT Thursday as Oklahoma City plays at Orlando at 8 p.m. Eastern.

Mavs vs Lakers - Los Angeles beat Dallas 73-70 at Staples last month, not very revenge for the Mavs sweeping them out of the West semifinals but a win that appeared to have the Lakers moving in the right direction.

The Lakers-Thunder game will pit two of the NBA’s most exciting players. Kobe Bryant leads the NBA in scoring at 29.0 points per game, while Oklahoma City’s Kevin Durant is quickly climbing the scoring charts, now sitting third in the league at 27.6 points per game. Durant had a 51-point game in an overtime win against Denver over the weekend.

Boston will enter the Celtics-Thunder game after a 2-1 start to the season, prior to a road game at Detroit on Tuesday and home games against Milwaukee on Wednesday and Chicago on Friday. The Celtics lost their first road game of the season at Cleveland, 95-87, on Oct. 27.

Oklahoma City also started the season 2-1, winning at home against Chicago (106-95) and at Detroit (105-104) before being blown out at home against Utah on Halloween (120-99). Before the Celtics-Thunder game, Oklahoma City will play at the LA Clippers on Wednesday and at Portland on Thursday.

The Grizzlies and Nets will play at 7:30 p.m. Eastern Wednesday from the Prudential Center in Newark, N.J. The NBA TV network will televise the Grizzlies-Nets game.

Memphis has been hovering around the .500 mark since a four-game losing streak in late January, and the Grizzlies will carry a 14-14 mark into a Tuesday’s game at home against Houston, before boarding a plane for Wednesday’s Grizzlies-Nets contest. Memphis hasn’t been more than two games above or below .500 since Jan. 24.

TNT will nationally televise the Clippers-Blazers game from the Rose Garden in Portland, beginning at 10:30 p.m. Thursday.

The Clippers will host Washington Wednesday before flying to Portland for Thursday’s Clippers-Blazers game. Los Angeles has had this back-to-back scenario one other time this year, winning 101-91 at home against New Jersey Jan. 16 before losing the following night on the road, 108-79, at Utah.

ESPN will televise the first Suns-Lakers game from Staples Center in Los Angeles, beginning at 10:30 p.m. Eastern Friday. It will be game two of an ESPN NBA double-header, preceded by Dallas at Philadelphia.

The Suns and Lakers will actually play twice in three days, as Los Angeles will make a trip to Phoenix Sunday. Friday’s Suns-Lakers game is the start of a stretch of five games in seven days for Los Angeles, as they will also host Portland Monday, before back-to-back road trips to Dallas Feb. 22 and Oklahoma City Feb. 23.

After both starting the season with some poor performances, the Phoenix Suns and the Golden State Warriors will play Monday from the Oracle Arena in Oakland. NBA TV will televise the Suns-Warriors game nationally beginning at 10:30 p.m. Eastern. Golden State is a 4-point favorite.

The Suns and Warriors currently are the 12th and 13th place teams in the Western Conference standings. However, both teams are only 2 1/2 and 3 games out of the final playoff berth in the conference, so there’s still plenty of time for the Suns and Warriors to begin moving toward the middle of the Western Conference standings.

TNT will nationally televise the Mavericks-Lakers game from Los Angeles beginning at 10:30 p.m. Eastern. It will be the first of two straight games in the Staples Center for Dallas, who play at the LA Clippers Wednesday on ESPN.

After a brutal 1-4 start, which included an 18-point home loss to Denver and a 17-point loss at Minnesota, Dallas won five of its next six. Still, with an abbreviated NBA season, the Mavs won’t want to fall too far behind the other Western Conference leaders, making the Mavericks-Lakers game a key early contest.

Before the Mavericks vs Lakers game, Dallas faces home games against Milwaukee and Sacramento Friday and Saturday. During its recent hot streak, the Mavs have reached 90 points in all five wins, while scoring only 71 in the lone loss in that stretch, by a 22-point margin at San Antonio.

ESPN will nationally televise the Trail Blazers-Hawks game from Atlanta beginning at 8 p.m. Wednesday from Philips Arena. This will be the final game in a four-game home stretch for Atlanta.

Both the Trail Blazers and Hawks won seven of their first 10 games this season, climbing near the top of the Southeast Division for Atlanta and near the top of the Northwest Division for Portland.

TNT will televise the Lakers-Heat game from Miami, beginning at 8 p.m. Eastern. For the Los Angeles Lakers, it will represent their first trip out of the Pacific time zone this season. The Lakers will play back-to-back nights in the state of Florida, with the Lakers-Heat game Thursday in Miami and a Lakers-Magic game in Orlando Friday on ESPN.

