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One of the Houston Rockets' former star players, Clyde `The Glide' Drexler, gamely answers questions thrown at him during a press conference at Sofitel Philippine Plaza Monday. Drexler flew in to Manila in connection with the NBA pre-season game featuring the Rockets and the Indiana Pacers. Video by INQUIRER.net's Cathy Miranda

Kobe Bryant in an interview with Jimmy Kimmel said that he plans to retire soon with or without another ring. He said he only plans to play for the Lakers and will not play anywhere else. Watch the interview.

Stephen Curry of the Golden State Warriors had a career night against the Knicks tonight making 54 points. Of those 54 points, 11 came from the three point line. The Knicks however held on for the win 109-105. Here are the highlights.

The Miami Heat won the 2012 NBA Finals marking the first championship ring for LeBron James and the second for Dwayne Wade. It was a redemption for LeBron who has been greatly criticized this past season due to his disappearance in the 4th quarter in last season's game against the Dallas Mavericks who won against Miami. Here are the highlights. The coach, Erik Spoelstra was also part of the criticism where most people were saying he was too young or inexperienced to coach a championship team. Erik Spoelstra, 41, is a native of the Philippines and the son of longtime NBA executive Jon Spoelstra. Is he the first Filipino to ever win an NBA Championship?

It was a battle nobody expected. The Spurs came into the Western Conference Finals with a 20 game winning streak and never lost 2 games in a row. After game 2 of the Western Conference Finals, everybody was saying that the Spurs are too good for OKC Thunder. But the situation quickly changed as OKC Thunder coach Scott Brooks made defensive changes and put Sefolosha on Tony Parker, effectively slowing him down. The Thunder, a much younger team was just faster and stronger than the aging Spurs and took a 4 game winning streak to beat the Spurs 4 games to 2 to win the 2012 Western Conference Finals. What's funny is, Derek Fisher who was traded by the Lakers now has a possibility of winning more championship rings than Kobe Bryant. This is the first time the OKC Thunder went to the NBA Finals since they changed from the Seattle Supersonics. Here's the full highlight of game 6 between the Spurs and Thunder. Here's the award ceremony for the Western Conference Finals ...

Amar'e Stoudemire got a lacerated hand after punching the glass case of a fire extinguisher after the loss to the Miami Heat last night on Game 2 of their Playoff series. Paramedics were called in and this video shows his hand in a sling. He is out for Game 3. Unbelievable. Not only is this guy not playing well. He was out most of the time after the All Star Games and he just got back from back injury and now he's out again?

It was thrilling game between the New York Knicks and the Chicago Bulls. Derrick Rose returns to the Chicago Bulls lineup after missing 12 games. Carmelo Anthony finished the game with a season high 43 points and the game winning shots. The Knicks win 100-99 in overtime. Watch the highlights and videos are The Hoop Diaries .

Check out tonight's game between the New York Knicks and the Atlanta Hawks at The Hoop Diaries . http://thehoopdiaries.blogspot.com

The New York Knicks goes against the Orlando Magic Tonight. With Amar'e Stoudemire and Jeremy Lin out with injuries, it's up to Carmelo Anthony to carry the Knicks against the Magic. Check out The Hoop Diaries for full highlights and videos of tonight's game. http://thehoopdiaries.blogspot.com

The New York Knicks won tonight's game against the Detroit Pistons 101 - 79. After suffering a bad loss to the Raptors last night, the Knicks came back with a powerful game. Jeremy Lin finished with 13 points, 3 assist but had 7 turnovers. Stoudemire finished with 17 points, Chandler and Anthony both had 15 points and JR Smith had 14. On the Pistons side, Ben Gordon finished with 20 points. You can view the highlights of the game at The Hoop Diaries .

The Knicks ended their five game winning streak tonight when they lost to the Raptors 96 to 79. Jeremy Lin finished the game with just 6 points and 4 assist. Amar'e Stoudemire finished the game with 17 points while Steve Novak had 15 and Carmelo Anthony had 12. The story of the nighs is DeRozan who finished with a season high 30 points while Bargnani had 21 for the Raptors. Here are the highlights of the game at The Hoop Diaries .

The New York Knicks' revival under coach Mike Woodson is turning the Atlantic Division into a three-team race. The Philadelphia 76ers would prefer to keep that from happening. The Knicks look to cut further into the 76ers' lead atop the Atlantic when the rivals meet for the final time this season Wednesday night at Wells Fargo Center. New York (22-24) seemed to be fading as recently as a week ago, when a six-game skid dropped the club seven games behind Philadelphia and 4 1/2 back of second-place Boston, prompting coach Mike D'Antoni's resignation. With Woodson at the helm, the Knicks have since won four in a row by an average of 22.5 points including Tuesday's 106-87 home victory over Toronto. Suddenly, New York is within four games of the Sixers and 2 1/2 of the Celtics. Knicks win 82-79. Watch highlights and other videos at The Hoop Diaries .

