See Dirk Nowitzki and Larry Bird squaring off. See Derrick Rose playing alongside Michael Jordan. And witness Kobe Bryant and Magic Johnson take the court side by side.

Kobe Bryant will soon be a free agent. In the game of love and relationship, that is.

With NBA camps and preseason games already shelved due to an ongoing lockout, an Italian team is hoping to land arguably the biggest star in the league today.

The Mavs crushed the Lakers in every way Sunday afternoon and completed a four-game sweep of Phil Jackson’s side with a 122-86 victory at the American Airlines Center.

The Dallas Mavericks pulled off another sensational fourth quarter to stun the two-time defending champions Los Angeles Lakers at home for the second-straight game in their Western Conference semifinals series.

The Dallas Mavericks did everything the Los Angeles Lakers were expected to do late in the match to steal a 96-94 victory in Game 1 of the Western Conference semifinals at the Staples Center on Monday.

Los Angeles star Kobe Bryant was fined $100,000 after shouting a homophobic curse at one of the referees during the Lakers’ win over the San Antonio Spurs on Tuesday.

UPDATE: Kobe Bryant scored 37 points as the West beat the East 148-143. The performance earned him MVP honors, which marked the fourth time in his career that the Lakers guard has taken home the game’s trophy.

Kobe Bryant scored 23 points as the Los Angeles Lakers beat the Boston Celtics 92-86 at TD Garden Thursday night, in what could be a preview of the 2011 NBA Finals.

LeBron James had a triple-double as the Miami Heat blew out Kobe Bryant and the Los Angeles Lakers at the Staples Center on Christmas Day.