National Basketball League News and Rumors
Durant, Thunder halt Blazers' home win streakAssociated Press, ESPN.com Kevin Durant had 33 points and the Oklahoma City Thunder snapped Portland's nine-game winning streak at the Rose Garden with an 87-83 victory over the Trail Blazers on Thursday night. |
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Associated Press, ESPN.com Danilo Gallinari scored 21 points, Ty Lawson had 20, and the Denver Nuggets rallied to beat the Golden State Warriors 116-105 on Sunday night for their season-high fifth straight win. |
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Nate Taylor, nytimes.com Amar'e Stoudemire decided to become a vegan this past fall, and Carmelo Anthony is coming off a 15-day fast. |
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Associated Press, ESPN.com Tony Parker scored 20 points to lead the San Antonio in a 106-88 victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves on Sunday night, extending the Spurs' home winning streak to 12 games. |
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Oklahoma City forward Serge Ibaka will miss the Thunder's game against the Portland Trail Blazers on Sunday night because of a chest contusion. |
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Dwight Howard is back in the Los Angeles Lakers' starting lineup after missing three games with a right shoulder injury. |
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Associated Press, ESPN.com Deron Williams had 22 points and nine assists, Joe Johnson scored 20 points and the Brooklyn Nets rallied from 12 points down in the third quarter to beat the Indiana Pacers 97-86 Sunday night. |
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Manu Ginobili sustained a left hamstring strain late in the first half of the Spurs game against Minnesota and will not return. His status beyond Sunday's game has yet to be determined. |
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Sean Newell, deadspin.com No one will ever confuse me with Nate Silver, but I have to think attempting a half-court shot and having the ball firmly wedge itself between the backboard and the rim is much, much further down the list of likely outcomes than "made shot." More » |
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Associated Press, ESPN.com Brandon Jennings had 19 points and 10 assists and the Bucks rallied from a 20-point first quarter deficit to beat Toronto 107-96 on Sunday. |
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Isaac Rauch, deadspin.com Two seasons ago, when Carmelo Anthony was still playing for Denver, Ball Don't Lie's Kelly Dwyer pulled some averages from a 12-game stretch of the Nuggets' season: More » |
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Ashley Brooke Nevel, dimemag.com Jason Kidd leads the fast break and hooks up a bounce pass to Chris Copeland for a dunk in today’s matchup between the New York Knicks and New Orleans Hornets. |
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Ashley Brooke Nevel, dimemag.com Amar’e Stoudemire makes a quick move on Jason Smith as he hustles to the baseline, goes underneath the basket and lays in the bucket in today’s matchup between the New York Knicks and New Orleans Hornets. |
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Associated Press, ESPN.com Carmelo Anthony scored 18 of his 27 points in the second quarter, and the Knicks ended their three-game skid with a 100-87 win over the Hornets on Sunday. |
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Ashley Brooke Nevel, dimemag.com James Harden hits Jrue Holiday with a behind the back, between the legs, high-caliber move to the basket in last night’s game between the Houston Rockets and Philadelphia 76ers. |
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Rudy Gay has dominated the rumor mill of late, but a potential deal is riddled with complications. Rob Mahoney examines what might be holding up the Grizz from dealing their star. |
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Ashley Brooke Nevel, dimemag.com Sacramento Kings center DeMarcus Cousins escapes Heat defenders LeBron James and Udonis Haslem and throws down the reverse dunk. |
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Ashley Brooke Nevel, dimemag.com Toes pointed, legs straight, ball over head, LeBron James elevates for a beautiful 360-degree spin into a pass to Mario Chalmers who throws down the three-point basket in tonight’s matchup between the Miami Heat and Sacramento Kings. |
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Associated Press, ESPN.com Mario Chalmers had career highs with 10 3-pointers and 34 points to lead the Miami Heat to a 128-99 victory over the Sacramento Kings on Saturday night. |
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Dime Magazine, dimemag.com It’s a new day in Washington, D.C. They finally have a real basketball team. In last night’s 93-83 win over Atlanta, John Wall played for the first time this season to a standing ovation. Then he went out and put in 14 points and four dimes in 20 minu… |
