Category: NBA News Wire
WASHINGTON — Forward Paul George scored 23 points and the Indiana Pacers held the Washington Wizards to 30 points in the second half as they pulled away for a 85-63 victory on Friday night to take a 2-1 lead in the second-round playoff series. Center Roy Hibbert added 14 points for the Pacers, who began […]
The Sacramento Kings are asking fans to offer input to help the team make its selections in the NBA Draft next month. The Kings are inviting would-be evaluators to analyze the prospects through their own statistical methods and submit the results through a website. Two people will be granted access to the Kings’ draft room […]
Dick Parsons, former chairman of Citigroup and Time Warner, was named on Friday as interim chief executive officer of the Los Angeles Clippers by the National Basketball Association, replacing Donald Sterling, who was suspended for life because of racist comments. Commissioner Adam Silver of the NBA said Parsons, a senior advisor at Providence Equity Partners […]
A new audio tape of embattled Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling claiming that he is not a racist was posted by Radar Online on Friday. Sterling’s comments stem from his recent ban and $2.5 million fine from the NBA for making racist comments. In the audio recording, presumed to be from a phone conversation […]
The Golden State Warriors are planning to contact Chicago Bulls coach Tom Thibodeau and former Los Angeles Lakers coach Mike D’Antoni for their vacancy, according to the San Francisco Chronicle. Thibodeau was an assistant with the Boston Celtics when current Warriors owner Joe Lacob was a minority owner of the Celtics when they won the […]
SAN ANTONIO — The Portland Trail Blazers arrived at the AT&T Center on Thursday night to find a snake hanging out in the locker of reserve forward Thomas Robinson. “I screamed,” Robinson said. The snake turned out to be non-poisonous. However, the San Antonio offense, led by 20 points from forward Kawhi Leonard, was lethal […]
MIAMI — The Miami Heat are defending their two straight NBA titles in the truest sense of the word — with defense. The Heat held the Brooklyn Nets to 42.3 percent shooting from the field on Thursday night in a 94-82 victory at AmericanAirlines Arena, taking a 2-0 lead in the Eastern Conference best-of-seven semifinal […]
MIAMI — The Miami Heat continued their perfect run through the 2014 NBA playoffs, beating the Brooklyn Nets 94-82 on Thursday night at AmericanAirlines Arena. Forward LeBron James led Miami with 22 points as the Heat took a 2-0 lead in the Eastern Conference best-of-seven semifinal series. The Heat swept the Charlotte Bobcats in four […]
Los Angles Clippers co-owner Shelly Sterling said she intends to remain an owner of the Los Angeles Clippers despite the league banning her husband, Donald Sterling, for life. Shelly Sterling has hired a law firm to help her as the NBA moves to terminate her husband’s ownership of the team, the Los Angeles Times reported […]
Los Angeles Clippers guard Jamal Crawford won the NBA’s Sixth Man Award as the league’s best player in a reserve role, the NBA announced Thursday. Crawford, who also won the award in 2009-10 while with the Atlanta Hawks, joins Kevin McHale, Ricky Pierce and Detlef Schrempf as two-time winners. Crawford, who came off the bench […]
