Category: NBA News Wire
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 […]
OKLAHOMA CITY — After his team was routed in Game 1 of the Western Conference semifinals, Oklahoma City coach Scott Brooks promised a different Thunder squad would show up for Game 2. He kept his word. Spurred on by forward Kevin Durant and guard Russell Westbrook, Oklahoma City topped the Los Angeles Clippers 112-101 Wednesday […]
OKLAHOMA CITY — Forward Kevin Durant scored 32 points and guard Russell Westbrook racked up a triple-double, leading the Oklahoma City Thunder to a 112-101 victory over the Los Angeles Clippers on Wednesday at the Chesapeake Energy Arena. The best-of-seven Western Conference semifinal series is tied 1-1 as it heads to Los Angeles for Game […]
INDIANAPOLIS — After being held scoreless in three of his last four playoff games, Indiana Pacers center Roy Hibbert did the only thing he could think of. He went fishing with teammate Paul George. On Wednesday, Hibbert hooked the big one. He scored 28 points, just one shy of career playoff best, hit all eight […]
INDIANAPOLIS — Led by a near career night from center Roy Hibbert, the Indiana Pacers answered the Washington Wizards in the second game of their Eastern Conference semifinal series. Hibbert scored 28 points, one short of his playoff career high, and grabbed a team-high nine rebounds in Indiana’s 86-82 victory Wednesday. The best-of-seven series, tied […]
SAN ANTONIO — Point guard Tony Parker took a sabbatical from basketball during the season, with his coach with the San Antonio Spurs, Gregg Popovich, forcing him to miss several games to recover from a “variety of maladies.” Popovich wanted Parker fresh for the playoffs, and the strategy is paying off. Parker scored 33 points […]
SAN ANTONIO — Point guard Tony Parker took a sabbatical from basketball this season, with his coach with the San Antonio Spurs, Gregg Popovich, forcing him to miss several games to recover from a “variety of maladies.” Popovich wanted Parker fresh for the playoffs, and the strategy is paying off. Parker scored 33 points and […]
MIAMI — So much for the Brooklyn Nets’ four-game regular-season sweep of the Miami Heat. That mattered not at all Tuesday night, when the two-time defending NBA champion Heat routed the Nets 107-86 in the first game of the Eastern Conference semifinals at AmericanAirlines Arena. Game Two is set for Thursday night in Miami. Heat […]
MIAMI — The Miami Heat, who went winless against Brooklyn in four regular-season games, turned things around Tuesday night, defeating the Nets 107-86 in the first game of the Eastern Conference semifinals at AmericanAirlines Arena. Heat forward LeBron James, who earlier Tuesday lost out on the NBA’s MVP trophy, which went to Oklahoma City Thunder […]
OKLAHOMA CITY – The talk coming into the Western Conference semifinal series between the Oklahoma City Thunder and the Los Angeles Clippers revolved around which team had the advantage at point guard. Even though the Clippers’ Chris Paul is a future Hall of Famer, many saw the Thunder’s Russell Westbrook as the favorite in the […]
