Category: NBA News Wire
MIAMI — When Kevin Durant hit the deck on a fourth-quarter dunk, all Oklahoma City Thunder fans surely held their collective breath. Durant, though, stayed in the game and completed an impressive all-around performance — 19 points, eight rebounds, eight assists, four steals, one block and no turnovers in 39 minutes. His efforts went a […]
Portland Trail Blazers power forward LaMarcus Aldridge will miss Wednesday night’s game against the Phoenix Suns after sustaining a left hand injury during the second quarter Monday night against the Sacramento Kings. Aldrdige will not travel to Phoenix with the team for its game against the Suns while the hand undergoes further examination from a […]
DENVER — The San Antonio Spurs are beginning to look like a championship team again. The Denver Nuggets, on the other hand, are looking like a lottery team for a second straight season. Forward Kawhi Leonard had 17 points and 15 rebounds, and guard Tony Parker scored 18 points to help the Spurs beat the […]
WASHINGTON — Center Marcin Gortat scored 20 points and guard John Wall had 11 points and 10 assists as the Washington Wizards dominated the Philadelphia 76ers for a 111-76 victory on Monday afternoon. The Wizards (29-13) ended any pretense of a competitive game early and produced their largest margin of victory of the season. They […]
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Guard Gerald Henderson scored 17 points and the Charlotte Hornets routed the Minnesota Timberwolves 105-80 on Monday afternoon for their seventh win in the last eight games. The Hornets blew the game open with a 15-0 run midway through the first half, led by as many as 22 in the first half, […]
LeBron James said Sunday he felt better in his three games back from injury than at any point in the season with the Cleveland Cavaliers. James missed eight games to rest a sore back and a sore left knee and, in his return, the star forward averaged 33.7 points and 7.7 rebounds against the Phoenix […]
TORONTO — Guard Tyreke Evans made the winning hook shot with 1.6 seconds left, and he finished with 26 points as the New Orleans Pelicans defeated the Toronto Raptors 95-93 Sunday. Reserve center Alexis Ajinca added 22 points for the Pelicans, who led by 16 points early in the second half and trailed by 12 […]
TORONTO — It did not look good for the New Orleans Pelicans, when they fell behind by 12 points with 6:39 left in their game against the Toronto Raptors on Sunday. They were playing without injured forwards Anthony Davis and Jrue Holiday and were coming off a poor game on Friday against the Philadelphia 76ers. […]
Los Angeles Lakers guard Kobe Bryant admitted that the thought of retiring after this season has crossed his mind, according to a Los Angeles Times report. When asked by the Times whether he has considered retiring after this season, Bryant nodded and said, “I’d be lying if I said that it hasn’t crossed my mind. […]
SAN ANTONIO — During the second quarter Sunday night, San Antonio Spurs forward Kawhi Leonard fell to the ground and came up shaking his right hand. The famous hand, the one that had ligament damage, preventing the 2014 NBA Finals MVP from playing in 15 straight games this season. It was an alarming sight to […]
