Category: NBA News Wire
LOS ANGELES — Point guard Damian Lillard scored 34 points and dished out eight assists and forward LaMarcus Aldridge added 31 points and 15 rebounds as the Portland Trail Blazers defeated the Los Angeles Lakers 124-112 on Tuesday night at Staples Center. Lillard, who hit five 3-pointers, and Aldridge combined for 19 points in the […]
DALLAS — The Golden State Warriors are playing the stretch run short-handed, but they are showing just how strong they are. They rallied in regulation and then in overtime to take down the Dallas Mavericks in a crucial game in the Western Conference playoff picture. With 13 seconds left in overtime and the score tied […]
NEW YORK– At the end of the 2013 calendar year, if you told Brooklyn Nets forward Joe Johnson that his team clinched a playoff berth with nine games remaining, he would not have believed you. But Tuesday night, Johnson’s 32 points not only helped the Nets set a franchise record with their 14th straight win […]
DALLAS — The Golden State Warriors are playing the stretch run short-handed, but they are showing just how strong they are. They rallied in regulation and then in overtime to take down the Dallas Mavericks in a crucial game in the Western Conference playoff picture. With 13 seconds left in overtime and the score tied […]
NEW YORK— Brooklyn forward Joe Johnson scored 32 points and the Nets set a franchise record with their 14th straight win at home, defeating the Houston Rockets 105-96 on Tuesday night. The Nets are 21-2 in their last 23 home games. In a game that saw neither team lead by more than 12 points, Johnson […]
Offering a glimmer of optimism in the 76ers’ lost season, Philadelphia guard Michael Carter-Williams became the first player in franchise history to win three Rookie of the Month awards. Carter-Williams received the Eastern Conference’s March honor on Tuesday, the NBA announced. He previously won the award in the combined months of October and November, as […]
Los Angeles Clippers All-Star forward Blake Griffin did not play Monday against the Minnesota Timberwolves and is likely to remain idle all week to rest his ailing back for the playoffs. Griffin was hurt in Saturday’s game against the Houston Rockets. He felt back spasms strong enough that he removed himself from the game. He […]
The NBA acknowledged Tuesday that officials failed to correctly rule on a call at the end of the Memphis Grizzlies’ 94-92 victory over the Denver Nuggets on Monday night in Denver. “Upon review at the league office, we have confirmed that a free throw taken by Memphis’ Courtney Lee with 0.7 seconds remaining in the […]
Los Angeles Clippers All-Star forward Blake Griffin did not play Monday against the Minnesota Timberwolves and is likely to remain idle all week to rest his ailing back for the playoffs. Griffin was hurt in Saturday’s game against the Houston Rockets. He felt back spasms strong enough that he removed himself from the game. He […]
SALT LAKE CITY — Power forward Amar’e Stoudemire got an extra day of rest, but his New York Knicks teammates certainly didn’t take the night off in Utah. Forward Carmelo Anthony scored 34 points and the Knicks wrapped up their five-game Western Conference road trip Monday with a runaway 92-83 win over the Utah Jazz […]