Sep 06, 2010 05:43PM

Russia beats New Zealand 78-56 to gain quarters

Russia reached the quarterfinals of basketball's world championships against the United States, beating New Zealand 78-56 Monday after Andrey Vorontsevich had 18 points and 11 rebounds.

Sep 06, 2010 10:09AM

US beats Angola 121-66, reaches quarters at Worlds

Chauncey Billups scored 19 points, Kevin Durant had 17, and the United States powered into the quarterfinals of the World Championship with a 121-66 victory over Angola on Monday.

Sep 05, 2010 04:21PM

Turkoglu helps Turkey rally past France

Turkey used a 21-4 run spanning the second and third quarters on Sunday to eliminate France from the basketball world championship with a 95-77 win.

Sep 05, 2010 12:18PM

Slovenia trounces Australia 87-58 at Worlds

Jaka Lokovic scored 19 points and Slovenia hit 16 of 33 3-pointers to eliminate Australia 87-58 Sunday in the round of 16 at the World Championship.

Sep 04, 2010 02:27PM

Navarro scores 22 as Spain eliminates Greece

Juan Carlos Navarro scored 22 points for Spain in an 80-72 victory that eliminated Greece from the basketball World Championships on Saturday.

Sep 04, 2010 12:08PM

Game comes down to free throws as Serbia nips Croatia

Oklahoma City Thunder center Nenad Krstic had 16 points and Aleksander Rasic scored five points in the last 21 seconds to help Serbia edge Croatia 73-72 in the round of 16 at the basketball world championship Saturday.

Sep 04, 2010 09:43AM

Bucks sign second-round draft pick Hobson

The Milwaukee Bucks have signed second-round draft pick Darington Hobson.

Top 10 Moments of 2009-2010: #7 - Kobe's OTHER Six Buzzer-Beaters

the buzzer-beating bank shot at Miami the only game-winner Bryant made in 2009-10, it would have been memorable enough. But to add an incredible six more shots that often were the single decider between Lakers wins and losses was quite remarkable

Top 10 Moments of 2009-2010: #8 - Kobe's First Buzzer Beater

Early in December, the Lakers found themselves down two points to the Miami Heat with just two seconds left showing on the clock, though it was L.A.’s ball on the sideline opposite Miami’s bench.

Top 10 Moments of 2009-2010: #9 - Supporting Cast Shines

In Kobe's absence, Lamar Odom and Pau Gasol picked up the slack for L.A., particularly in two February games at always tough arenas in Portland and Utah.

Top 10 Moments of 2009-2010: #10 - Bryant Becomes Leading Scorer

With 44 points in a routine regular season contest at Memphis, Bryant surpassed Jerry West as the greatest scorer in Lakers history with 25,198 points.

Kobe Climbing the Scoring Ladder

In the last 14 years, the Lakers’ guard has shot, driven and dunked his way to 12th on the NBA's all-time leading scoring list. That’s certainly impressive enough, but when Bryant turns 33 next year, he may very well have vaulted to sixth.