Category: NBA News Wire
PHOENIX — Shaking off a third-quarter elbow stinger, Houston Rockets guard James Harden scored 40 points, grabbed 12 rebounds and handed out nine assists, leading the Rockets to a 127-118 win over the Phoenix Suns on Tuesday. Houston blew an 18-point first-quarter lead, fell behind eight in the third and still rallied. Forward Josh Smith […]
LOS ANGELES — Point guard Ty Lawson scored a season-high 32 points and handed out 16 assists, leading the Denver Nuggets to a 106-96 victory over the Los Angeles Lakers on Tuesday night at Staples Center. Backup forward Darrell Arthur added 15 points for the Nuggets (20-33), who snapped a six-game losing streak. Forwards Wilson […]
CLEVELAND — LeBron James wants Kevin Love to fit in better. Love was never aware he was on the outside. Love scored a season-high 32 points and grabbed 10 rebounds, and guard Kyrie Irving had 28 points and 10 assists in the Cleveland Cavaliers’ 120-105 win over the Los Angeles Lakers on Sunday. It was […]
ORLANDO, Fla. — The veteran Chicago Bulls pulled Sunday’s game out of their hat, capitalizing on a flurry of late-game mistakes by the young and struggling Orlando Magic. Chicago did what good teams are supposed to do. The Bulls beat the Magic 98-97 Sunday when Pau Gasol scored on a tip-in with 9.4 seconds remaining, […]
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — George Hill wasn’t looking to be the hero for the Indiana Pacers Sunday night. But when the heavens opened up and the seventh-year point guard found himself wide open under the basket, he was more than happy to hit the game-winning shot. Hill’s turnaround floater with 5.1 seconds remaining capped a rally […]
AUBURN HILLS, Mich. — A three-game winning streak may not seem like much, but for the Minnesota Timberwolves, it’s a mountainous achievement. Their most imposing player made it possible on Sunday. Nikola Pekovic, their 6-feet-11, 295-pound center, had a season-high 29 points to lead six players in double figures as Minnesota topped the Detroit Pistons […]
TORONTO — Gregg Popovich will have to wait at least another day for his inevitable 1,000th win as an NBA coach, all with the San Antonio Spurs. Forward James Johnson hit a 3-point jump shot from 23 feet with 49.9 seconds to play to put the Toronto Raptors into the lead on their way to […]
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — To some extent, the Memphis Grizzlies and Atlanta Hawks are mirror images. Two of the best in the NBA, each team is committed to its identity and neither has a superstar doing insurance or car commercials in the midst of nationally televised games. Sunday night at FedExForum was a showdown of wills, […]
OKLAHOMA CITY — Forward Kevin Durant scored 29 points to lead the Oklahoma City Thunder to a 131-108 victory over the Los Angeles Clippers on Sunday at the Chesapeake Energy Arena. The Clippers, who lost their four straight, will be without forward Blake Griffin (staph infection) for four to six weeks. Guard Jamal Crawford led […]
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — If this really proves to be Tyrone Corbin’s final game as the Sacramento Kings’ head coach, he exited with some luck on his side. As for the Phoenix Suns, they can’t seem to escape the buzzard’s luck that haunts them at the final buzzer. So it went Sunday, when Kings center DeMarcus […]
