Category: NBA News Wire
AUBURN HILLS, Mich. — Brandon Jennings has looked like an entirely different player over the last 10 days. Not coincidentally, the Detroit Pistons look like an entirely different team. Jennings poured in a season-high 35 points and the Pistons collected their fifth straight victory by defeating the Sacramento Kings 114-95 on Sunday at The Palace. […]
LOS ANGELES — Guard Kobe Bryant scored the game-winning basket with 12.4 seconds remaining, lifting the Los Angeles Lakers to an 88-87 victory over the Indiana Pacers on Sunday at Staples Center. Bryant finished with 20 points, six assists and six rebounds as the Lakers (11-23) ended a three-game losing streak. Guard Nick Young scored […]
PHOENIX — The Toronto Raptors still have the second-best record in the Eastern Conference. But the Phoenix Suns are playing their best basketball of the season, and it was too much for a tired Toronto squad to deal with. Guards Eric Bledsoe, Goran Dragic and Isaiah Thomas combined for 56 points and 14 assists, and […]
CLEVELAND — Guard Monta Ellis scored 20 points, and the Dallas Mavericks won their fifth straight, beating the Cleveland Cavaliers 109-90 Sunday to spoil forward Kevin Love’s best game with his new team. Love scored a season-high 30 points and grabbed 10 rebounds for the Cavaliers, who were again without forward LeBron James (back, knee) […]
BOSTON — Rajon Rondo was happy his long day was finally over. “I don’t think I’ve ever been this tired after a game before,” Rondo said after making a triumphant 29-point return to TD Garden as he led the Dallas Mavericks to a 119-101 victory over the Celtics. “It’s even hard to talk to you […]
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The Cleveland Cavaliers continue to go through a transition period with forward LeBron James shelved for the next two weeks and center Anderson Varajeo out for the rest of the season. They were up to the challenge on Friday night, snapping a three-game losing streak with a 91-87 victory over the Charlotte […]
OKLAHOMA CITY — Washington coach Randy Wittman thought his team had played good defense. Every time Oklahoma City’s Kevin Durant got his hands on the ball Friday, a defender was in his face. However, when the night ended, Durant had 34 points and eight rebounds and the Thunder had a 109-102 victory over the Wizards […]
NEW ORLEANS — NBA teams on the ugly side of a beating usually don’t wave the white flag of surrender until the fourth quarter, but capitulation came early Friday night for the Houston Rockets. Trailing the New Orleans Pelicans 65-42 just 91 seconds into the third quarter — after New Orleans scored the first six […]
MILWAUKEE — Last season was a lot of fun for the Indiana Pacers, who used a reliable formula in earning the Eastern Conference’s best record. Things have been much different — and victories more rare — this season, as Indiana has battled through a rash of injuries while struggling to a 12-21 record. Injuries, though, […]
Warriors 126, Raptors 105 OAKLAND, Calif. — Klay Thompson and Marreese Speights contributed 18 points to a 23-5 spurt to open the second half as Golden State Warriors ran away from Toronto in a battle of teams with the best records in each conference. In running their best-in-basketball record to 26-5, the Warriors recorded an […]