March 4th - Heat vs Spurs:The Heat and Spurs have both had very successful seasons to this point.
Miami, thanks to its putting together in the offseason the three-headed powerhouse -- LeBron James, Dwayne Wade, and Chris Bosh -- have held most of the headlines this season. Miami hasn't quite dominated the NBA, as some expected it would before the season, but the Heat have a 43-17 record heading into a Thursday home game against Orlando. That's the second-best record in the Eastern Conference, just one game behind Boston.

Celtics vs Clippers 2/26/11 - There is no national television for the Celtics-Clippers game, but FSN Prime Ticket will have the regional telecast, beginning at 10:30 p.m. Eastern.

Mavs vs Suns 2/17/11 - Two teams seeking momentum toward the playoffs will meet in the NBA’s final game before Sunday’s All-Star Game, with the Dallas Mavericks at the Phoenix Suns. TNT will televise the Mavericks-Suns game at 10:30 p.m. Eastern Thursday. The Mavericks and Suns will follow San Antonio at Chicago on TNT.

Heat vs Suns 12/23 - If ever an NBA team was going to be caught looking ahead in the regular season, the Miami Heat might be the team in their game Thursday at the Phoenix Suns. With Phoenix only a sub-.500 team and with Miami having already posted an easy win against the Suns, Miami might be caught looking ahead to a huge Christmas Day showdown with the LA Lakers.

Phoenix will look to spring the upset in the Heat-Suns game, set for a TNT national television broadcast Thursday at 10:30 p.m. Eastern from US Airways Center in Phoenix. It will be game two of a TNT double-header Thursday, following San Antonio at Orlando.

Mavericks vs Jazz Friday 12/3 - Friday’s Mavericks-Jazz game might only be an early December game in a long season, but with so many strong teams in the Western Conference, every matchup between two top teams is important. ESPN will televise the Mavs-Jazz game at 10:30 p.m. Eastern Friday from EnergySolutions Arena in Salt Lake City, as part two of its NBA double-header. The Bulls and Celtics will play at 8 p.m. on ESPN Friday.

Bulls at Magic 11/19 - The Bulls-Mavericks game will feature two teams with a combined 13-5 record. ESPN will televise the Bulls and Mavericks at 9:30 p.m. Eastern from American Airlines Center in Dallas. The Bulls-Mavericks game will follow Oklahoma City at Boston on ESPN at 7 p.m.

NO Hornets at Dallas Mavericks - The Hornets and Mavericks will play at 8:30 p.m. Monday at American Airlines Arena in Dallas. After a night off, they’ll play the rematch in New Orleans Arena at 8 p.m. Eastern on Wednesday, Nov. 17. Both games will available only on regional television.

Bulls vs Celtics - ESPN will nationally televise the Bulls-Celtics game at 8 p.m. Eastern. It will be game one of an NBA double-header on ESPN, followed by the Clippers and Nuggets.

Boston vs Oklahoma City - It will be an interesting contrast in what might be the NBA’s best collection of veteran talent against one of the best collections of young talent in Sunday’s Boston Celtics-Oklahoma City Thunder game. NBA TV will nationally televise the Celtics-Thunder game from the Ford Center in Oklahoma City Sunday at 7 p.m. Eastern.

The nba playoffs begin April 17th with 4 games - Bulls at Cavs, Bucks at Hawks, Heat at Celtics & Jazz at Nuggets. Sunday's games are Thunder vs Lakers, Bobcats vs Magic, Spurs at Mavericks & Trail Blazers vs Suns.

Saturday, April 10th: The Spurs strengthen their playoff position as they blowout the Nuggets in Denver.

Utah Jazz at Portland Trailblazers - The Jazz and Portland are both still incontention to win the Western Conference Northwestern Division.

Boston at Chicago - the streaking Celtics visit the slow starting Bulls on Saturday Dec. 12th. Game is telivised on the NBA Network at 8pm eastern.

NBA Western Conference 2 top teams meet this Thursday 11/13 on ESPN. preview and get the winning prediction of the Lakers vs Nuggets

June 25th - NY Knicks acquired center Darko Millicic from Memphis, Orlando Magic acquired guard Vince Carter from the Nets for center Tony Battie, Cleveland Cavaliers received Shaquille O'Neal from Phoenix for Ben Wallace and a 2nd round pick in the 2010 draft.

