Category: NBA News Wire
WASHINGTON — Point guard Kyle Lowry keyed a decisive third quarter and finished with 24 points and 10 assists as the Toronto Raptors returned from the All-Star break with a 103-93 win over the Washington Wizards on Tuesday night. Guards DeMar DeRozen and Greivis Vasquez each scored 14 points for the Raptors (29-24), who won […]
PHILADELPHIA — Center/forward Tyler Zeller recorded a season-high 18 points and a career-high 15 rebounds Tuesday night, leading the Cleveland Cavaliers to a 114-85 rout of the Philadelphia 76ers. The Cavaliers, who earned their fifth consecutive victory, received a 14-point contribution from guard Kyrie Irving, the MVP of Sunday’s All-Star Game. Forward Luol Deng and […]
LeBron James said in an interview on NBA TV that “at this point” he cannot imagine leaving the Miami Heat after this season when he can choose to become a free agent by exercising an option in his contract. “We don’t know what can happen from now to July, so what I’ve been able to […]
LeBron James said in an interview on NBA TV that “at this point” he cannot imagine leaving the Miami Heat after this season when he can choose to become a free agent by exercising an option in his contract. “At this point, I can’t,” James said in the NBA TV interview on Monday night. “We […]
NEW ORLEANS — Defense in an NBA All-Star Game is such a missing commodity it probably belongs on a milk carton, but this was video-game scoring gone wild. Behind 31 points and 14 assists by Cleveland Cavaliers guard Kyrie Irving and 30 points on a record eight 3-pointers by New York Knicks forward Carmelo Anthony, […]
NEW ORLEANS — Defense in an NBA All-Star Game is such a missing commodity it probably belongs on a milk carton, but this was video-game scoring gone wild. Behind 31 points and 14 assists by Cleveland Cavaliers guard Kyrie Irving and 30 points by New York Knicks forward Carmelo Anthony, the East All-Stars obliterated a […]
NEW ORLEANS — Concerned about the “one-and-done” reality in which college basketball players bolt to the NBA after their freshman season, new NBA commissioner Adam Silver said Saturday night he is committed to continued negotiations with the NBA Players Association to establish a minimum age of 20 to play professional basketball. Speaking at a press […]
NEW ORLEANS – Shaquille O’Neal sat beneath the basket on a king’s gold throne and then watched as Sacramento Kings guard Ben McLemore soared over his head for a spread-eagle, right-handed, tomahawk dunk that brought the crowd at the Smoothie King Center to their feet on Saturday night. The dunk prompted Shaq to jump to […]
New York Knicks forward Carmelo Anthony said on Friday that he would be willing to accept less money to re-sign with the Knicks if that would help the Knicks attract big-name free agents, ESPNNewYork.com reported. “Without a doubt,” Anthony said. “Any opportunity I have to build that up in New York, I’d do it. I […]
The first five members of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 2014 were announced on Friday, and nine individuals and one team were named as finalists for consideration for election in 2014. The five Direct Elects include Bob “Slick” Leonard voted in from the American Basketball Association (ABA) Committee, Nat Clifton from […]
