National Basketball League News and Rumors
Grizzlies beat Spurs in OT for 4th straight winAssociated Press, ESPN.com Rudy Gay hit a pullup jumper from 14 feet with 27.8 seconds left, and the Memphis Grizzlies held off the San Antonio Spurs, 101-98, in overtime Friday night for their fourth straight victory. |
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Associated Press, ESPN.com Luol Deng scored a season-high 33 points in the Chicago Bulls' third victory over New York this season, a 108-101 win Friday that sent the Knicks to their season-high third straight loss. |
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Associated Press, ESPN.com Joe Johnson scored 19 points and MarShon Brooks added 17 points off the bench Friday night, leading the Brooklyn Nets to its fifth straight victory, 99-79 over the struggling Phoenix Suns. |
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Nate Taylor, nytimes.com The Knicks found themselves short-handed again Friday night with Marcus Camby out two to four weeks with a foot injury. |
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ESPN.com news services, ESPN.com Kobe Bryant and his wife have canceled their divorce plans. |
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Ashley Brooke Nevel, dimemag.com Carmelo Anthony lobs the rock to Tyson Chandler as he drives through the lane and throws down the dunk in tonight’s matchup between the Chicago Bulls and New York Knicks. |
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Associated Press, ESPN.com Alan Anderson scored 16 points against his former team, Jose Calderon had 15 and the Toronto Raptors won for the 10th time in 13 games Friday night, beating the Charlotte Bobcats 99-78. |
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Ashley Brooke Nevel, dimemag.com Paul Millsap gets around Josh Smith to throw down the two-handed slam in tonight’s matchup between the Utah Jazz and Atlanta Hawks. |
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Ashley Brooke Nevel, dimemag.com James Harden pump fakes to draw the foul and sinks in the basket in tonight’s matchup between the Houston Rockets and Boston Celtics. |
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Ashley Brooke Nevel, dimemag.com Marc Gasol double stuffs Tim Duncan with two consecutive blocks in tonight’s matchup between the Memphis Grizzlies and San Antonio Spurs. |
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Hawks rally, finish strong to end skid versus Jazz |
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Ashley Brooke Nevel, dimemag.com Tony Allen comes up with the steal and feeds Rudy Gay for the one-handed slam in tonight’s matchup between the Memphis Grizzlies and San Antonio Spurs. |
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NEW YORK (AP) -- Brooklyn Nets forward Gerald Wallace left Friday night's game against Phoenix after landing hard on his right arm and shoulder about midway through the first quarter. |
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Ashley Brooke Nevel, dimemag.com The Boston Celtics rookie Jared Sullinger attacks the glass as he hustles to grab the rebound with one hand and cashes in a hook shot tonight against the Houston Rockets. |
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Ashley Brooke Nevel, dimemag.com After making the steal, Terrence Ross gets the ball back from DeMar DeRozan on the fast break and throws down an explosive sledge hammer dunk in tonight’s matchup between the Toronto Raptors and Charlotte Bobcats. |
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Eric Freeman, yahoo.com The Los Angeles Lakers had a lot of expectations this season and have met precisely none of them. With a starting lineup of four likely Hall of Famers, the Lakers looked like a juggernaut that even the most conservative estimates pegged for 60 wins and … |
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Mike Mazzeo, ESPN.com Brooklyn Nets small forward Gerald Wallace headed into the locker room after appearing to injure his right arm/shoulder in the first quarter of Friday night's game against the Phoenix Suns. |
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Stephen A. Smith, ESPN.com He could have laughed it off -- instead, he let KG make him look like a jerk |
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Associated Press, ESPN.com The Washington Wizards say point guard John Wall has received "full medical clearance" and will make his season debut Saturday night against the Atlanta Hawks. |
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Dan Devine, yahoo.com A look around the league and the Web that covers it. It's also important to note that the rotation order and starting nods aren't always listed in order of importance. That's for you, dear reader, to figure out. C: The Columbian. On the occasion of Dami… |
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Andrew Greif, dimemag.com Portland’s win over the Heat on Thursday night claimed two casualties: That Miami is going to be a good road team this year and LeBron James‘ 54-game streak where he’s scored at least 20 points. Before Miami plays the four remaining games in its 7-… |
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AUBURN HILLS, Mich. (AP) -- Detroit had just upset the Miami Heat and LeBron James was reviewing the game with reporters when he saved some of his most effusive praise for an unlikely recipient. |
