Category: NBA News Wire
OKLAHOMA CITY — Russell Westbrook sees it starting to come together. After an injury-plagued start to the season, the Oklahoma City Thunder are healthy and finding their form. That meant bad news for the Milwaukee Bucks, who fell 114-101 after the Thunder pulled away in the second half at the Chesapeake Energy Arena. “We’re getting […]
PHOENIX – Stuck in a four-game losing streak and sensing a tired Phoenix Suns team was ripe for the taking, Chris Bosh decided this was as good a time as any to be the kind of player the Miami Heat will need him to be this season. Bosh scored 24 of his season-high 34 points […]
LOS ANGELES — Blake Griffin scored 45 points, including the game-winning 3-pointer at the buzzer in overtime, lifting the Los Angeles Clippers to a 121-120 victory over the Phoenix Suns on Monday night at Staples Center. Griffin made 14 of 24 shots, including both 3-pointers he attempted, as the Clippers (15-5) won their eighth in […]
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Forward Rudy Gay scored 29 points and made two key baskets in the final six minutes to help the Sacramento Kings hold off the Utah Jazz for a 101-92 win at Sleep Train Arena on Monday. Rookie guard Nik Stauskas scored a career-high 15 points and converted a 3-point play on a […]
MINNEAPOLIS — The Golden State Warriors stretched their franchise-record winning streak to 13 games on Monday in a 102-86 defeat of the injury-depleted Minnesota Timberwolves. Guards Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson each scored 21 points as the Warriors added another mark to their historic stretch with their eight consecutive road victory. Minnesota, still without injured […]
INDIANAPOLIS — The Atlanta Hawks are as hot as they have been in five years. The Indiana Pacers, on the other hand, are experiencing a cold winter. The Hawks ran their winning streak to seven games — their longest since 2009 — with a 108-92 rout of the Pacers on Monday night at Bankers Life […]
Golden State Warriors owner Joe Lacob apologized to Mark Jackson after criticizing his former coach’s management skills last week. “I have a tremendous amount of respect for Mark Jackson and what he accomplished as our head coach,” Lacob wrote Sunday in an email to the Bay Area News Group. “He did a terrific job. I’ve […]
TORONTO — Playing overtime in the second of back-to-back games with a depleted lineup caught up to the Denver Nuggets on Monday in a 112-107 loss to the Toronto Raptors. “It wasn’t too bad until overtime that’s when I really felt it,” said Nuggets guard Ty Lawson who had 22 points and 12 assists in […]
NEW YORK — Six players, including Cavaliers star forward LeBron James, wore T-shirts that said “I Can’t Breathe” during pregame warmups before Cleveland played the Brooklyn Nets on Monday at the Barclays Center. The message was the players’ way of speaking out about the non-indictment in the Eric Garner case. Garner died in July when […]
NEW YORK — Dion Waiters admitted to sneaking a few peeks in the crowd to see Prince William and Duchess Kate Middleton. The looks that the reserve guard had at the basket were even more important for the surging Cleveland Cavaliers. Waiters scored a season-high 26 points, and the Cavaliers stretched their winning streak to […]
