Category: NBA News Wire
NEW ORLEANS – The shorthanded Denver Nuggets already had done the improbable, forcing one overtime and then a second overtime against the New Orleans Pelicans, a team focused on a bitter playoff race for the final playoff spot in the Western Conference. And then in the second extra period, Nuggets finished the comeback, outscoring the […]
TORONTO — Trail Blazers center LaMarcus Aldridge feels his team is peaking at the right moment. Portland has now won eight of 11 following a 113-97 victory over the Toronto Raptors Sunday night at Air Canada Centre. Aldridge led the way with a game-high 24 points, 10 rebounds and five assists recording his 10th straight […]
LOS ANGELES — Coach Mike Budenholzer handed the keys to the Atlanta Hawks’ offense to Dennis Schroder, and the second-year point guard responded with one of his best performances of the season. Schroder scored a career-high 24 points and handed out 10 assists, guiding the Hawks to a 91-86 victory over the Los Angeles Lakers […]
PHOENIX — After one quarter in which it was hard to tell which team has the worst record in the NBA, the Phoenix Suns stopped turning the ball over and started putting the New York Knicks away. Brandan Wright stepped up for injured center Alex Len and produced 18 points and 11 rebounds, and the […]
OAKLAND, Calif. — Stephen Curry bombed in three 3-pointers in the final 1:44 of the first half Saturday night, capping a 19-5 flurry that propelled the Golden State Warriors to a 125-94 shellacking of the New York Knicks. In completing a season-series sweep of two games with the Knicks, the Warriors posted their third-largest victory […]
SALT LAKE CITY — Derrick Favors scored a game-high 26 points and the Utah Jazz continued their hot streak with an 88-85 victory over the Detroit Pistons on Saturday at EnergySolutions Arena. The Jazz held off a late Pistons rally to win for a season-high fifth consecutive outing and for the 10th time in 12 […]
WASHINGTON — Guard John Wall had 31 points and outdueled his former University of Kentucky teammate DeMarcus Cousins as the Washington Wizards rallied from a 21-point deficit in the second half for a 113-97 win over the Sacramento Kings on Saturday night. Wall had 20 points and 10 of his 12 assists in the second […]
Center Joel Freeland of the Portland Trail Blazers and forward Shawne Williams of the Detroit Pistons were suspended one game without pay for head-butting each other in Friday night’s game, the NBA announced on Saturday. The incident occurred with 1:15 left in the Trail Blazers’ 118-99 victory over the Pistons at Moda Center in Portland. […]
WASHINGTON — Guard John Wall had 31 points and outdueled his former University of Kentucky teammate DeMarcus Cousins as the Washington Wizards rallied from a 21-point deficit in the second half for a 113-97 win over the Sacramento Kings on Saturday night. Wall had 20 points and 10 of his 12 assists in the second […]
PHILADELPHIA — Forward Thaddeus Young had 21 points and nine rebounds against his former team as the Brooklyn Nets held off the Philadelphia 76ers 94-87 on Saturday night, ending a five-game losing streak. Young, acquired by the Nets Feb. 19 from Minnesota for forward Kevin Garnett, spent his first seven NBA seasons with Philadelphia. He […]
