Category: Wirenews
The New York Knicks must now regroup after focusing their initial search for their next head coach on Steve Kerr, who turned down president Phil Jackson on Wednesday to accept a five-year, $25 million offer with the Golden State Warriors. Jackson, who built a relationship with Kerr while the Chicago Bulls were winning championships, was […]
MIAMI — LeBron James said the Brooklyn Nets’ Joe Johnson “torched” him for a game-high 34 points. In the end, however, James and the Miami Heat extinguished the flickering flame that represented the Nets’ season. Backed by a 12-0 run in the final minutes, the Heat advanced to the Eastern Conference finals with a 96-94 […]
NBA Players’ Association vice president Roger Mason backtracked Wednesday on his statement that Miami Heat forward LeBron James would support a boycott next season if Donald Sterling was not removed by then as owner of the Los Angeles Clippers. James also stopped short of backing a boycott, saying before the Heat’s series-ending 96-94 victory over […]
The NBA backed the call made by the officials late in the Oklahoma City Thunder-Los Angeles Clippers playoff game on Tuesday night in Oklahoma City. NBA president of basketball operations Rod Thorn announced Wednesday that the referees did not have clear and conducive evidence after viewing replay to overturn the out-of-bounds ruling that went in […]
MIAMI — Backed by a 12-0 run in the final minutes, the Miami Heat advanced to the Eastern Conference Finals with a 96-94 victory over the Brooklyn Nets on Wednesday night at AmericanAirlines Arena. Reserve guard Ray Allen hit a 3-pointer with 32 seconds left to give Miami its first lead of the fourth quarter […]
OKLAHOMA CITY — Oklahoma City Thunder forward Kevin Durant said his team needed to turn the page on its Game 4 collapse. Heading into Game 5 of its Western Conference semifinal series with the Los Angeles Clippers, that was all anybody wanted to talk about. However, for more than three quarters, Durant played as if […]
OKLAHOMA CITY — The Oklahoma City Thunder trailed the Los Angeles Clippers by seven points with 49 seconds left in Game 5 of their Western Conference semifinal series Tuesday night. That is when Oklahoma City’s top players brought the thunder, scoring the game’s last eight points to win 105-104 and take a 3-2 series lead. […]
INDIANAPOLIS — Desperation seemed to suit the Washington Wizards Tuesday night. Faced with having to defeat the Indiana Pacers or go home for the summer, the Wizards responded with a powerful 102-79 victory that sends the best-of-seven Eastern Conference semifinals back to Washington for Game 6 Thursday night. The Pacers still lead the series 3-2, […]
INDIANAPOLIS — The Washington Wizards weren’t ready to go home for the summer. Center Marcin Gortat tied a career high with 31 points, and guard John Wall scored 17 of his 27 points in the third quarter as the Wizards avoided elimination with a powerful 102-79 win over the Indiana Pacers on Tuesday night in […]
Former NBA guard Gilbert Arenas said Tuesday that he is willing to forgive embattled Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling for his racially insensitive comments. Meanwhile, Magic Johnson called the situation sad and said he would pray for Sterling after the former Los Angeles Lakers guard was criticized in an interview with CNN that aired […]
