After one week out of the top spot, Duke has regained its position as the number-one ranked team in the land and will take to the court for the first time this evening to defend its ranking.
According to sources, the owners have the Sacramento Kings have agreed to sell the team to an ownership group in Seattle. The group plans to move the team back to that city and reclaim the name Supersonics.
The place to be in the sports world today is Los Angeles, where the top two team in the NBA's Western Conference will duke it out when the Clippers host the Thunder.
A Knicks-Pistons matchup in mid-January may sound a little ho-hum, but it’s not. The two teams square off today in London at the O2 Arena, as the NBA tries to showcase its product to a European crowd.
The pressures of a half-court shot are immense enough with having to worry about sinking said shot, averting an air ball or even making sure the basketball succeeds in making the long flight to the hoop. But this guy, Kevin, appears to have encountered a whole different worry we never saw coming -- like when your ball gets stuck between the hoop and a backboard.