Category: NBA News Wire
LOS ANGELES — Blake Griffin scored 45 points, including the game-winning 3-pointer at the buzzer in overtime, lifting the Los Angeles Clippers to a 121-120 victory over the Phoenix Suns on Monday night at Staples Center. Griffin made 14 of 24 shots, including both 3-pointers he attempted, as the Clippers (15-5) won their eighth in […]
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Forward Rudy Gay scored 29 points and made two key baskets in the final six minutes to help the Sacramento Kings hold off the Utah Jazz for a 101-92 win at Sleep Train Arena on Monday. Rookie guard Nik Stauskas scored a career-high 15 points and converted a 3-point play on a […]
Golden State Warriors owner Joe Lacob apologized to Mark Jackson after criticizing his former coach’s management skills last week. “I have a tremendous amount of respect for Mark Jackson and what he accomplished as our head coach,” Lacob wrote Sunday in an email to the Bay Area News Group. “He did a terrific job. I’ve […]
MINNEAPOLIS — The Golden State Warriors stretched their franchise-record winning streak to 13 games on Monday in a 102-86 defeat of the injury-depleted Minnesota Timberwolves. Guards Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson each scored 21 points as the Warriors added another mark to their historic stretch with their eight consecutive road victory. Minnesota, still without injured […]
INDIANAPOLIS — The Atlanta Hawks are as hot as they have been in five years. The Indiana Pacers, on the other hand, are experiencing a cold winter. The Hawks ran their winning streak to seven games — their longest since 2009 — with a 108-92 rout of the Pacers on Monday night at Bankers Life […]
TORONTO — Playing overtime in the second of back-to-back games with a depleted lineup caught up to the Denver Nuggets on Monday in a 112-107 loss to the Toronto Raptors. “It wasn’t too bad until overtime that’s when I really felt it,” said Nuggets guard Ty Lawson who had 22 points and 12 assists in […]
NEW YORK — Six players, including Cavaliers star forward LeBron James, wore T-shirts that said “I Can’t Breathe” during pregame warmups before Cleveland played the Brooklyn Nets on Monday at the Barclays Center. The message was the players’ way of speaking out about the non-indictment in the Eric Garner case. Garner died in July when […]
NEW YORK — Dion Waiters admitted to sneaking a few peeks in the crowd to see Prince William and Duchess Kate Middleton. The looks that the reserve guard had at the basket were even more important for the surging Cleveland Cavaliers. Waiters scored a season-high 26 points, and the Cavaliers stretched their winning streak to […]
WASHINGTON — John Wall awoke Monday morning to the worst of news. Playing that night with a heavy heart, and then with tired legs in double overtime, the Washington Wizards’ point guard unleashed his latest starry performance in the wildest of games. Wall scored 26 points, including 10 in a row in the second extra […]
MINNEAPOLIS — Golden State was far from top form on Monday, but it was still enough to keep the NBA’s best team on its record-breaking roll. Overcoming a shaky first half, the Warriors stretched their franchise-best winning streak to 13 games in a 102-86 defeat of the injury-depleted Minnesota Timberwolves. “It was ugly, but at […]
