Category: NBA News Wire
Count Oprah Winfrey and boxing mogul Floyd Mayweather Jr. among those interested in bidding for the Los Angeles Clippers. Winfrey, David Geffen and Larry Ellison are joining together to make a bid to buy the Clippers if the NBA’s board of governors votes to force Donald Sterling to sell the team, Geffen told ESPN on […]
LOS ANGELES — Center DeAndre Jordan scored 25 points, grabbed 18 rebounds and blocked four shots, leading the Los Angeles Clippers to a 113-103 victory over the Golden State Warriors in Game 5 of a Western Conference quarterfinal series. With the victory that came hours after NBA commissioner Adam Silver handed a lifetime ban to […]
OKLAHOMA CITY — The Oklahoma City Thunder fought all year to have home court advantage for situations like this. With their first-round playoff series with Memphis tied 2-2, the Thunder had a chance to pull ahead at home and put the pressure on the Grizzlies. Instead, it was the Grizzlies who put the Thunder behind […]
OKLAHOMA CITY – Guard Mike Miller scored 21 points off the bench to lead the Memphis Grizzlies to a 100-99 overtime win over the Oklahoma City Thunder on Tuesday in Game 5 of the best-of-seven series. The Grizzlies lead the series 3-2. This was the fourth straight game the teams have gone into an extra […]
CHICAGO – Guard John Wall scored 24 points and capped off his first career playoff series by leading the Washington Wizards to a 75-69 victory over the Chicago Bulls at the United Center on Tuesday, clinching the best-of-seven first-round playoff series 4-1. Washington won a playoff series for the first time since 2005, when it […]
LOS ANGELES — Despite saying he was “mentally exhausted,” Los Angeles Clippers coach Doc Rivers is pleased he and his club can move forward after NBA commissioner Adam Silver issued a lifetime ban to team owner Donald Sterling. “You learn over and over that when something like this happens, with the burden of racism, it […]
CHICAGO — Players and coaches reacted positively in unison to the punishment handed down by NBA commissioner Adam Silver to Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling on Tuesday. Sterling received a lifetime ban from the league and a $2.5 million fine for his racially charged remarks that were made public Saturday by TMZ. Silver also […]
Former Golden State Warriors assistant coach Darren Erman was fired earlier this month because he was violating a team policy of secretly recording conversations between coaches and players, ESPN reported Tuesday. The 37-year-old Erman recorded informal discussions between players and coaches and also among coaches without anyone’s knowledge or consent, according to the ESPN report. […]
Players and owners around the NBA reacted to the news of Donald Sterling’s punishment and applauded Adam Silver.
DALLAS — San Antonio coach Gregg Popovich questioned the Spurs’ resolve after their heart-wrenching Game 3 loss to the Dallas Mavericks. There was little to question after Monday night’s Game 4 in the Western Conference opening-round playoff series. With their season likely on the line, the Spurs found new life by slipping by the Mavericks […]
