Category: NBA News Wire
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 […]
OAKLAND, Calif. — Stephen Curry bombed in three 3-pointers in the final 1:44 of the first half Saturday night, capping a 19-5 flurry that propelled the Golden State Warriors to a 125-94 shellacking of the New York Knicks. In completing a season-series sweep of two games with the Knicks, the Warriors posted their third-largest victory […]
SALT LAKE CITY — Derrick Favors scored a game-high 26 points and the Utah Jazz continued their hot streak with an 88-85 victory over the Detroit Pistons on Saturday at EnergySolutions Arena. The Jazz held off a late Pistons rally to win for a season-high fifth consecutive outing and for the 10th time in 12 […]
Center Joel Freeland of the Portland Trail Blazers and forward Shawne Williams of the Detroit Pistons were suspended one game without pay for head-butting each other in Friday night’s game, the NBA announced on Saturday in New York. The incident occurred with 1:15 left Trail Blazers’ 118-99 victory over the Pistons at Moda Center in […]
The Golden State Warriors assigned forward James Michael McAdoo to the Santa Cruz Warriors of the NBA Development League on Saturday. McAdoo was recalled from Santa Cruz on Thursday, and registered a career-high 16 points, five rebounds, one assist, one steal and one block in 28 minutes during the Warriors’ 114-103 loss Friday night at […]
