Category: NBA Headlines
But the praise Clippers coach Doc Rivers directed toward the five-time champion would flatter anyone. “I think he’s the best coach (Gregg Popovich) in our era,” Rivers said. “I guess Phil (Jackson) and him would be the two. The three in history are Red (Auerbach), Phil and him.” “I’m not on that level,” Rivers said. […]
In his first postseason game in almost three years, Chicago Bulls point guard Derrick Rose scored 23 points and dished out seven assists while showing more emotion than usual in a 103-91 win over the Milwaukee Bucks in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference quarterfinals Saturday night. “It felt good,” Rose said of his playoff […]
Cavaliers teammates Kyrie Irving and Kevin Love have never appeared in a playoff game. On the eve of the 2015 postseason, “The Chosen One” (LeBron James) made it clear that he won’t accept their inexperience as an excuse. “In order for us to be the team we want to be, the ‘Big Three’ has to […]
Mavericks forward Chandler Parsons appeared to put to rest any concerns about his right knee when, with 7:28 left in Saturday’s first half, he leaped and hammered in a dunk. Two minutes later, though, Parsons limped to the bench, placed a towel over head and was visibly distraught. Then he limped to the locker room, […]
The Los Angeles Clippers finished the regular season tied for the second-best record in the Western Conference and third-best mark overall in the league, but they know where they stand in the court of public opinion entering their first-round series with the San Antonio Spurs on Sunday. “According to pretty much every single poll we’re […]
Suns guard Brandon Knight underwent arthroscopic surgery Friday on the left ankle that sidelined him for most of his time in Phoenix. “It was a minor procedure,” Suns president of basketball operations Lon Babby said. “There was an anterior flap (of cartilage) in his ankle that caused irritation. We expect a full recovery.” via Paul […]
Tyreke Evans was scheduled to undergo an MRI exam on his left knee Saturday after banging knees with Golden State’s Andre Iguodala and suffering a contusion that knocked him out of Game 1 of the team’s first-round series. After the game, without yet knowing the full extent of the injury, Evans said he “felt a […]
Miami Heat and Slovenia guard Goran Dragic is likely to skip this summer’s international duties and not play at Eurobasket. Dragic has said that he will opt out of his contract with the Heat and become an unrestricted free agent this summer. And with all options to be explored, Dragic is leaning towards focusing on […]
With (Andrew) Bogut healthy and playing the way he did Saturday, the Warriors’ chances of going deep are a whole lot better. Head coach Steve Kerr praised the defense of (Draymond) Green and Bogut. “I thought they were brilliant,” Kerr said. “There’s a reason Bogut is one of the top defensive players in the league, and […]
Only when the threes started falling again from the 6:15 mark of the fourth to the end of regulation did the Raptors look anything like themselves. It got them to overtime but that was all as Washington re-asserted its rebounding dominance in the extra frame and rode a quartet of offensive boards to an early […]
