Category: Wirenews
ATLANTA — Indiana Pacers forward Lance Stephenson had just hit a 3-pointer to cut the Atlanta Hawks’ lead to four with 7:30 to play in the fourth quarter. He followed it up by forcing a turnover on Atlanta’s next possession, but slipped and lost the ball out of bounds. It’s been that kind of stretch […]
Indiana Pacers general manager Kevin Pritchard said Thursday that head coach Frank Vogel’s job is “safe,” despite the team’s recent slide. This comes one day after an ESPN.com report that Vogel may be “coaching for his job” even after a 56-win season that secured the No. 1 seed in the Eastern Conference. Pritchard, who serves […]
HOUSTON — Coach Kevin McHale had coyly offered zero clues as to what the Houston Rockets would devise in defending Portland forward LaMarcus Aldridge differently compared with what was done in Game 1 when Aldridge set a franchise postseason scoring record for the Trail Blazers. Despite a defensive adjustment that attempted to slow Aldridge’s pace […]
SAN ANTONIO — After San Antonio’s Gregg Popovich received his third NBA Coach of the Year trophy on Tuesday, his counterpart with the Dallas Mavericks, Rick Carlisle, suggested that the award hardly seemed sufficient. “Why don’t we just give him Coach of the Century?” Carlisle said Wednesday. “He’s the greatest.” Carlisle was pretty good himself […]
MIAMI — The Charlotte Bobcats have never won a playoff game. On Wednesday, their best player, forward Al Jefferson, was playing on one healthy leg, and the Bobcats were facing the two-time NBA champion Miami Heat in their own building and in full health. And, oh yes, the Bobcats had to deal with Heat forward […]
SAN ANTONIO — After San Antonio’s Gregg Popovich received his third NBA Coach of the Year trophy on Tuesday, his counterpart with the Dallas Mavericks, Rick Carlisle, suggested that the award hardly seemed sufficient. “Why don’t we just give him Coach of the Century?” Carlisle said Wednesday. “He’s the greatest.” Carlisle was pretty good himself […]
MIAMI — Forward LeBron James scored 32 points to lead the Miami Heat to a hard-fought 101-97 playoff victory over the Charlotte Bobcats on Wednesday night at AmericanAirlines Arena. The Heat lead the best-of-seven first-round Eastern Conference playoff series 2-0. Game 3 will be played Saturday at Charlotte. There were seven lead changes early in […]
Indiana Pacers coach Frank Vogel, despite a 56-win season that secured the No. 1 seed in the Eastern Conference, is “coaching for his job,” ESPN.com reported Wednesday. Following Indiana’s 101-85 triumph over Atlanta in Game 2 of the teams’ first-round playoff series, sources told ESPN.com that coming back to win the series against the Hawks […]
Kentucky sophomore forward Alex Poythress will return for his junior season, the school announced Wednesday. “Playing in the NBA has always been a dream of mine, but I want to make sure that I’m NBA-ready before I make that jump,” Poythress said in a statement. “By coming back, I’ll be so much closer to earning […]
Phoenix Suns guard Goran Dragic, who helped lead the team to a 23-win improvement while establishing career highs in scoring and field goal percentage, was named the 2013-14 NBA Most Improved Player on Wednesday. The annual award is presented to a player who has made a significant improvement from the previous season. Collecting 408 of […]
