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Dwyane Wade scored 21 points and the Miami Heat scored the final nine points of the second quarter to tie the Dallas Mavericks 51-51 at halftime in Game 2 of the NBA finals Thursday night.

Shaquille O’Neal, who announced his retirement yesterday after a stellar 19 years in the NBA, earned almost $300-million in salary over his career.

The NBA Draft is looming, and Fredette might be the 12th pick.

Shaquille O'Neal, the NBA's giant of giants, tweeted to the world that he will retire from professional basketball in a 16 second video.

Legendary basketball player Shaquille O'Neal announced his retirement on Twitter

Shaquille O'Neal, 39, and arguably the most dominant center to ever play the game of basketball has announced that he will be retiring from the NBA via his Twitter page ending his 19 year career.

The 6'2 guard might be part of a youth movement in Salt Lake City.

One of the all-time great centers was also among the most clever figures in sports.

Where Shaquille O'Neal ranks among the greatest centers in history

The owner of the New Jersey Nets, Mikhail Prokhorov, is seeking the leadership of the Right Cause party in Russia.

After years spent creating a name for herself, reality television star Kim Kardashian will change her name to Kim Humphries once she marries her boyfriend Kris.

The Heat are looking to get off to a better start than 2006, where they lost the first 2 games. Miami looks good so far winning the first Finals game in 2011. Both teams were locked in a close game until the final minutes when the Heat pulled away winning 92-84 to take game 1 of the best of 7 series. Wade's string of defensive plays and 3 pointer surged a fourth quarter Heat run that was enough to knock out the Dallas Mavericks in the final minutes.

Scottie Pippen's comments about LeBron James gets a response from the scoring leader

The Heat are looking to get off to a better start than 2006, where they lost the first 2 games. Miami looks good so far winning the first Finals game in 2011. The 2006 Finals MVP Dwayne Wade finished with 22 points, 10 rebounds. Wade had support with James and Bosh as the Miami trio combined for 65, scoring 70% of the team's points.

NBA prospects will be in New York this week for pre-draft workouts with the Knicks. Jimmer Fredette, Darius Morris, Demonte Harper and Rick Jackson lead the crop of young basketball players hopeful for a shot in the NBA.

In town for the 2011 NBA Finals? When you're not watching the game, take time to explore some of the wonderful attractions Miami has to offer.

How the NBA Finals should shape up.

The great Scottie Pippen voiced his thoughts after the Heat eliminated the Bulls to advance to the NBA finals.

The Mavericks and the Heat will have a rematch of the 2006 NBA Finals.

Finally, Heat and Mavericks rematch has become a reality.

The team president for the New York Knicks, Donnie Walsh, has presided over the basketball team as it has quickly rebuilt from an embarrassment to a playoff team, but his contract expires June 30. Why hasn't ownership locked him up for three more years?

Last week he got it all wrong, picking the Mets to take two out of three games in the Subway Series, losing only the game R.A. Dickey threw for the Mets. But we have a fresh weekend in front of us, and I was interested in how he thought the two local baseball clubs might fare in the next three days.

Miami is on their way to the Finals.

Both teams flew through the playoffs

The Lakers had better options than Mike Brown.

The Thunder''s exit from the playoffs may mean an upgrade at point guard.

Dirk Nowitzki, Jason Kidd and the Dallas Mavericks are going back to the NBA finals.

Kim Kardashian and her boyfriend of six months are engaged, reports People.com

How the Mavericks-Thunder matchup will play out.