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Kobe Bryant of the Los Angeles Lakers and Kevin Durant of the Oklahoma City Thunder top the Western Conference, while Dwight Howard of the Orlando Magic and LeBron James of the Miami Heat lead the Eastern Conference after the first returns of 2011 NBA All-Star Balloting presented by T-Mobile. Bryant, The Finals MVP last season, is the overall leader with 722,682 votes.

Dwyane Wade had 34 points, nine rebounds and seven assists, LeBron James added 25 points, nine assists and seven rebounds and the Miami Heat won their season-best seventh straight game with a 106-84 victory over the cold-shooting Golden State Warriors on Friday night....

Shaquille O'Neal's curious about one aspect of LeBron James' impending return to face angry Cavaliers fans – the pregame ritual."I'm a silly fan," O'Neal said. "I'm anxious to see if he's going to do that powder thing."

Caron Butler scored seven of his 23 points in Dallas' key run to start the second half and the Mavericks went on to their fifth straight win, 106-95 over the struggling Miami Heat on Saturday night

All Chris Bosh needed to get his scoring touch back was a matchup with the Phoenix Suns.

Dwyane Wade had 39 points. LeBron James had a triple-double. The Miami Heat had a 22-point lead. The Utah Jazz were unimpressed on all counts.

Emeka Okafor had 26 points and 13 rebounds, and Chris Paul had 13 points and 19 assists to lead unbeaten New Orleans past Miami 96-93 on Friday night.

We’re a week into the NBA season and some things are what we expected — the Lakers, Heat and Celtics are good; the Sixers are not; John Wall is dynamic; Kobe won’t talk about his injuries; and the Grizzles are making bad contract decisions.

LeBron James, Chris Bosh and Dwyane Wade, the Miami Heat’s three All-Stars, combined for 55 points in a rout of the Nets.

Dwyane Wade scores a game-high 26 points, LeBron James adds 15 and Chris Bosh 11 in a 96-70 home-opening victory over the Orlando Magic.