Kobe Bryant: Lakers ‘edgy and upset’

The Los Angeles Lakers just lost three games in a row, the first such streak of the last two seasons, and Kobe Bryant (notes) says the team is "a little edgy" and "upset," according to the Los Angeles Times. Bryant said even reporter questions were giving him a stomach virus .

Knicks’ Lee headed to Nets?

New York Knicks forward David Lee (notes) is an unrestricted free agent this summer. And he sounds like he wouldn’t mind heading to the 7-55 New Jersey Nets , according to the New York Post. The team’s dismal record is going to keep some free agents away

Heisley ready to sell Grizzlies?

Memphis Grizzlies owner Michael Heisley is 73 years old and he says that his family isn’t going to take over the team whenever his time expires.

Spurs’ Parker out for season

The San Antonio Spurs have seemingly lost its starting point guard for the rest of the season. Tony Parker (notes) has a fractured right hand and he isn’t expected to be healed up till the season ends, according to the San Antonio Express-News. "We’ll find a different way to play and hope we can bide our time until he’s back," Tim Duncan (notes) told the paper

Joel Przybilla re-injures himself, needs more surgery after slip in shower

Trail Blazers center Joel Przybilla will undergo surgery on his right patella tendon in the next few days. Przybilla re-ruptured his right patella tendon Saturday morning after slipping in the shower at his home in Milwaukee, Wis. He returned to Portland today to undergo an MRI, which revealed the rupture.

Magic hold off Lakers in finals rematch

Vince Carter had 25 points, Dwight Howard finished with 15 points and 16 rebounds and the Orlando Magic beat the Lakers 96-94 on Sunday to hand Los Angeles its first three-game losing streak of the Pau Gasol-Kobe Bryant Era.

Tony Parker breaks bone in right hand

Late in the first half of tonight’s San Antonio Spurs vs Memphis Grizzlies game, Spurs point guard Tony Parker suffered a fracture of the fourth metacarpal in his right hand.

Renardo Sidney suspended, must repay $11.8K

ESPN reports: The NCAA has ruled Mississippi State forward Renardo Sidney will have to repay $11,800 in improper benefits and sit out the remainder of this season and nine games next season if he wants to play for the Bulldogs. Sidney said he does

Raptors beat Knicks 102-96 in seventh game without hospitalized star Chris Bosh (The Canadian Press)

TORONTO – Somewhere, Chris Bosh was in a hospital room, hooked into an IV drip. Hedo Turkoglu, one of his Toronto Raptors teammates, was playing on an ankle so sore it needed a fresh wrapping of tape during the game, and yet another player was sent to the room for repairs on an open wound in the second half.

Rondo double-double lifts Celtics past 76ers (AP)

Paul Pierce was way off his usual game. Rajon Rondo and the other two in the Big Three picked up the scoring slack.

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