Category: NBA News Wire
The Oklahoma City Thunder will enter the Western Conference finals next week against the San Antonio Spurs a man down. Forward Serge Ibaka is expected to sit out the remainder of the NBA playoffs after suffering a calf injury during the third quarter of the Thunder’s series-clinching win over the Los Angeles Clippers on Thursday […]
CHICAGO — With every release, Melvin Ijim’s confidence grew. Catch, release, splash. The Iowa State power forward is viewed by most teams as a wing player at 6 feet 6, but he made good on his determined intent to show at the 2014 NBA Draft Combine that he could shoot with the best of them. […]
CHICAGO — Andrew Wiggins, Jabari Parker and Joel Embiid skipped the entire two-day event. Julius Randle, Dante Exum and 15 more top prospects took part only in the testing and measurement portion at the NBA Draft Combine Thursday and Friday at Quest Multisport. In what the league views as a disturbing trend that began last […]
New York Knicks president Phil Jackson is open to hiring a coach not familiar with his triangle offense, according to the New York Post. Since the Knicks lost out on Steve Kerr, who took the Golden State Warriors’ coaching job, former Warriors coach Mark Jackson is on the Knicks’ radar. Mark Jackson does not specialize […]
LOS ANGELES — The weight of the Oklahoma City Thunder, a Game 5 meltdown and the Donald Sterling controversy apparently were too much for the Los Angeles Clippers to bear. Thunder forward Kevin Durant scored 25 of his 39 points in the second half, and Oklahoma City eliminated the Clippers with a 104-98 victory in […]
WASHINGTON — For the Indiana Pacers to finally put away the Washington Wizards and reach the finals in the East, it turns out they needed a starry performance from forward David West. Now the Midwestern power gets another crack at the champions from South Beach. West scored 29 points and forward Lance Stephenson had 17 […]
Thanks to the San Antonio Spurs’ quick series win in the Western Conference semifinals, injured guard Tony Parker is confident he will be ready for Game 1 of the conference finals. Parker experienced left hamstring tightness Wednesday during the Spurs’ 104-82 win over the Portland Trail Blazers that clinched the series in five games. Parker […]
WASHINGTON — Forward David West scored 29 points and forward Lance Stephenson had 17 as the Indiana Pacers closed out their Eastern Conference semifinal series with the Washington Wizards with a 93-80 victory on Thursday night. Indiana reached the conference finals for the second straight season and will face the two-time defending NBA champion Miami […]
Banned Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling is digging in his heels for a fight with the NBA. In a letter sent to the league on Thursday by his attorney, Sterling stated that he is not planning to pay the $2.5 million fine imposed by commissioner Adam Silver for his racist comments. “We reject your […]
After guiding the Portland Trail Blazers to the playoffs this season, coach Terry Stotts signed a multiyear contract extension with the team on Thursday. According to reports, the deal is for three years with a team option for a fourth year. The Trail Blazers finished with 54 wins during the regular season and advanced to […]
