National Basketball League News and Rumors
Brandon Knight Attacks With A Hoop and HarmAshley Brooke Nevel, dimemag.com Brandon Knight attacks the Sacramento Kings’ defense with some hoop and harm action. |
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Associated Press, ESPN.com Danilo Gallinari led six Nuggets players in double figures with 17 points, and Denver stopped the Clippers' franchise-record 17-game winning streak with a 92-78 victory Tuesday night. |
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Ashley Brooke Nevel, dimemag.com J.R. Smith loses the ball but Carmelo Anthony recovers it and sinks in a three-pointer to close the half in tonight’s matchup between the New York Knicks and Portland Trail Blazers. Anthony had 45 points in this contest. |
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Ashley Brooke Nevel, dimemag.com J.R. Smith hustles for the steal and passes the rock to Amar’e Stoudemire who hammers in the one-handed slam. |
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Dan Devine, yahoo.com After missing the first 30 games of the 2012-13 season following left knee surgery, Amar'e Stoudemire returned to NBA action on Tuesday night when the New York Knicks took on the Portland Trail Blazers at Madison Square Garden, as Yahoo! Sports NBA colu… |
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Ashley Brooke Nevel, dimemag.com Vince Carter throws down a monster put back slam off of O.J. Mayo’s miss in tonight’s matchup between the Dallas Mavericks and Washington Wizards. |
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Ashley Brooke Nevel, dimemag.com Andre Iguodala gets the green light from Willie Green as Iguodala easily drives around him and finishes with a slam. |
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Ashley Brooke Nevel, dimemag.com The Denver Nuggets look like lob city tonight as Andre Miller passes the rock to JaVale McGee who hammers in an alley-oop in tonight’s matchup against the Los Angeles Clippers. |
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Associated Press, ESPN.com The Trail Blazers overcame Carmelo Anthony's season high-tying 45 points and spoiled Amar'e Stoudemire's season debut, beating the Knicks 105-100 on Tuesday night. |
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Associated Press, ESPN.com Josh Smith scored 10 of his 23 points in the third quarter to lead the Atlanta Hawks to a 95-86 victory over the New Orleans Hornets on Tuesday night. |
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Pistons hold off Kings' rally for third straight win |
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Charlie Villanueva has been ejected from Detroit's game against Sacramento for a flagrant foul in the second quarter. |
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Associated Press, ESPN.com Vince Carter scored 23 points, O.J. Mayo and Darren Collison each added 15 to help the Mavericks break their six-game losing streak with a 103-94 win over the Wizards on Tuesday night. |
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Associated Press, ESPN.com Denver Nuggets guard Ty Lawson was ruled out of Tuesday night's game against the Los Angeles Clippers because of a left Achilles' tendon strain. |
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Since Tim Hardaway, Mitch Richmond and Chris Mullin captivated the Bay Area in the "Run TMC" days of the early 1990s, the Golden State Warriors have been known for scoring a lot of points and giving up even more. |
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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- Minnesota Timberwolves point guard Ricky Rubio will not travel with the team for a two-game road trip to Utah and Denver this week because of back spasms. |
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Minnesota Timberwolves point guard Ricky Rubio will not travel with the team for a two-game road trip to Utah and Denver this week because of back spasms. |
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Chris Forsberg, ESPN.com Avery Bradley set for return, Rajon Rondo questionable for Celtics. |
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Dan Devine, yahoo.com On some level, it's fitting that the Brooklyn Nets capped their disastrous December by setting a franchise record for offensive failure. After all, a month that began with boundless excitement over a red-hot 11-4 start — excitement that has completely d… |
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Let's Follow ThroughJan 1
Should the Clippers stop showboating so much? Do the Mavericks need to start protecting Dirk Nowitzki? Ben Golliver discusses his Western Conference New Year's Resolutions. |
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Dan Devine, yahoo.com How did you celebrate the end of 2012? Raising a glass of champagne, putting on a sweet hat and blowing into a noisemaker, maybe? That sounds pretty sweet, but I'm guessing it wasn't quite as sweet as getting your first taste of victory in more than a m… |
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Warren Shaw, dimemag.com Two months of NBA action is in the books and the good tidings of the New Year is upon us. Both NBA conferences have surprised, inspired and baffled us with various storylines in 2012. Now it’s time to look ahead to some of the more intriguing questions … |
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Dime Magazine, dimemag.com Hopefully you didn’t start throwing back cold ones too early in anticipation of the holiday yesterday, or else you probably missed some really good basketball. Case in point the battle in Florida between the Magic and Heat, which felt like an intra-squa… |
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Notebook, ESPN.com LeBron James finished the best year of his life in winning fashion, writes Michael Wallace. |
