Category: NBA News Wire
MINNEAPOLIS — Los Angeles Clippers All-Star forward Blake Griffin and three other injured teammates didn’t play Monday night in Minneapolis, so unsung point guard Darren Collison simply stepped forth and helped deliver a 114-104 victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves. Collison started beside All-Star point guard Chris Paul in the same backcourt for the 13th time […]
INDIANAPOLIS — The win streak hit a club-record 18 for the San Antonio Spurs on Monday night. Their 103-77 victory over the Indiana Pacers was so complete and so dominating that for one of the few times this season a sellout crowd at Bankers Life Fieldhouse actually showered the home team with boos. But let […]
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The Charlotte Bobcats were embarrassed at halftime. So they did something about it in the second half. The result was a dramatic 100-94 victory over the Washington Wizards that kept the Bobcats’ hopes of catching the Wizards for the No. 6 Eastern Conference playoff seed alive. The Bobcats’ win prevented the Wizards […]
MIAMI – Forward LeBron James had 32 points, seven rebounds and eight assists as the Miami Heat earned an important win in the battle for the top record in the Eastern Conference, defeating the Toronto Raptors 93-83 Monday night at AmericanAirlines Arena. By virtue of the win and the Indiana Pacers’ loss to the San […]
ATLANTA — Forward Paul Millsap had 28 points and 17 rebounds as the Atlanta Hawks defeated the Philadelphia 76ers 103-95 on Monday night to snap a six-game losing streak. Guard Lou Williams came off the bench to score eight of his 22 points in the final three minutes as the Hawks broke away from a […]
AUBURN HILLS, Mich.– Power forward Greg Monroe tied his season high with 28 points, and the Detroit Pistons snapped a three-game losing streak with a 116-111 win over the Milwaukee Bucks on Monday night at The Palace. Detroit forward Josh Smith tossed in 26 points, and point guard Brandon Jennings supplied 20 points and 13 […]
INDIANAPOLIS — San Antonio guard Tony Parker scored a game-high 22 points Monday night, leading the Spurs to a 103-77 win over the Indiana Pacers and into club history. The win was a regular-season, franchise-record 18th straight for San Antonio and a sixth straight in Indianapolis over the Pacers. The Spurs’ last loss came Feb. […]
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Guard Kemba Walker had 21 points and 10 assists, and center Al Jefferson had 19 points and 11 rebounds as the Charlotte Bobcats rallied to beat the Washington Wizards 100-94 on Monday night. The Bobcats came back from a 60-44 halftime deficit and won by outscoring the Wizards 19-4 over the last […]
Brooklyn Nets forward Kevin Garnett is targeting early next week for his return from back spasms that have sidelined him for the past 16 games. Garnett plans to return against Philadelphia on Saturday, or for one of the Nets’ back-to-back games at Miami on April 8 or at Orlando the following night, according to Newsday. […]
OAKLAND, Calif. — If the New York Knicks scramble into a playoff spot in the Eastern Conference this season, they might look back on a wild sequence late in Sunday’s critical, 89-84 win over the Golden State Warriors as the boost that got them over the top. Having lost all of an eight-point, fourth-quarter lead […]
