It was supposed to be a day of checking in equipment and meeting with coaches for performance evaluations. Instead, the Denver Broncos players showed up to their training facility to lean on each other Tuesday as the team grieved for cornerback Darrent Williams, who was killed in a drive-by shooting early Monday -- hours after the Broncos were eliminated from playoff contention.

Allen Iverson took plenty of shots at his former team, before, during and after the game. It didn't add up to a win, though. Kyle Korver scored 26 points to help the Philadelphia 76ers beat the Denver Nuggets 108-97 Tuesday night in Iverson's first game against his former team. "It was weird to see him wearing a white jersey and we're wearing black," Korver said.

The Dallas Mavericks came out of the halftime break determined to get some easier shots on offense and to play better defense on Seattle guard Ray Allen. They accomplished both objectives to stretch their winning streak to 11 games. Dirk Nowitzki had 31 points and a season-high 15 rebounds, and Josh Howard added 21 points and nine rebounds in the Mavericks' 112-88 victory against the SuperSonics on...

Leandro Barbosa couldn't remember making a shot like this -- not in the NBA, anyway. But he took the pass from Boris Diaw, buried the 3-pointer with 1.5 seconds left and the Phoenix Suns pulled out a 97-96 victory over the Chicago Bulls on Tuesday night. "They (showed) a lot of confidence in me; this was my biggest shot since playing for Brazil," said Barbosa, a member of the Brazilian national...

Ron Artest always seems to have a surprise in store for the Sacramento Kings. His mysterious knee problems last month were unexpected, and his inconsistent play has turned every night into an adventure. When Artest produced the highest-scoring game of his career just three days after being shut out, the Kings finally got a pleasant surprise from their center of attention.

For three quarters, defenses dominated. In the final one, chaos ruled. LeBron James scored 19 points, Larry Hughes added 18 -- 13 in the fourth -- and the Cleveland Cavaliers smothered and frustrated San Antonio from end to end during a rugged 82-78 win over the Spurs on Tuesday night. Hughes hit three 3-pointers in the fourth and Damon Jones scored eight points in the final 1:35 as the Cavs, who...

The Orlando Magic solved their big problem in time to beat the Los Angeles Clippers. Jameer Nelson scored a season-high 29 points and the Magic clamped down on the Clippers' big men in the second half of a 91-86 win Tuesday night. After getting battered by Elton Brand, Tim Thomas and Chris Kaman in the first half, the Magic limited the Clippers' post players to just eight points and six rebounds in...

Baron Davis used ice on his right foot, left knee and back after Golden State's game with New Orleans. His right arm? That seemed fine. Davis, who played all 48 minutes, put up 25 shots Tuesday night, scoring 29 points as the Warriors beat the Hornets 97-89. Matt Barnes also scored 29 as the Warriors won despite shooting just 39.5 percent from the field.

Steve Yzerman's jersey was hoisted to the rafters and the Detroit Red Wings pulled into a first-place tie with Nashville in the Central Division. It was a good night in Hockeytown. Henrik Zetterberg scored the go-ahead goal late in the second period and Detroit held on for a 2-1 win over the Anaheim Ducks on Tuesday night after Yzerman's No.

The Carolina Hurricanes were one of the few NHL teams that was having success in slowing down Pittsburgh star Sidney Crosby. They must have known that couldn't last. Crosby scored twice and set up another goal to become the first NHL player with 60 points this season, and the Penguins relied on Crosby's playmaking and Marc-Andre Fleury's strong goaltending to beat Carolina 3-0 Tuesday night.

The ingredients existed for another Philadelphia Flyers loss: an early departure for captain Peter Forsberg and a quick evaporation of a late lead. Maybe a month or even a week ago, the Flyers would've wilted. Not this time. The Flyers shook off yet another injury to Forsberg and then held off the hard-charging New York Islanders for a 3-2 victory Tuesday night that gave them a season-best third...

A new year brought back an old feeling for Jacques Lemaire. "I really felt that we had a good team tonight," the Minnesota Wild coach said after his team beat the Atlanta Thrashers 5-1 on Tuesday night. "I said the guys are really playing well, determined, responsible -- which maybe at the start of the season I felt like that.

Andy Murray's start as coach of the St. Louis Blues has been a big success. Except when he's facing the Chicago Blackhawks. Nikolai Khabibulin made 38 saves and the Blackhawks erased a third-period deficit with a three-goal flurry in a 4-1 victory Tuesday night. Last month, they spoiled Murray's debut in St.

Ryan Smyth and the Edmonton Oilers each reached a satisfying milestone. Smyth scored his 20th goal of the season and Edmonton snapped a four-game losing streak with the 1,000th victory in franchise history, a 4-1 win over the Florida Panthers on Tuesday night. Fernando Pisani, Raffi Torres and Ales Hemsky also scored for the Oilers, who were the third-fastest team to reach the milestone.

Henrik Lundqvist bounced up in celebration after stopping Devils rookie Travis Zajac in the eighth round of the shootout Tuesday night. The goalie was pumped up after clinching the New York Rangers' 3-2 win over New Jersey. "We just wanted to win so bad," Lundqvist said. "We needed this. We know we're a good team.

Alex Burrows' first goal in 48 games was a memorable one. Burrows scored on a beautiful individual effort Tuesday night and the Vancouver Canucks held off the Calgary Flames 3-2 for their season-best fourth consecutive victory. Trevor Linden and Brendan Morrison also scored for Vancouver, which has won all four games in the streak against Northwest Division opponents.