Category: NBA News Wire
LOS ANGELES — Forward Dirk Nowitzki scored 26 points and pulled down 11 rebounds, and the Dallas Mavericks held off the Los Angeles Clippers 113-107 on Thursday night at Staples Center. The win put the Mavericks a half game ahead of the idle Phoenix Suns and Memphis Grizzlies and alone in the No. 7 spot […]
OKLAHOMA CITY — The San Antonio Spurs came into their matchup with the Oklahoma City Thunder trying to prove a couple of things. First, that the Thunder did not have the Spurs number and that their 19-game winning streak was for real. Unfortunately for the Spurs, they were unable to do either as they fell […]
OKLAHOMA CITY — Forward Kevin Durant scored 28 points to lead the Oklahoma City Thunder to a 106-94 win over the San Antonio Spurs on Thursday night at Chesapeake Energy Arena. The win gave the Thunder a 4-0 season sweep over San Antonio and ended the Spurs’ 19-game winning streak. Just as important, Oklahoma City […]
PHOENIX — Winning Pacific Division titles is hardly old hat for the Los Angeles Clippers, but guard Chris Paul and his teammates have goals that involve hanging banners of a different kind. Paul scored 20 points and put his team ahead to stay on a 32-foot, 3-point bomb with 1:48 to play as the Clippers […]
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Ray McCallum is reaching new heights in an NBA career that is just starting to bloom. On Wednesday night, the Sacramento Kings rookie guard helped send the Los Angeles Lakers plummeting to a depth they haven’t reached in almost four decades. McCallum scored a career-best 27 points and committed only three turnovers […]
PHOENIX — Guard Chris Paul scored 20 points, and he put his team ahead to stay on a 32-foot, 3-point bomb with 1:48 to play as the Los Angeles Clippers rallied from a 17-point, third-quarter deficit to beat the Phoenix Suns 112-108 Wednesday. With the win and the Golden State Warriors’ loss to the San […]
DENVER — With the Nuggets’ playoff hopes gone, Denver coach Brian Shaw challenged his team to finish the year strong. He also put much-deserved responsibility on the shoulders of forward Kenneth Faried and guard Ty Lawson. “I pulled Ty and Kenneth into my office to talk to them about the step I want to both […]
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Forward Rudy Gay scored 31 points, guard Ray McCallum added a career-best 27, and the Sacramento Kings sent the Los Angeles Lakers plummeting to a depth they haven’t reached in almost four decades. Center DeMarcus Cousins finished with 20 points and 10 rebounds, and the Kings handed the Lakers their 50th loss […]
SAN ANTONIO — The lineup changed but not the result. The San Antonio Spurs, with all of their key players available for a change against Golden State, defeated the Warriors 111-90 on Wednesday night to complete a sweep of the four-game season series. The victory also extended San Antonio’s franchise record regular-season winning streak to […]
MINNEAPOLIS — For one night the Minnesota Timberwolves were able to stave off playoff elimination while at the same time playing the spoiler. In a season that hasn’t gone as planned, that’s about as good as it’s going to get. Power forward Kevin Love had his third career triple double — and his second in […]
