Category: NBA News Wire
PHOENIX, Ariz. — The Chicago Bulls won the battle of wills Tuesday night. By doing so, they also won a big road game, 101-92 over the Phoenix Suns. The Bulls slowed things down against fast-breaking Suns, shutting down the Phoenix 3-point game in the process while forcing 21 turnovers. Forward Carlos Boozer led the Bulls […]
ATLANTA –Indiana Pacers forward Paul George was pleased to put an end to another streak of futility, this time in Atlanta. George and forward David West combined for 40 points and helped the Pacers to an 89-85 win over the Atlanta Hawks on Tuesday, giving Indiana its first regular-season win in Atlanta since 2006. George […]
MINNEAPOLIS — A Minnesota Timberwolves team that had not defeated the Los Angeles Lakers since 2007 until this season now has beaten them twice in three meetings after Tuesday’s 109-99 victory at Target Center. But the Timberwolves did not make it easy on themselves once again. Leading by 25 points in the second quarter, the […]
ATLANTA — Indiana forwards Paul George and David West combined for 40 points and sparked a third-quarter uprising that enabled the Pacers to beat the Atlanta Hawks 89-85 on Tuesday night for their third straight win. George scored nine of his 18 points and West had eight of his 22 points in the third quarter […]
The NBA punished Joakim Noah for his outburst during Monday night’s game against the Sacramento Kings, fining the Chicago Bulls center $15,000 for verbally abusing the officials in the Bulls’ 99-70 loss in Sleep Train Arena. Noah directed a profanity-filled tirade at the referees after he received a second technical foul and automatic ejection in […]
One day after expressing discontent with the Philadelphia 76ers over being kept off the floor, second-year forward Arnett Moultrie was assigned to the Delaware 87ers of the NBA Development League on Tuesday. Moultrie underwent left ankle surgery in September and was sidelined through late December, but he has yet to appear in a game since […]
Former NBA player Tracy McGrady is attempting to begin a second career as a baseball player with the Sugar Land Skeeters of the independent Atlantic League. The 34-year-old McGrady retired from the NBA at the end of last season after 16 years. He has been working out to try his hand as a pitcher. “Tracy […]
DENVER — Guard Randy Foye hit a 3-pointer at the buzzer, and the Denver Nuggets rallied to beat the Los Angeles Clippers 116-115 Monday night. Forward Kenneth Faried scored a career-high 28 points and grabbed 11 rebounds, and guard Ty Lawson added 27 points for the Nuggets, who snapped a two-game skid. It took a […]
DALLAS — All-Star forward Dirk Nowitzki scored 23 points, leading the Dallas Mavericks to a routine 124-107 victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers on Monday night at American Airlines Center. Nowitzki failed to score at least 30 for the third consecutive game, but it mattered little as Dallas had the game well in hand. Guard Monta […]
MILWAUKEE — For as bad as the Milwaukee Bucks have been this season — and at an NBA-worst 8-37 entering play Monday, they have been pretty bad — they have found themselves in the hunt down the stretch several times this season, only to fall apart in the waning minutes. So Monday, with a 10-point […]
