In the top 5 list, four players repeat from last year. We've reached the second half of the NBA season with two teams comfortably leading their conferences. In the East, the Cleveland Cavaliers (36-7) ...

It's all over but the crying. The Oklahoma City Thunder stumbled against the Dallas Mavericks again on Thursday, 121-115.

Having faceplanted during its first playoff run with this young Thunder core, Oklahoma City stacked ammunition this past summer. Not necessarily to aim at Dallas, but to ensure no team — perhaps ...