The U.S. national basketball team finalized its roster for the world championships when Celtics star Rajon Rondo asked to withdraw from consideration.

The Big Three of the Boston Celtics are now a Very Big Four.

LeBron James will play some point guard for the Miami Heat. So will Dwyane Wade, as he has throughout his NBA career. Mike Miller will likely do some ballhandling as well.

Paul Pierce never planned to leave Boston when he opted out of the final year of his contract. He just wanted to help the Celtics find him some teammates.

The people that matter the most to Doc Rivers wanted him to keep coaching - so he will.

Doc Rivers is headed from pro basketball to the amateur game, and he may not be coming back.

Kobe Bryant sprinted after the ball, which Lamar Odom joyously flung downcourt to burn the remaining seconds in Game 7 of the NBA finals. With the celebration starting behind him, Bryant chased it down and then held it aloft to his teammates.

Here come the Lakers.

When the Celtics wrapped up Game 5 and moved one win away from an unprecedented 18th championship, the jubilant Boston crowd sent them off to the West Coast for the final time this season with one last chorus of that age-old "Beat L-A!" chant.

The Boston Celtics are in foul trouble before Game 5 of the NBA finals even begins.

Rajon Rondo's interception of a pass by Kobe Bryant in the final minute of Game 4 will go into Celtics lore along with some other important steals.

Chin resting in his hand, mouth barely moving as he spoke, Kobe Bryant had the look of someone who would have rather been anywhere but Staples Center.