From NBA.com Linsanity had nearly reached its peak when Jeremy Lin hit a game-winning 3-pointer to defeat the Toronto Raptors last month. While the hoopla surrounding Lin has since cooled a bit, interim coach Mike Woodson is starting to create a buzz of his own. After New York's brutal losing stretch, Woodson seems to have the Knicks back on track and will look to stay undefeated when the Raptors visit Madison Square Garden on Tuesday night. Mike D'Antoni resigned two days after the Knicks (21-24) suffered their sixth straight defeat March 12. A change at the top seems to have a made a world of difference for New York, which finds itself 3-0 under Woodson. After blowing out Portland 121-79 in Woodson's first game Wednesday, the Knicks completed a home-and-home sweep of Indiana with Saturday's 102-88 road win. The New York Knicks are playing with renewed vigor under Mike Woodson. Their defense has been top notched today against the Toronto Raptors. Carmelo An...

The New York Knicks won for the 2nd straight game after their former coach Mike D'Antoni resigned on Wednesday. They beat the Pacers 115 - 100. Jeremy Lin made 13 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assist, Carmelo made 12 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assist while J.R. Smith made 16 points. It was pretty balanced scoring for most of the Knicks and all players got to play again. At one point, the Knicks were up by 30 points before the Pacers narrowed the lead down to 15 points. Check out the highlights and videos at The Hoop Diaries . http://thehoopdiaries.blogspot.ca/2012/03/jeremy-lin-knicks-vs-pacers-march-16.html

The NBA store accidentally put up Dwight Howard's T-shirt for sale online. The only problem is, it's with the New Jersey Nets. The Hoop Doctors got the full story here .

Here are highlights of the other games around the NBA today. Cleveland Cavaliers vs Milwaukee Bucks. Orlando Magic vs San Antonio Spurs. Philedelphia Sixers vs Indiana Pacers. Toronto Raptors Vs New Jersey Nets. LA Lakers Vs New Orleans Hornets.

In a stunning turn of events, Knicks coach Mike D'Antoni resigned today shocking both his bosses and the players. Mike Woodson has been placed as Interim Head Coach. The Knicks finally worked together using Coach D'Antoni's offensive system. Mike Woodson has experience trying to turn around a struggling team when he spent six years in Atlanta. The Knicks won 121-79. Jeremy Lin finished with 6 points, 6 assist and 6 turnovers. Anthony finished with 16 points, Stoudemire with 17 points while J.R. Smith finished with 23 and Novak with 20. They finally used Mike Bibby on the rotation as guard and everyone on the Knicks team got to play. This is the first time in a long time since Mike Bibby was used as Mike D'Antoni usually sticks with using only a few players in his rotation. Here are the highlights. Here's the halftime report.

CHICAGO — As the NBA trade deadline approaches Thursday, the relationship between Mike D’Antoni and Carmelo Anthony appears to be deteriorating. There are several indications the alliance is getting worse, not better, and it seems inconceivable both will be back with the Knicks next season. According to a source familiar with the situation, Anthony is disgruntled and he may have given off those signs when he didn’t join the huddle during a third-quarter timeout. (Anthony claimed that occurs often). Anything bold happening at the trade deadline would seem unlikely. D’Antoni is more likely to get fired than Anthony get traded after the Knicks dropped their sixth straight game, 104-99, to the Bulls. Anthony, who was benched the entire fourth quarter Sunday and didn’t seem happy about it afterward, finished with 21 points but took 21 shots to get there. The Knicks are 2-8 since Anthony returned from injury and D’Antoni continues to stress running the club through Jeremy Lin and not...

Sixth straight loss for the Knicks. The Bulls win it 104-99. The Knicks are now in a precarious position, they can potentially be eliminated on their 8th place for the playoffs. Jeremy Lin finished the game with 15 points, 8 assist, 3 steals and 3 blocks. Carmelo Anthony finished with 21 points and 8 rebounds while Stoudemire finished with 20 points. Derick Rose finished with 32 points and 8 assist. Here are the highlights of the game. Here's the full game. There's something wrong with the first part of the 1st quarter. So just forward it to around the 4:02 mark. Here are the post game interviews.

From CBSSports.com NEW YORK -- After another loss by the no-fun Knicks, the one voice that mattered the most resonated in the locker room. How far it carries will determine whether the Knicks make the playoffs or undergo an even more extensive transformation than the building in which they play in. That is, if you can call this playing. Amar'e Stoudemire stood at his locker and correctly diagnosed the problems with a team that can't get out of its own way with three superstars on the floor. Which is why coach Mike D'Antoni, hearing the first fire-the-coach chants since Isiah Thomas was roaming the Garden, chose to finish the game with two of those stars and their nearly $37 million in salaries sitting on the bench. These are dark days for the Knicks, who hit a point of no return Sunday with a listless 106-94 loss to the 76ers, whom they treated like a pickup opponent at the YMCA rather than the likely winner of the Atlantic Division. "I think we could've ...