Category: Wirenews
Free-agent center Jason Collins worked out for the Brooklyn Nets this week in Los Angeles, and the Nets are strongly considering signing Collins to a 10-day contract, ESPN.com reported. If Collins is signed, he would become the NBA’s first active openly gay player. According to the report, the Nets are thinking about adding a big […]
Free-agent center Jason Collins worked out for the Brooklyn Nets this week in Los Angeles, and the Nets are strongly considering signing Collins to a 10-day contract, ESPN.com reported. If Collins is signed, he would become the NBA’s first active openly gay player. Collins, 35, has not played in an NBA game since April 17, […]
The NBA trade deadline passed on Thursday, with the Philadelphia 76ers being the most active team in the trading market, while Andre Miller, Evan Turner, Danny Granger and Spencer Hawes were the biggest names that were moved. —The Washington Wizards, Denver Nuggets and Philadelphia 76ers completed a three-team trade that will send point guard Miller […]
MILWAUKEE — Forward Kenneth Faried led Denver with 26 points as the Nuggets snapped a five-game losing streak with a 101-90 victory over the Milwaukee Bucks on Thursday night at the BMO Harris Bradley Center. Faried went 11-of-15 from the field, pacing a Nuggets offense that shot 51 percent and sank 8 of 18 3-pointers. […]
OKLAHOMA CITY– Forward LeBron James scored 33 points to lead the Miami Heat past the Oklahoma City Thunder 103-81 on Thursday at the Chesapeake Energy Arena. It was James’ fourth consecutive game to go past the 30-point mark. He did this despite leaving the game with a bloody nose after being hit in the face […]
MILWAUKEE — For many struggling teams in the NBA this season, a date with the Milwaukee Bucks is just what the doctor ordered. Thursday night, it was the Denver Nuggets’ turn to heal, as they snapped a five-game losing streak with a 101-90 victory over the Bucks at the BMO Harris Bradley Center. “It’s good […]
OAKLAND, Calif. — With Golden State’s top big-man defender, Andrew Bogut, out of action and his backup, Jermaine O’Neal, focused on Dwight Howard, the last thing Houston Rockets forward Chandler Parsons expected to greet him at the rim late in overtime Thursday night was a shot-blocker. But that’s exactly what he encountered in an extra-session […]
OKLAHOMA CITY– After missing the previous 26 games with a knee injury, Oklahoma City Thunder guard Russell Westbrook chose to make his return to the lineup against the defending champion Miami Heat on Thursday. He said before the game he is still not over losing to them two years ago in the NBA Finals. The […]
OAKLAND, Calif. — All-Star point guard Stephen Curry hit a 3-pointer to give Golden State an overtime lead it never relinquished, and the Warriors earned a 102-99 victory over the Houston Rockets on Thursday night. Warriors center Jermaine O’Neal blocked a dunk attempt by Houston forward Chandler Parsons with 24 seconds left in OT to […]
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Michigan State sophomore guard Gary Harris, whose mother, Joy Holmes-Harris, was a women’s basketball standout at Purdue, led the 13th-ranked Spartans’ 3-point shooting barrage Thursday night in a 94-79 victory against his parents’ alma mater. Harris made a career-best six 3-pointers — his previous best was five last season against the […]
