Category: NBA News Wire
CLEVELAND — The Brooklyn Nets were more concerned with resting their starters than with who they were going to play in the first round of the playoffs. With their 114-85 loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers on Wednesday in the season finale, the Nets dropped to the No. 6 seed in the Eastern Conference. Brooklyn (44-38) […]
BOSTON — Washington Wizards coach Randy Wittman likes the way his team reacted down the stretch and is playing heading into the franchise’s first visit to the playoffs since 2008. The Wizards, 118-102 winners over the Boston Celtics in Wednesday night’s regular season finale, take a four-game winning streak into Sunday night’s playoff opener at […]
MILWAUKEE — There was almost nothing at stake on Wednesday night when the Atlanta Hawks beat the Milwaukee Bucks 111-103 in the regular-season finale at the BMO Harris Bradley Center. Atlanta was headed to the playoffs, already locked into eighth and final Eastern Conference playoff spot and a first-round date with top-seeded Indiana. Milwaukee, meanwhile, […]
NBA first-round playoff schedule. All times ET.WESTERN CONFERENCENo. 1 San Antonio Spurs vs. No. 8 Dallas Mavericks Game 1 — Sunday, April 20, Dallas at San Antonio, 1 p.m., TNT Game 2 — Wednesday, April 23, Dallas at San Antonio, 8 p.m., NBA TV Game 3 — Saturday, April 26, San Antonio at Dallas, 4:30 […]
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The Charlotte Bobcats are headed to the NBA playoffs for just the second time in franchise history, and they go in on a roll. The Bobcats outlasted the Chicago Bulls 91-86 in overtime on Wednesday night for their third straight win and the eighth in their last nine games. They will face […]
MINNEAPOLIS — Apparently not wanting their seasons to end, the Utah Jazz and Minnesota Timberwolves went to two overtimes Wednesday at Target Center. Ultimately, the Jazz emerged with the 136-130 victory, just the team’s second win in the final 12 games. Guard Trey Burke, who scored 32 points for Utah, hit a 3-pointer at the […]
NEW ORLEANS — For the Houston Rockets, the only season that counts begins at home Sunday night with their playoff opener against the Portland Trail Blazers. That is why after their 105-100 loss Wednesday night to the New Orleans Pelicans in a regular-season finale, which had no bearing on playoff seeding, the Rockets focused exclusively […]
SAN ANTONIO — For the Los Angeles Lakers and San Antonio Spurs, the regular-season finale was not at all indicative of how the first 81 games went. Eliminated from playoff contention more than a month ago, the Lakers ended their season by beating San Antonio 113-100 on Wednesday night at the AT&T Center. Los Angeles […]
NEW YORK — The New York Knicks ended their disappointing season on a modest four-game winning streak after knocking off the playoff-bound Toronto Raptors 95-92 Wednesday at Madison Square Garden. The Knicks (37-45), last season’s Atlantic Division champions, finished out of the playoffs for the first time since the 2009-10 season. Toronto (48-34), this season’s […]
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Eighty-two games wasn’t enough to decide the seventh seed in the Western Conference. It took overtime Wednesday at FedExForum before the matter could be settled. Guard Mike Conley hit two free throws with 1.1 seconds left in overtime, and the Memphis Grizzlies defeated the Dallas Mavericks 106-105. Memphis (50-32) captured the No. […]
