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The NBA and WWE are fighting over a scheduling conflict at the Pepsi Center in Denver.

The Houston Rockets ran out of All Stars before they ran out of steam in the playoffs. Missing their top two players and a backup center who happens to be the NBA's second all-time shot blocker, the Rockets pushed the Los Angeles Lakers to the brink in their second-round series before losing by 19 in Sunday's Game 7.

It's never easy to eliminate a champion, but the Magic make the Celtics disappear with a 101-82 win in Game 7.

The Philadelphia 76ers have interviewed former NBA coach Eddie Jordan for their head coaching job.

Wayman Tisdale, who spent 12 seasons in the NBA with Indiana, Sacramento and Phoenix, died Friday morning after a long battle with cancer. He was 44.

Kobe Bryant scored 32 points, but the series heads back to Staples Center on Sunday. The road to the NBA championship that the Lakers so desire has ran into a roadblock in the Western Conference semifinals.

Rockets center Yao Ming was ruled out for the remainder of the sesaon after a hairline fracture was found in his left foot.

In the early '90s he won back-to-back NBA championships with the Detroit Pistons and coached the first Dream Team to Olympic gold.

Kobe Bryant has 33 points and Jordan Farmar fills in admirably for suspended Derek Fisher with 12 points, seven assists, five rebounds, two steals, one blocked shot and only one turnover in 33 minutes.

Down a player, weary from a brutal Game 2, on the road in a tougher-than-expected Western Conference semifinal series, the Lakers responded the only way they knew how.

Denver Nuggets coach George Karl disagrees with the $25,000 fine given
to forward Kenyon Martin, calling it 'way out of line and crazy.' Martin was
punished by the league Monday.

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