Category: Wirenews
NEW ORLEANS – No Kevin Durant, no problem. Not when guard Russell Westbrook is flying to the basket in full beast mode. Playing without Oklahoma City’s All-Star forward, Westbrook tied his career high with 45 points, including 25 in the first half, and keyed a 13-0 run in the final 5:21 to power the Thunder […]
MINNEAPOLIS — With point guard Ricky Rubio back in the fold, the Minnesota Timberwolves look like a different team. Rubio, in his second game back from an ankle injury that cost him nearly three months, played his first game at home since Nov. 1, kick-starting Minnesota’s offense in a 102-101 win over the Miami Heat […]
ATLANTA — The Atlanta Hawks, who had their 19-game winning streak snapped Monday in New Orleans, got back on the winning track at the expense of the slumping Washington Wizards. Guard Jeff Teague scored 26 points and handed out eight assists as the Hawks increased their lead over the Wizards in the Southeast Division to […]
MILWAUKEE — A few years ago — the last time the Milwaukee Bucks were anything close to being “good” or even relevant — their trademark phrase was “Fear the Deer.” It is a catchy rhyme, to be sure, but after the surging Bucks rallied over the final seconds of regulation, then pulled away in overtime […]
SAN ANTONIO — While some debate whether Tim Duncan deserves the spot he was given on the NBA Western Conference All-Star team, the San Antonio Spurs forward quietly excels. Duncan had 26 points and 10 rebounds as the Spurs defeated Orlando 110-103 on Wednesday night, handing the Magic their 10th straight loss. Forward Kawhi Leonard […]
HOUSTON — Rockets shooting guard James Harden and his All-Star counterpart with the Bulls, Jimmy Butler, had levied rousing haymakers in successive quarters that left the door open for one or the other to deliver the decisive blow with the game on the line in the final period. Instead, it was the Rockets bench that […]
OAKLAND, Calif. — NBA commissioner Adam Silver kept a low profile at the Dallas Mavericks-Golden State Warriors game Wednesday night, waving off pregame interview requests, asking that his name not be mentioned on the public-address system, even sitting in an elevated seat rather than at courtside. Silver just wanted to enjoy watching his league’s two […]
OAKLAND, Calif. — Stephen Curry poured in 26 of his season-high 51 points in the third quarter Wednesday night as the Golden State Warriors took their first lead of the game before pulling away late for a 128-114 victory over the Dallas Mavericks. The nationally televised matchup of the league’s two highest-scoring teams lived up […]
SALT LAKE CITY — The way the Memphis Grizzlies are playing, they certainly don’t need any extra help. But they might have gotten some from the NBA schedule maker Wednesday night. Center Marc Gasol scored 23 points and the Grizzlies won for the eighth straight time, beating the Utah Jazz 100-90 on Wednesday night at […]
PEORIA, Ill. — When the 16th-ranked Wichita State Shockers opened up a 17-point first half lead and repelled an early second half run by the Bradley Braves to regain a 14-point advantage, no one thought it would come down to the final seconds. Yet the Shockers needed a mistake by the Braves to erase a […]
