Category: NBA News Wire
OKLAHOMA CITY — Forward Kevin Durant scored 21 of his game-high 42 points in the fourth quarter to lead the Oklahoma City Thunder to a 112-111 victory over the Detroit Pistons on Wednesday night at the Chesapeake Energy Arena. The win secured the No. 2 seed in the Western Conference for the Thunder (59-23), who […]
ORLANDO, Fla. — Despite their late-season struggles, the Indiana Pacers are right where they always wanted to be. The Pacers, who beat the Orlando Magic 101-86 Wednesday night, will open the playoffs against the Atlanta Hawks as the No. 1 seed in the East, guaranteeing them home-court advantage all the way through the conference finals. […]
CLEVELAND — The Brooklyn Nets were more concerned with resting their starters than playoff positioning. 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) will face the Atlantic Division champion Toronto Raptors on Saturday in Game […]
MIAMI — With the Miami Heat locked into the No. 2 seed in the Eastern Conference and the Philadelphia 76ers’ lottery position already sealed, their meeting on the final night of the regular season did not carry as much significance as other games around the NBA. Nonetheless, they played the game, and with two-thirds of […]
MILWAUKEE — Six players scored in double digits for Atlanta as the Hawks wrapped up the regular season with a 111-103 victory over the Bucks on Wednesday night at Bradley Center. Already locked into a first-round playoff meeting with top-seeded Indiana, the Hawks rested their leading scorer, forward Paul Millsap, but got 17 points from […]
NEW ORLEANS — Coming off a career scoring night, guard Tyreke Evans scored 25 points and dished out 10 assists to spark the New Orleans Pelicans to a 105-100 victory over the Houston Rockets on Wednesday night at the Smoothie King Center. New Orleans trailed 100-99 with 2:48 left, but Evans, who scored 41 points […]
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 at the AT&T Center on Wednesday night. Los Angeles […]
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Guard Kemba Walker scored 22 points, including eight in overtime, as the Charlotte Bobcats outlasted the Chicago Bulls 91-86 Wednesday night in the regular-season finale. The Bobcats scored the first four points of overtime and went on to outscore the Bulls 11-6 in the extra session. Charlotte led by as many as […]
The New York Knicks signed forward Lamar Odom for the remainder of the season with a non-guaranteed team option for 2014-15, the team announced Wednesday. The move reunites new Knicks president of basketball operations Phil Jackson with Odom, who played under Jackson when he coached the Los Angeles Lakers. Financial terms were not disclosed by […]
Los Angeles Lakers guard/forward Kent Bazemore underwent successful surgery to repair the torn peroneus longus tendon in his right foot, the team announced Wednesday. The surgery was performed by Dr. Kenneth Hunt of the Stanford University Medical School. Bazemore is expected to make a full recovery by the start of the 2014-15 season. Bazemore was […]
