Category: NBA News Wire
OKLAHOMA CITY — Guard Chris Paul scored 32 points to lead the Los Angeles Clippers past the Oklahoma City Thunder 122-105 Monday at the Chesapeake Energy Arena in Game 1 of their second-round playoff series. Game 2 of the best-of-seven series is Wednesday in Oklahoma City. Thunder coach Scott Brooks not only has to find […]
INDIANAPOLIS — The Washington Wizards are finding the magic on their opponents’ home courts. The Wizards won all three games at Chicago’s United Center in their five-game win over the Bulls in the first round of the NBA playoffs. On Monday night, they slapped around the Indiana Pacers in the first game of the Eastern […]
Golden State Warriors point guard Stephen Curry said the scrutiny over coach Mark Jackson’s job security is unfair. The Warriors could make a decision on Jackson’s future this week after losing in the first round of the playoffs to the Los Angeles Clippers. “I love Coach more than anybody, and I think for him to […]
SAN ANTONIO — Two weeks into the NBA playoffs, the San Antonio Spurs finally produced a performance befitting a team that often dismissed opponents with ease while accumulating the league’s best record during the regular season. Guard Tony Parker scored 32 points and the Spurs defeated the Dallas Mavericks 119-96 Sunday in Game 7 of […]
TORONTO — The Brooklyn Nets had the advantage of experience over the Toronto Raptors and they needed every bit of it on Sunday. The Nets, who led by 12 points in the third quarter and still led by 11 early in the fourth, needed a last-second stop on Raptors point guard Kyle Lowry to hang […]
SAN ANTONIO — Two weeks into the NBA playoffs, the San Antonio Spurs finally produced a performance befitting a team that often dismissed opponents with ease while accumulating the league’s best record during the regular season. Guard Tony Parker scored 32 points and the Spurs defeated the Dallas Mavericks 119-96 Sunday in Game 7 of […]
TORONTO — Forward Joe Johnson scored 26 points — 13 in the fourth quarter — and the Brooklyn Nets held on to defeat the Toronto Raptors 104-103 on Sunday in Game 7 of their first-round Eastern Conference playoff series. The Nets who led by as many as 12 points had to withstand a Toronto rally […]
OKLAHOMA CITY — It was only a matter of time before he showed up in full force. The Kevin Durant that had lit up the NBA on his way to a fourth scoring title and possible MVP selection was bound to make his presence known. It took the magnitude of a Game 7 to bring […]
OKLAHOMA CITY — Forward Kevin Durant scored 33 points to lead Oklahoma City to a 120-109 Game 7 win over the Memphis Grizzlies on Saturday night at the Chesapeake Energy Arena. The victory advances the Thunder into the Western Conference semifinals where they will play the winner of Saturday night’s Los Angeles Clippers-Golden State Warriors […]
INDIANAPOLIS — After forcing a Game 7 with a Thursday night victory in Atlanta, the Eastern Conference’s No. 1 seeded Indiana Pacers wondered about the status of leading scorer and forward Paul George and struggling center Roy Hibbert. George left the bench during an on-the-court pushing and shoving match in Game 6, and there was […]
