Category: Wirenews
If James Harden needed any extra motivation against the Los Angeles Clippers, he found it in the first half. Harden scored 34 points, and the Rockets held on for a 100-98 victory over the Clippers in a sometimes testy affair on Sunday at Staples Center. Point guard Chris Paul, who finished with 23 points, missed […]
SAN ANTONIO — The fourth and final meeting of the season between the San Antonio Spurs and the Minnesota Timberwolves looked a lot like the first three. Forward Kawhi Leonard scored a team-high 15 points as San Antonio defeated Minnesota 123-97 Sunday night at the AT&T Center. The only downside for the Spurs was losing […]
ORLANDO — Cleveland guard Kyrie Irving is in the midst of an incredible shooting zone. And he’s loving every minute of it. Irving followed his NBA-best, 57-point scoring burst on Thursday with a more-efficient, 33-point effort Sunday, leading the Cavaliers to a 123-108 victory over the outmatched Orlando Magic. Irving was sensational again. In the […]
Los Angeles Clippers power forward Blake Griffin, out the last 15 games with an elbow injury, was cleared to return Sunday against the Houston Rockets. Griffin had surgery five weeks ago to remove a staph infection in his right elbow. “He said, ‘I’m ready,’” Clippers coach Doc Rivers said before Sunday’s game. “Yesterday the trainers […]
ORLANDO — All-Star guard Kyrie Irving scored 33 points while hitting 12 of 15 shots, leading the Cleveland Cavaliers to a dominating 123-108 victory over the Orlando Magic on Sunday night. Irving, who scored an NBA-high 57 points Thursday in San Antonio, also made five of six shots from 3-point range. The Cavaliers (43-25) won […]
NEW ORLEANS – The shorthanded Denver Nuggets already had done the improbable, forcing one overtime and then a second overtime against the New Orleans Pelicans, a team focused on a bitter playoff race for the final playoff spot in the Western Conference. And then in the second extra period, Nuggets finished the comeback, outscoring the […]
TORONTO — Trail Blazers center LaMarcus Aldridge feels his team is peaking at the right moment. Portland has now won eight of 11 following a 113-97 victory over the Toronto Raptors Sunday night at Air Canada Centre. Aldridge led the way with a game-high 24 points, 10 rebounds and five assists recording his 10th straight […]
LOS ANGELES — Coach Mike Budenholzer handed the keys to the Atlanta Hawks’ offense to Dennis Schroder, and the second-year point guard responded with one of his best performances of the season. Schroder scored a career-high 24 points and handed out 10 assists, guiding the Hawks to a 91-86 victory over the Los Angeles Lakers […]
PHOENIX — After one quarter in which it was hard to tell which team has the worst record in the NBA, the Phoenix Suns stopped turning the ball over and started putting the New York Knicks away. Brandan Wright stepped up for injured center Alex Len and produced 18 points and 11 rebounds, and the […]
CHICAGO — The Wisconsin Badgers earned a historic NCAA top seed Sunday, but their approach going forward will be strictly business as usual. Wisconsin (31-3) beat Michigan State 80-69 in overtime in Sunday’s Big Ten tournament title game to complete a championship sweep and were rewarded with the first No. 1 NCAA Tournament seed in […]
