Galinsky: Five thoughts about Week 2 Kobe can still carry the Lakers, while Shaq and Iverson are dead weight. John Galinsky has five thoughts about Week 2 in the NBA.img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Foxsports/rss/NBA/~4/O3appw0535E” height=”1″ width=”1″/
Pro Basketball: Disgraced former NBA referee released from prison
Former NBA referee Tim Donaghy was a free man Wednesday after serving most of a 15-month sentence in a gambling scandal.
Pacers‘ Murphy out with sore lower back (AP) Troy Murphy missed Indiana's game at New York with a bruised lower back, leaving the winless Pacers without their leading rebounder. Murphy was hurt Tuesday after a hard foul in the first quarter of the Pacers' 111-93 home loss to Denver. Indiana coach Jim O'Brien said he didn't know how long the forward would be out, but said he had trouble putting his shoes on Wednesday.