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PHILADELPHIA — As impressive as the Toronto Raptors’ DeMar DeRozan and Kyle Lowry were in Friday night’s 104-95 victory over the Philadelphia 76ers, they weren’t all that impressed with themselves. “Melo has 62,” DeRozan said with a laugh, referring to New York Knicks star Carmelo Anthony, who finished with 62 points in a victory over […]
CHICAGO — Forward Blake Griffin tallied 26 points and 13 rebounds as the hot-shooting Los Angeles Clippers beat the Chicago Bulls 112-95 on Friday at the United Center. The Clippers knocked down 10 of their first 11 attempts from 3-point range and the Bulls never got closer than eight points after falling behind 41-26 in […]
PORTLAND, Ore. — Forward LaMarcus Aldridge scored a career-high 44 points and the Portland Trail Blazers needed every bit of it in a 110-105 victory over the Denver Nuggets on Thursday night at the Moda Center. Aldridge scored the final 10 points for the Trail Blazers (32-11), who trailed much of the game and did […]
MIAMI — It was forward Chris Bosh to the rescue. With guard Dwyane Wade out with knee soreness for the fourth straight game and forward LeBron James not quite as efficient as usual, Bosh — the most-criticized member of the Miami Heat’s Big Three — had a huge night. Bosh made 15 of 22 shots, […]
Sidelined since mid-December due to a knee injury and with no return date in sight, Los Angeles Lakers guard Kobe Bryant still was selected a starter for the NBA’s All-Star Game. The results of fan balloting for the starting spots were announced Thursday, and Bryant received the second-highest vote totals among Western Conference guards. The […]
LeBron James and Kevin Durant headline the 28-man Team USA player pool announced by chairman Jerry Colangelo. James and Durant, Olympic gold medalists at the London games in 2012, return to the Team USA pool for 2014-16. Additional Team USA veterans on the 28-man list are New York Knicks forward Carmelo Anthony, Knicks center Tyson […]
When the Rockets missed shots, they attacked the rim. When the Sacramento Kings made shots, the Rockets went to the rim. When the Rockets forced turnovers, got rebounds or ran breaks, they went to the rim, scoring easily with nearly every assault. This was not unexpected Wednesday night at Toyota Center, given the Kings’ porous […]
A defensive Mike Woodson might have taken a little poke at critic Tyson Chandler before Wednesday’s loss, saying there was no complaints about the Knicks’ defense during their five-game winning streak earlier this month. Chandler missed those games due to bronchitis. But that didn’t stop Chandler from pointing out some more strategic miscues in the […]
Ending the season’s first half against the NBA’s top team, the Suns authored a statement win with exclamation points Wednesday night when they made a league-leading defense look pedestrian in a 124-100 victory at US Airways Center. In half of a season, the Suns (24-17) are one victory off last season’s win total and showed […]
Winning the dunk contest was one thing. Defending it is another. Terrence Ross is leaving nothing to chance. The sophomore swing man began working up some dunk options a couple of days ago. That’s well in advance of his preparation a year ago when he won it, but Ross says it’s all going to come […]
