After Game 1 of the 2001 NBA Finals, Kobe Bryant had a memorable exchange with Allen Iverson. Iverson had just led the Philadelphia 76ers to a stunning Game 1 victory over the heavily favored Los ...

Mark Pope (left) and Andrew De Clercq of Orlando chase a loose ball during the first round of the 2001 NBA playoffs. His agent had to beg for an NBA training camp invitational, and the Bucks ...

Iverson had just two All-Star teammates in Dikembe Mutombo (who also made All-Defensive teams) and Theo Ratliff; Iverson was a one-man show when the Sixers reached the 2001 NBA Finals. Nowitzki ...

Boston's winning percentage in regular season games all-time is .596, which is .004 points ahead of the Spurs. The Lakers are third by a sliver — San Antonio's winning percentage is .59230, and the ...

Bob Davies’ two foul shots and Jack Coleman’s layup give the Rochester Royals a 79-75 triumph over the New York Knicks in the seventh game of the NBA championship series. 1951 — The Toronto Maple ...

The Heat are officially the first-ever No. 10 seed to make the NBA Playoffs — they ... than the Heat crawling into the playoffs, then turning into the 2001 Lakers. Of course, every time they ...

Now they want to stop another lengthy stretch of futility: the longest postseason skid in NBA history. Back in the playoffs for the ... postseason games from 2001 to 2012. Rare rivals The teams ...

The Celtics won the next two games, putting them in the NBA Finals and kicking off the Pistons ... game playoff losing streak (which lasted from 2001-12) with a Game 4 loss 127-104 against ...