Category: NBA News Wire
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — It was very nearly a perfect night for Memphis Grizzlies backup point guard Beno Udrih. Starting his second straight game in place of injured Mike Conley, Udrih scored 17 points, including the key bucket with 8.7 seconds left to help Memphis beat the Portland Trail Blazers 102-98 on Saturday night in a […]
Milwaukee Bucks point guard Kendall Marshall will miss the remainder of the season with a torn anterior cruciate ligament. Marshall injured the knee during the second quarter of the Bucks’ win over the New York Knicks on Thursday in London. “He’s been great for us,” Bucks coach Jason Kidd said. “It’s disappointing. It’s an unfortunate […]
Former NBA guard Stephon Marbury admitted that he struggled with depression and suicidal thought as his career in the league was coming to an end in 2009. “I wanted to die,” Marbury told HBO’s “Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel” in an interview that will be shown Tuesday night. “I wanted to kill myself some days. […]
TORONTO — The Atlanta Hawks are under no illusions. They are surging right now and after dominating the Toronto Raptors 110-89 on Friday have won 11 in a row. They also have won 10 straight on the road, extending a team record. “We’ve still got a long way to go,” coach Mike Budenholzer said. “We’ve […]
INDIANAPOLIS — Guard Brandon Jennings put the Detroit Pistons in a position to win Friday night in Bankers Life Fieldhouse, and then center Andre Drummond put the game against the Indiana Pacers in the victory column. Drummond’s tip-in of a missed Jennings shot with 0.3 seconds remaining lifted the Pistons to a 98-96 victory against […]
SAN ANTONIO — The San Antonio Spurs have used 23 different starting lineups during an injury-plagued season. On Friday night, they had, for just the second time, the one that they prefer. Forward Kawhi Leonard was back after missing 15 games, and 17 of the last 19, with ligament damage in his right hand. He […]
DALLAS — The Dallas Mavericks avenged a loss two days earlier in Denver with a wire-to-wire, 97-89 victory over the overmatched Nuggets on Friday night. The difference from Wednesday to Friday came down to three rested Mavs players — forward Dirk Nowitzki, point guard Rajon Rondo and center Tyson Chandler — who were given the […]
OKLAHOMA CITY — Kevin Durant did not like what people saw from his team in the new year. He hadn’t seen the same attitude the Oklahoma City Thunder normally plays with. But with the Thunder reeling and in need of a victory, Durant saw his squad return to form for at least one night as […]
OKLAHOMA CITY — Kevin Durant scored 36 points and Russell Westbrook notched his ninth career triple-double to lead the Oklahoma City Thunder to a 127-115 victory over the Golden State Warriors on Friday night at Chesapeake Energy Arena. The win pushed the Thunder’s record to 19-20 and the Warriors’ NBA-best record fell to 31-6. However, […]
SALT LAKE CITY — The Utah Jazz and their fans don’t care if Kobe Bryant plays or not. Beating the Los Angeles Lakers is always fun for the NBA crowd in this part of the country, especially when it snaps a three-game losing streak. Small forward Gordon Hayward scored 31 points to help the Utah […]
