The Oklahoma City Thunder's playoff push gathered steam on Sunday with a 108-104 NBA victory over the Los Angeles Clippers behind a 35-point performance from Kevin Durant.

Flamboyant ex-NBA star Dennis Rodman Sunday defended his trip to North Korea, saying leader Kim Jong-Un does not seek war but does want one thing -- a call from US President Barack Obama.

LeBron James scored 12 of his 29 points in the fourth quarter to lead defending NBA champion Miami past New York 99-93 on Sunday as the Heat matched its record win streak with a 14th victory in a row.

San Antonio Spurs star guard Tony Parker will miss about four weeks of the NBA season with a sprained left ankle, the team announced on Saturday after the Frenchman underwent an MRI exam.

LeBron James scored 14 points in the fourth quarter as the Miami Heat extended their win-streak to 13 games with a 98-91 victory over the Memphis Grizzlies on Friday.

LeBron James scored 14 points in the fourth quarter as the Miami Heat extended their win-streak to 13 games with a 98-91 victory over the Memphis Grizzlies.

Former NBA star Dennis Rodman lauded North Korea's new ruler as an "awesome kid" and his father and grandfather as "great leaders" at the end of his basketball diplomacy mission to Pyongyang.

Jason Smith, a 7-footer who plays center and forward for the New Orleans Hornets, will miss the remainder of the NBA season with a right shoulder injury, the team announced on Friday.

Flamboyant former NBA star Dennis Rodman has become the most high-profile American to meet the new leader of North Korea, vowing eternal friendship with Kim Jong-Un at a basketball game in Pyongyang.

Joakim Noah notched the third triple-double of his NBA career, scoring 23 points with 21 rebounds and 11 blocked shots to lead Chicago to a 93-82 win over stumbling Philadelphia.

Flamboyant former NBA star Dennis Rodman has become the most high-profile American to meet the new leader of North Korea, vowing eternal friendship with Kim Jong-Un at a basketball game in Pyongyang.

North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un watched a basketball game with former Chicago Bulls' star Dennis Rodman on Thursday, Chinese state media reported.

The Phoenix Suns made just two baskets from the floor in overtime, but it was enough to lift them to a 105-101 upset triumph over the San Antonio Spurs.

The New York Knicks withstood a dazzling 54-point display from Golden State's Stephen Curry to post a 109-105 NBA victory over the Warriors at Madison Square Garden.

New York Knicks forward Rasheed Wallace will need surgery to repair a broken left foot and doctors expect him to miss the next eight weeks of the NBA season, according to the team.

A late-game scuffle between NBA players that spilled over into seats behind the basket led the NBA to issue one-game bans without pay on Wednesday to Indiana's Roy Hibbert and Golden State's David Lee.

The Indiana Pacers won their fifth-consecutive game by beating the Golden State Warriors 108-97 behind a 28-point effort by David West.

Flamboyant former NBA star Dennis Rodman's colourful tweets from the heart of Stalinist North Korea appear to have upset South Korea's best known cultural export, the "Gangnam Style" rapper Psy.

The Indiana Pacers won their fifth-consecutive game by beating the Golden State Warriors 108-97 behind a 28-point effort by David West.

Flamboyant retired NBA star Dennis Rodman, known as much for his piercings and tattoos as for his court skills, arrived in North Korea on Tuesday to bring it a bit of "basketball diplomacy."