Category: NBA News Wire
NEW ORLEANS — Forward Tyreke Evans scored 22 points and guard Anthony Morrow 20 as the New Orleans Pelicans overcame an early injury to All-Star forward Anthony Davis to defeat the Utah Jazz 102-95 on Friday night. Forward Al-Farouq Aminu added 13 points for the Pelicans, who won a season-high fifth consecutive game heading into […]
MINNEAPOLIS – Welcome back Nikola Pekovic. In his first game back since missing six with an ankle injury, the Timberwolves’ burly center scored 26 points in 29 minutes, leading a high-octane, record-breaking Minnesota attack in a 143-107 beating of the beat-up Los Angeles Lakers Friday at Target Center. Record breaking? The Wolves’ 107 points and […]
OKLAHOMA CITY — Forward Kevin Durant scored 29 points on 9-of-11 shooting from the field to lead the Oklahoma City Thunder to a 94-81 win over the Sacramento Kings on Friday night at the Chesapeake Energy Arena. Durant extended his streak to 37 straight games with at least 25 points. He is now three games […]
NEW YORK — The Brooklyn Nets continued their near-impeccable play at the Barclays Center with a 108-97 win over the Cleveland Cavaliers on Friday night. The victory was the Nets’ 12th straight at home and snapped a two-game losing streak after overtime losses in New Orleans and Charlotte. Since Dec. 27, the Nets are 19-2 […]
ORLANDO, Fla. — Center Nikola Vucevic scored 24 points and pulled down 23 rebounds to help the Orlando Magic to a 110-105 overtime win over the Charlotte Bobcats. Guard Arron Afflalo scored 17 points and forward Tobias Harris added 15 each for the Magic, who have won back-to-back games for the first time since Feb. […]
AUBURN HILLS, Mich. — Forward LeBron James recorded his first triple-double of the season and 37th of his career with 17 points, 10 rebounds and 12 assists and the short-handed Miami Heat rolled to a 110-78 victory over the Detroit Pistons on Friday night at The Palace. Center Udonis Haslem scored a season-high 17 points […]
TORONTO — Guard DeMar DeRozan had a game-high 30 points as the Toronto Raptors clinched their first playoff berth since 2008 with a 105-103 win over the Boston Celtics at the Air Canada Centre on Friday night. With just 7.1 seconds remaining in the fourth, Raptors center Amir Johnson had his off-balance put back drop […]
WASHINGTON — Guard John Wall scored 20 points and center Marcin Gortat had 17 points and 12 rebounds as the Washington Wizards picked up a rare victory over the Indiana Pacers, winning 91-78 on Friday night. Forward Al Harrington had 12 points for the Wizards (37-35), who had lost two straight and four of five […]
Houston Rockets starting point guard Patrick Beverley has a torn meniscus in his right knee and is out indefinitely, coach Kevin McHale confirmed Friday. Beverley was injured during Thursday’s win over the Philadelphia 76ers. The injury was initially called a sprain. The timeline for recovery is unclear because a decision has not been made as […]
ATLANTA — The Portland Trail Blazers are getting healthy just in time. The same can’t be said for the reeling Atlanta Hawks. Portland forward LaMarcus Aldridge returned from a seven-game absence with a big game, leading the Blazers past the Hawks 100-85 on Thursday at Philips Arena. Aldridge suffered a back injury after an ugly […]