2009 NBA Eastern/Western Conference Playoff picks and previews

magic vs celtics - Orlando lost to Boston in Orlando Jan. 22, 90-80, as a 4.5-point favorite. Orlando also lost the first Magic-Celtics meeting this season, 107-88, on Dec. 1 in Boston, where the Celtics were an 8.5-point favorite.

cavs at spurs - Cleveland owns the NBA's best ATS record at 36-18, while San Antonio is 27-25-2 ATS this season.

pistons at cavaliers - Cleveland has won both previous Pistons-Cavaliers games this season. Cleveland won 96-89 at Detroit Nov. 19 and 90-80 at Detroit Feb. 1. In the Pistons-Cavaliers game a few weeks ago, Cleveland overcame an 8-point, fourth-quarter deficit. LeBron James led all scorers with 33 points, and he had eight assists. Allen Iverson led Detroit with 22 points.

2009 nba allstar game - The Eastern Conference has defeated the Western Conference in three of the past four NBA All-Star Game contests.

Lakers vs Cavs - Last season, the Cavs, as a 2-point underdog, defeated the Lakers, 94-90, in Cleveland. The Cavs have won the last four Lakers-Cavaliers games in Cleveland.

Lakers at Celtics - In the first Lakers-Celtics meeting this season on Christmas Day in Los Angeles, the Lakers were a 2pt betting favorite and broke a 19-game Celtics winning streak with a 92-83 victory.

Spurs vs Suns - The Spurs are 12-7 on the road this season, while Phoenix is 12-8 at home.

Spurs at Lakers - Sunday, Jan. 25 - 3:30 p.m. Eastern - ABC, San Antonio (27-13) at Los Angeles (32-8). The Spurs beat LA 112-111 at home on Jan. 14.

Mavericks st Pistons - Friday, Jan. 23 - 7 p.m. Eastern - ESPN. Dallas(24-17) at Detroit (23-17). Detroit is 1-5 ATS over its last six games and 3-7 ATS over its last 10 games, the Mavericks are 3-6 ATS over their last nine games

A clash of 2 of the western conferences best teams meet up tonight on Dec.10th. Steve Nash of the phoenix suns vs los angeles lakers and Kobe Bryant. Check out our preview of this matchup and call for a free selection.

The NBA Finals features 2 elite pro basketball teams from the 1980's. The L.A. Lakers square off versus the Boston Celtics for the NBA's best team in 2007. Most experts did pick the Celtics to be here but non of the pundits could have predicted the Lakers to be representing the Western Conference with so many other talented teams in less turmoil to start the season. We will be getting significant inside information in the NBA Finals, call us now for tonight's best bet absolutely free to increase your odds of winning.

Spurs vs Hornets - Surprisingly San Antonio and New Orleans both made quick work of their 1st round opponents. Magic vs Pistons - Detroit did struggle early with the Sixers showing their age. Orlando will push the Pistons to the limit and we would not be surprised if this series goes 7. Jazz vs Lakers - Los Angeles rolled over Denver covering all 4 games and Utah did not have as easy of a time with the Rockets after winning the first 2 games in Houston and then losing a game in Utah. Cavaliers vs Celtics - Boston was pushed to 7 games vs the Hawks losing all 3 in Atlanta. Cleveland is the defending East Champions and even though the Celtics have better talent the Cavs have Playoff experience. Each of these match ups will be tough to call against the spread, get an easy NBA Playoff winning pick absolutely free.

The 2008 NBA Playoffs have begun and the Western Conference definitely has much higher caliber 1st round match ups then the Eastern Conference does. This could work to the advantage of the Celtics who should breeze into the NBA Finals, while the Western teams will be be beating each other up. We can help make you a bundle of money with our free NBA Playoffs picks. Celtics vs Hawks - The trio of Garnett, Pierce and Allen have won all 3 match ups this season. Lakers vs Nuggets - LA is 3-0 vs Denver in 2007-2008. Pistons vs 76ers - Regular season series is 2-2. Hornets vs Mavericks - The home team is a perfect 3-0. Magic vs Rapters - The Magic have won 2 out of 3. Spurs vs Suns - The Suns won the regular season 3 games to 1. Cavaliers vs Wizards - The home team has won all 4 match ups. Jazz vs Rockets - The Jazz beat the Rockets 2 out of three games this season.

Bulls vs Celtics - ESPN will nationally televise the Bulls-Celtics game at 8 p.m. Eastern. It will be game one of an NBA double-header on ESPN, followed by the Clippers and Nuggets.

Sunday 10/31 Utah Jazz vs Oklahoma City Thunder - When the Utah Jazz play at the Oklahoma City Thunder Sunday night, the Jazz will want to work on perfecting their technique for playing on the road, as Utah must play seven of its first 10 games this season away from Salt Lake City.