MIAMI -- LeBron James and Dwyane Wade continued to dominate the ball and most everything else for Miami, and the Heat easily dispensed with the aging, hobbled Celtics with a 93-79 victory in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference finals Monday night. ...more

MIAMI -- The Heat have been the hunted, and the hated, for two years now. They've finally found a suitable target for their own fury: the Indiana Pacers. LeBron James and Dwyane Wade were dominant again Tuesday night as he Heat ran the Pacers out of the building in the third quarter and went on to a 115-83 victory and a 3-2 lead in a best-of-7 series that has turned ugly. ...more

In a chippy Game 1 of their first-round series, the Miami Heat beat the New York Knicks 100-67. But all anyone will remember is Tyson Chandler drilling LeBron James in the back with an illegal screen that was ruled a flagrant foul. ...more

Nets owner Mikhail Prokhorov joked Tuesday that if Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban signs Deron Williams this summer, he'll "crush him" in a "kickboxing throwdown." In the Russian billionaire's first U.S. media appearance in more than a year, he weighed in on the Nets' future and chances of bringing Williams with them to Brooklyn next season. ...more

The Knicks have given former team president Donnie Walsh, 71, permission to speak with other teams about executive openings prior to the expiration of his contract June 30, his agent told CBSSports.com, ...more