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The NBA and WWE are fighting over a scheduling conflict at the Pepsi Center in Denver.

The Houston Rockets ran out of All Stars before they ran out of steam in the playoffs. Missing their top two players and a backup center who happens to be the NBA's second all-time shot blocker, the Rockets pushed the Los Angeles Lakers to the brink in their second-round series before losing by 19 in Sunday's Game 7.

It's never easy to eliminate a champion, but the Magic make the Celtics disappear with a 101-82 win in Game 7.

Kobe Bryant scored 32 points, but the series heads back to Staples Center on Sunday. The road to the NBA championship that the Lakers so desire has ran into a roadblock in the Western Conference semifinals.

Rockets center Yao Ming was ruled out for the remainder of the sesaon after a hairline fracture was found in his left foot.

Kobe Bryant has 33 points and Jordan Farmar fills in admirably for suspended Derek Fisher with 12 points, seven assists, five rebounds, two steals, one blocked shot and only one turnover in 33 minutes.

Down a player, weary from a brutal Game 2, on the road in a tougher-than-expected Western Conference semifinal series, the Lakers responded the only way they knew how.

Denver Nuggets coach George Karl disagrees with the $25,000 fine given
to forward Kenyon Martin, calling it 'way out of line and crazy.' Martin was
punished by the league Monday.

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Yao Ming, who briefly left with a knee injury in the closing minutes, had 28 points and 10 rebounds, to lead the Houston Rockets to a physical 100-92 victory win over the Los Angeles Lakers on Monday night in Game 1 of the Western Conference semifinals.

The Magic built a big lead before holding on to beat the Celtics in Game 1 of their Eastern Conference semifinal.

After a total of seven overtimes in the first six games, the Celtics made an early night of it as they beat Chicago in regulation in their first-round Eastern Conference series.