Category: NBA News Wire
DALLAS — All-Star forward Dirk Nowitzki scored 23 points, leading the Dallas Mavericks to a routine 124-107 victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers on Monday night at American Airlines Center. Nowitzki failed to score at least 30 for the third consecutive game, but it mattered little as Dallas had the game well in hand. Guard Monta […]
MILWAUKEE — For as bad as the Milwaukee Bucks have been this season — and at an NBA-worst 8-37 entering play Monday, they have been pretty bad — they have found themselves in the hunt down the stretch several times this season, only to fall apart in the waning minutes. So Monday, with a 10-point […]
NEW ORLEANS — The injury-depleted San Antonio Spurs have been in survival mode for the last two weeks, trying to hang tough with veteran smarts until they get some therapeutic rest during the All-Star break and possibly a full roster after that. In a 102-95 comeback victory over the New Orleans Pelicans Monday night, the […]
SALT LAKE CITY — Even though the Jazz are having a rough year, the Toronto Raptors left Utah with a big sense of satisfaction Monday night. All-Star guard DeMar DeRozan scored 23 points, and center Jonas Valanciunas added 18 points and nine rebounds as the Raptors earned a rare win at EnergySolutions Arena, beating the […]
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The return of center DeMarcus Cousins to the Sacramento lineup Monday was all the Kings hoped it would be. The collective defensive effort put forth by his teammates surpassed expectations. The Kings center finished with 25 points and 16 rebounds in his return from a left ankle injury, and Sacramento held the […]
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Sacramento Kings coach Michael Malone had a familiar message for his team before the opening tip Monday. He will be all too happy to repeat it over and over if the results turn out as they did after his latest refrain. “I’m starting to sound like a broken record, but we had […]
DENVER — Los Angeles Clippers forwards Matt Barnes and Blake Griffin huddled over a laptop computer in the locker room after the game to see the final seconds unfold again. They watched as Denver Nuggets guard Randy Foye took a pass, dribbled behind the top of the key and squared to the basket. He rose […]
OKLAHOMA CITY — When the Oklahoma City Thunder and Memphis Grizzlies face off, the games are never pretty. The winner is usually the team that finds a way to play through the pushing, shoving and hard fouls. It was the Thunder who turned out to be that team Monday with an 86-77 victory over the […]
NEW YORK — Like a pitcher on the verge of a no-hitter, Shaun Livingston doesn’t want to think about the streak he is on. Still, there is no denying the Brooklyn Nets guard is playing some of the best basketball of his career. On Monday night, he did a little bit of everything to help […]
BOSTON — Brad Stevens got his first up-close look at the dynamic Rajon Rondo Sunday. Clearly, the rookie Boston Celtics coach liked what he saw. “I’ve seen pretty darn close. [He’s] just wearing the rust off a little bit, but, yeah, he was good,” Stevens said after Rondo played his best game since returning from […]