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Dan Devine, yahoo.com The Los Angeles Lakers are in the midst of a five-game losing streak that's seen them drop to 15-20 on the season — a record that puts them in 11th place in the West, a full five games south of the Denver Nuggets for the conference's eighth and final pl… |
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Spencer Lund, dimemag.com The Indiana Pacers only scored 81 points last night, but they still managed to beat the Carmelo Anthony-less Knicks by five. The Pacers are ugly to watch, and their highest-paid player is a seven-footer that’s shooting less than 40 percent from the floo… |
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Dan Devine, yahoo.com After playing the Miami Heat to a 21-all stalemate after 12 minutes, the Portland Trail Blazers had fallen behind by 13 points with the clock winding down in the second quarter, thanks to a combination of offensive struggles (a 7 for 17 shooting mark in… |
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Tom Ley, deadspin.com Here's a bunch of headlines—written during the past week—about Derrick Rose's attempts to return to basketball court that will make you really sad: More » |
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Sean Sweeney, dimemag.com The Knicks might be slowly coming back to earth – they’re just 4-6 in their last 10 after dropping an ugly game against Indiana last night. But their fans are as passionate as ever, continuously pumping Carmelo Anthony as the MVP and J.R. Smith as the… |
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Dan Devine, yahoo.com Rick Carlisle's tried grossing out his Dallas Mavericks, threatening them with suspensions, grossing them out again ... man, he's tried everything. Nothing seemed to be working for his slumping Dallas Mavericks ... until he suggested Vince Carter just g… |
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Tom Ley, deadspin.com It's not clear who actually took this photo, but J.R. Smith just posted it to his Instagram account along with the hashtag, #ThatWhatTheHellYouDoingLook. He is of course referring to the look of consternation that head coach Mike Woodson is throwing Smi… |
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Dan Devine, yahoo.com During his 12-year NBA career, Zach Randolph has made it abundantly clear on a number of occasions that he's not scared of anybody on the basketball court. The 6-foot-9, 260-pound Memphis Grizzlies power forward has gone toe-to-toe with some of the leag… |
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ESPN.com, ESPN.com The most valuable, underrated, overrated among Bulls, Knicks, Lakers, Thunder |
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Dan Devine, yahoo.com They might not be riding quite as high as they were during their recent 17-game winning streak, but the Los Angeles Clippers have bounced back from a pair of 2013-opening losses to win three straight games, still sport the league's best record and look … |
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Lakers attempt to avoid 6-game slide against Thunder |
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Dan Devine, yahoo.com Wesley Matthews had missed five of his first six 3-point attempts on Thursday night, but with his Portland Trail Blazers within striking distance after clawing back from a 13-point halftime deficit against the Miami Heat, he found his stroke just in the… |
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DeMarcus Cousins ejected for flagrant foul on Vince Carter in OT of Kings loss to Mavericks (VIDEO)Jan 11
Eric Freeman, yahoo.com Sacramento Kings big man DeMarcus Cousins has a bad reputation, earned largely through several less-than-ideal relationships with coaches, some suspensions for on-court activity, and a fair amount of incomplete information. Cousins thinks he gets a bad … |
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Wes Matthews Puts The Final Nail In Miami’s Coffin; Paul George And Indiana Shut Down New YorkJan 11
Dime Magazine, dimemag.com Portland fell into a lull for a quarter and a half — usually a death knell against a team like Miami — but still knocked off the Heat, 92-90, because they awoke twice at key moments to get back into position to stuff the champs at home. The first came… |
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Associated Press, ESPN.com O.J. Mayo had 24 points and 10 rebounds, Vince Carter scored 23 points off the bench and the Dallas Mavericks rallied from 17 points down to beat the Sacramento Kings 117-112 in overtime Thursday night. |
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Associated Press, ESPN.com Wesley Matthews hit a 3-pointer to put Portland in front with 26.9 seconds left, and the Trail Blazers hung on to beat the Miami Heat 92-90 for their fourth straight win and ninth straight at the Rose Garden. |
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In the time of attack guards, small ball, and stretch 4's, Big Al Jefferson's game is unapologetically old school. He's the kind of post player that w... |
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Which opposing players are the hardest to guard? Curry and Lee break it down for Bill Simmons. |
