MIAMI (AP) - The hottest team versus the hottest story.
Linsanity is on its way to Miami, and the Heat can finally say they're eager for the arrival.
It may be the NBA's marquee matchup so far this season, the phenomenon that is New York Knicks guard Jeremy Lin taking center stage…
Feb. 24-26 - All-Star game, Orlando, Fla.
April 26 - Regular season ends
April 27 - Rosters set for playoffs, 3 p.m. EDT
April 28 - Playoffs begin.
April 29 - Draft early entry eligibility deadline, 11:59 p.m. EDT
May 30 - Draft lottery
June 12 - NBA Finals begin (possible move up to June 10)
June…
NEW YORK (AP) - A new book promises to give a Lin-side look at the NBA's newest sensation.
Hachette Book Group says it is publishing ``Jeremy Lin: The Reason for the Linsanity,'' by Timothy Dalrymple. It is due in stores in May, the company announced Wednesday.
Harvard graduate Jeremy Lin recently became…
ATLANTA (AP) - Atlanta Hawks guard Joe Johnson will miss the All-Star game because of tendinitis in his left knee.
The team says an MRI confirmed the initial diagnosis. Johnson will sit out the Hawks' next two games: at New York on Wednesday night and a Thursday night contest at home…
DEERFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Chicago Bulls coach Tom Thibodeau says star point guard Derrick Rose experienced no setbacks after returning from a back problem.
He says Rose will play Wednesday against Milwaukee. Rose scored 23 points Monday in a win over Atlanta after missing the previous five games because of lower…
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) - New Jersey Nets forward Shawne Williams had surgery to repair an old fracture and remove two small bone fragments in his left foot Wednesday. He will miss the rest of the season.
At the Hospital for Special Surgery in Manhattan. Dr. Martin O'Malley, a foot specialist, and…
NEW YORK (AP) - New York Knicks rookie Iman Shumpert has pulled out of the slam dunk contest with an injury and will be replaced by Utah's Jeremy Evans.
Shumpert has tendinitis in his left knee and won't play this week. The Knicks said he will be re-evaluated during the All-Star…
