The NBA playoffs have been cruel and soul-crushing for 76ers fans over the last several years, including three spectacular Game 7 collapses in the Eastern Conference semifinals. It hurts to even type ...

Kobe Bryant and Shaquille O'Neal combine for 62 points as the LA Lakers defeated the Philadelphia 76ers and Allen Iverson, 35 points, 96-91 in Game 3 of the 2001 NBA Finals.

The NBA was in the eye of its post-Jordan swoon in 2001. Ratings had declined 15 percent in 1999 following Michael Jordan’s (second) retirement and the owner’s disastrous lockout of the players, which ...

Check out the best moments and highlights from Saturday and Sunday events of All-Star weekend from NBA All-Star 2001 in Washington D.C.!