Category: NBA News Wire
INDIANAPOLIS – Guard Mo Williams scored 52 points, which is a Bankers Life Fieldhouse record for a visiting player, and the Minnesota Timberwolves snapped a 15-game losing streak Tuesday night with a 110-101 victory against the struggling Indiana Pacers. Williams scored 37 second-half points, and the Timberwolves (6-31) scored 41 fourth-quarter points to win for […]
WASHINGTON — Guard John Wall scored 25 points and reserve center Kevin Seraphin dominated the fourth quarter as the Washington Wizards snapped a 17-game losing streak to the San Antonio Spurs with a 101-93 win on Tuesday night. Seraphin scored 11 of his 17 points in the final period including nine straight for the Wizards […]
WASHINGTON — Guard John Wall scored 25 points and reserve center Kevin Seraphin dominated the fourth quarter as the Washington Wizards snapped a 17-game losing streak to the San Antonio Spurs with a 101-93 win on Tuesday night. Seraphin scored 11 of his 17 points in the final period including nine straight for the Wizards […]
PHILADELPHIA — The red-hot Atlanta Hawks rested three starters Tuesday night against the Philadelphia 76ers, but one of those who remained, center/forward Al Horford, more than made up for their absence. Horford had the first triple-double of his eight-year career, logging 21 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists, as the Hawks rolled to a 105-87 […]
NEW YORK — Brooklyn Nets forward Kevin Garnett and Houston Rockets center Dwight Howard were disciplined by the NBA for their incident in Monday’s game. Garnett was suspended one game and plans to serve the suspension Wednesday when the Nets play the Orlando Magic. Howard was fined $15,000 “for pushing Garnett in the neck area,” […]
The Memphis Grizzlies completed a three-team trade with the Celtics and Pelicans on Monday, acquiring forward Jeff Green from Boston and guard Russ Smith from New Orleans. In exchange, Memphis traded forward Tayshaun Prince and a protected future first-round draft pick to Boston and traded guard/forward Quincy Pondexter and a 2015 second-round pick to New […]
Baseball legend Hank Aaron has joined a group that is interested in buying the Atlanta Hawks, ESPN.com reported. According to the report, the former home run king and Atlanta Braves icon has teamed with a group of current owners from the NBA, Major League Soccer and Italian soccer’s storied Serie A. Sources told ESPN.com that […]
CHICAGO — Center Nikola Vucevic and guard Victor Oladipo each scored 33 points to help the Orlando Magic snap a six-game losing streak with a 121-114 victory over the Chicago Bulls on Monday at the United Center. Guard Elfrid Payton added 10 points and was the only other double-digit scorer for Orlando, which came into […]
TORONTO — Guard Brandon Jennings scored 34 points and had 10 assists as the ascending Detroit Pistons defeated the slumping Toronto Raptors 114-111 on Monday. Guard Jodie Meeks, who had 13 points, hit a decisive 3-pointer in the final minute as the Pistons (14-24) won their second game in a row and their ninth in […]
NEW YORK — Just over four minutes into Monday’s game, Brooklyn Nets forward Kevin Garnett gave a head butt to Houston Rockets center Dwight Howard. That skirmish could have easily distracted the Rockets. Instead the Rockets regained their focus and gradually pulled away from the Nets en route to a 113-99 victory. “I think we’ve […]
