After his brother died in an auto accident last September, Reggie Wayne returned to the Indianapolis Colts to find Tony Dungy waiting to console him -- as only a man who has been through his own personal tragedies can do. "I was at the lowest point," Wayne recalled last week. "Just to hear it from someone who has been through it helps you a lot.

Even a knee injury to Antawn Jamison couldn't mask the significance of a victory over the Detroit Pistons, a Washington Wizards win so big that even coach Eddie Jordan threw trash-talking caution to the wind -- at least for a second. "That team is a very good team. Are we done with them?" Jordan asked.

Even with Kobe Bryant banned from the arena, the New York Knicks knew not to expect an easy game. The Los Angeles Lakers certainly didn't give them one. The Knicks held off a late rally Tuesday night, handing the Lakers their season-high third straight loss with a 99-94 victory. Bryant was suspended one game without pay earlier Tuesday for hitting San Antonio's Manu Ginobili in the face late in the...

LeBron James rested his smarting toe, and Sasha Pavlovic made sure the Cleveland Cavaliers didn't stub theirs. Pavlovic scored a career-high 24 points filling in for his injured teammate and the Cavaliers rolled without their superstar, pounding the Golden State Warriors 124-97 on Tuesday night. James missed his second game in a less than a week with a sprained right big toe, an injury that isn't...

Having done enough damage in the first three quarters, Dwyane Wade got to sit out the fourth against the Milwaukee Bucks. Wade scored 28 points on 12-for-17 shooting from the field, and watched the final period from the bench as the Miami Heat beat the Bucks 110-80 on Tuesday night to snap a three-game losing streak.

Dirk Nowitzki was off his game and Josh Howard was out for the birth of his first child, so Austin Croshere had to pick up the slack for the Dallas Mavericks. Croshere had a career-high 34 points and seven rebounds as the Mavericks beat the Seattle SuperSonics 122-102 on Tuesday night, stretching their home winning streak to 14 games.

The Boston Celtics went to Indiana guaranteeing their three-week losing streak would end and went home with more disappointment. The Pacers beat the Celtics 103-96 on Tuesday night to give Boston its 12th straight loss. Boston guard Delonte West made the guarantee in a story published Tuesday in the Boston Globe and Indiana forward Jermaine O'Neal took exception.

The hard-driving Phoenix Suns had been blowing through the NBA in January, piling up points, highlights and victories at breakneck speed. They finished the month just one win away from perfection after crashing into a 6-foot-11 road block named Kevin Garnett. Garnett almost single-handedly snapped the Suns' 17-game winning streak, scoring 44 points and grabbing 11 rebounds in Minnesota's 121-112...

Daniel Briere's hat trick and a visit from the slumping Boston Bruins were more than enough to bring the Buffalo Sabres out of their funk. Briere netted his second career three-goal game, and Jason Pominville and Thomas Vanek added a goal and an assist each to give the Sabres a 7-1 victory over the Bruins on Tuesday night.

Craig Conroy scored twice against his former team in his first game with his new club, leading the Calgary Flames to a 4-1 win over the Los Angeles Kings on Tuesday night. The Flames acquired Conroy from the Kings on Monday in a trade for Jamie Lundmark and two draft picks. The sold-out crowd didn't wait long to welcome Conroy back to Calgary, applauding when he took the ice for pregame warmups and...

Peter Budaj leaned back in his locker and ran his fingers through his sweaty hair. "I felt good," the Colorado Avalanche goalie said after a 4-3 win over the Nashville Predators on Tuesday night. Predators coach Barry Trotz would use something a little stronger than good. "He made some outstanding saves," Trotz said.

Facing a fellow division leader, the Atlanta Thrashers couldn't afford to let even a point get away. Marian Hossa delivered the decisive goal in a shootout as the Atlanta Thrashers edged the New Jersey Devils 5-4 on Tuesday night after blowing a two-goal lead. "That was two huge points for us," said Ilya Kovalchuk, who scored two goals.

Once the Detroit Red Wings erased their big deficit, finishing off the New York Islanders came easy. Henrik Zetterberg capped Detroit's rally by scoring at 2:57 of overtime and giving the Red Wings a 4-3 win over the Islanders on Tuesday night. Detroit, which hasn't been shut out this season, trailed 3-0 at the start of the third period but quickly erased that deficit and set the stage for...

These Pittsburgh Penguins must be for real. They're even beating the Florida Panthers. Marc-Andre Fleury stopped 32 shots, and the Penguins ended a nearly five-year home losing streak against the Panthers by winning 3-0 Tuesday night. And they did it without any goals from Sidney Crosby or Mark Recchi.

Nik Antropov is out to prove the Toronto Maple Leafs can score -- and win -- without their injured stars. Antropov scored two goals in the third period to lead Toronto to a 4-1 victory over the Carolina Hurricanes on Tuesday night. "You can see the last few games, everybody was kind of scoring -- young guys take it on their shoulders, and older guys step up and everybody played equal," Antropov...

Vincent Lecavalier's new shooting style paid off in an overtime victory for the Tampa Bay Lightning. Lecavalier scored in regulation and then added a goal in the tiebreaker as the Lightning extended Philadelphia's franchise-worst home losing streak to 11 with a 4-3 victory over the Flyers on Tuesday night.