Category: Wirenews
AUBURN HILLS, Mich. — Second-year center Andre Drummond established a defensive presence in the early going Tuesday. His Detroit teammates eventually took the same approach, and that allowed the Pistons to end a three-game skid. Drummond sent a message to Sacramento center DeMarcus Cousins, the Kings’ leading scorer, by blocking three of his shots in […]
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The Memphis Grizzlies were confident, winning five of their first seven games after the All-Star break. Then they went into Brooklyn and played like they were still jogging through the lay-up line. But after a humbling loss to the Nets, the Grizzlies are winners of three straight and their 109-99 victory over […]
MINNEAPOLIS — Before Tuesday, the Minnesota Timberwolves won only once this season when they trailed by double digits in a game. They did it a second time, coming back from 11 points behind in the first quarter to beat the Milwaukee Bucks 112-101 at Target Center. “Hopefully we don’t have to do it a third […]
CHICAGO — When the Chicago Bulls won at San Antonio on Jan. 29, the Spurs were missing guards Manu Ginobili and Danny Green, forward Kawhi Leonard and center Tiago Splitter due to injuries. The Bulls got a good look at the full-strength Spurs on Tuesday night at the United Center. San Antonio sprinted to a […]
OKLAHOMA CITY — The Thunder needed a spark. Riding a two-game losing streak in which the defense allowed more than 100 points each time, Oklahoma City was playing poorly at the wrong time of the season. Enter the Houston Rockets, whom the Thunder knocked out of the postseason last year. The flashpoint of that series […]
Jason Collins is set to finish the season with the Brooklyn Nets. According to ESPN.com, the Nets will sign the 35-year-old center for the remainder of the campaign on Saturday. Collins became the NBA’s first openly gay player when he joined Brooklyn last month. Collins’ second 10-day contract with the team expires Friday. Players are […]
OAKLAND, Calif. — Reserve guard Jordan Crawford scored 10 consecutive points in a 100-second flurry bridging the first and second periods Tuesday night, igniting a Golden State Warriors runaway that eventually resulted in a 108-85 victory over the Dallas Mavericks. In a game that pitted the Nos. 6 and 7 teams in the Western Conference […]
OAKLAND, Calif. — Guard Steve Blake didn’t play long for the Los Angeles Lakers, but he hung around long enough to learn one thing. When someone is on a Kobe Bryant-type roll, keep feeding him the ball. Blake applied that strategy to fellow Golden State Warriors backup Jordan Crawford on Tuesday night, setting the table […]
LOS ANGELES — Blake Griffin said he frequently fought his older brother Taylor as a kid. Taylor Griffin used to knock him around on the basketball court, and Blake would often retaliate. Blake Griffin responds differently now. The Clippers forward scored 37 points and got into a fourth-quarter skirmish with Suns forward P.J. Tucker in […]
LOS ANGELES — Clippers forward Blake Griffin scored 37 points and got into a fourth-quarter skirmish with Suns guard P.J. Tucker in Los Angeles’ 112-105 victory over Phoenix at Staples Center on Monday night. The Clippers won their eighth in a row and beat the Suns for the second time in the past week. The […]
