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Kidd-Gilchrist: I lost to MJ in one-on-one game

ESPN.com news services, ESPN.com

Nineteen-year-old Bobcats rookie Michael Kidd-Gilchrist confessed Friday that Michael Jordan, almost 50, beat him in a one-on-one game.

Dan Devine, yahoo.com

HOUSTON — During a question-and-answer session with reporters ahead of Sunday's NBA All-Star Game, Miami Heat star LeBron James offered public support for the notion that injured Chicago Bulls point guard Derrick Rose shouldn't return to the court until…

nba.com

If Kobe Bryant's season seems tough, imagine what Dwyane Wade went through five years ago.

nba.com

HOUSTON (AP) -- Chris Bosh will start in the All-Star game, giving the NBA champion Miami Heat three starters for the Eastern Conference.

Michael Wallace, ESPN.com

LeBron James respects his elders among the NBA's greatest players of all time. Right now, he just doesn't agree with two of them: Michael Jordan and Magic Johnson.

Andrew Greif, dimemag.com

Michael Jordan turns 50 on Sunday, a milestone that marks a half-century of the greatest player ever to play the game. He’s been out of basketball for nearly a decade, but his legend remains whether on sneakers, memories or game tape. Dime explores the …

Andrew Greif, dimemag.com

Cleveland’s Kyrie Irving wouldn’t have to make much of a hard sell to claim he’s the best point guard of the NBA’s first half. For most of us, anyway — Heat coach Erik Spoelstra not included. The coach of the Eastern Conference All-Star team sai…

CNNSI.com

Will James Harden be healthy enough to make his All-Star debut? Will the players' union move to replace Billy Hunter? Ian Thomsen examines the storylines to watch in Houston.

Dime Magazine, dimemag.com

Don’t let the final score in Oklahoma City deceive you: this wasn’t the NBA Finals matchup we thought we’d see. Miami was too good for much of the first three quarters and Kevin Durant (40 points, eight rebounds) and Russell Westbrook (26 points, 10…

CNNSI.com

Despite Kevin Durant exploding in the fourth, LeBron James and the Heat still coasted to a sweep of last year's Western Conference champions 110-100, writes Paul Forrester.