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OAKLAND, United States (AFP) — Kevin Durant and Klay Thompson produced 30-point games as the Golden State Warriors took a stranglehold on their Western Conference playoff series against the San Antonio Spurs with a 116-101 victory on Monday. The Warriors moved into a 2-0 lead in the best-of-seven series after overcoming a determined Spurs team determined to bounce back after being outclassed in game one. San Antonio started strongly, with LaMarcus Aldridge — who finished […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Dwayne Wade rolled back the years with a vintage performance as the Miami Heat ended Philadelphia’s 17-game winning streak to level their Eastern Conference playoff series on Monday. The 36-year-old Wade scored 28 points in 25 minutes from the bench as Miami stunned the 76ers’ home crowd into silence with a 113-103 victory. It was a superb performance from Wade, a three-time NBA champion who started this season with […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Cleveland Cavaliers coach Tyronn Lue says he wants to see the more aggressive play from LeBron James after a blowout loss to Indiana to open the NBA playoffs. James had a triple-double against the Pacers in a 98-80 game-one home loss Sunday, but the four-time NBA Most Valuable Player went 10 minutes at the start of the game before taking his first shot and by then Indiana led 25-8. Lue […]
by Bagus Saragih © Agence France-Presse INDONESIA (AFP) — Somad rarely ventures beyond his impoverished Jakarta neighbourhood, but the 14-year-old is now gearing for a trip to Russia next month as a player in the 2018 Street Child World Cup. It’s the journey of a lifetime for the aspiring striker and eight other Indonesian kids set to compete against teams of other disadvantaged children from two dozen nations. The event’s third edition in Moscow […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Forget LeBron James making his eighth consecutive trip to the NBA Finals. The Cleveland Cavaliers star might have trouble just getting out of the opening round of the playoffs. Victor Oladipo scored a game-high 32 points to power the Indiana Pacers over the host Cavaliers 98-80 on Sunday in the opening game of their first-round NBA playoff series. “Stay calm, stay composed, play the game I have all year […]
UNITED STATES (AFP) — Results from Saturday’s NBA first-round playoff games (all series best-of-seven): Eastern Conference At Toronto Toronto 114 — Washington 106 (Toronto lead series 1-0) At Philadelphia Philadelphia 130 — Miami Heat 103 (Philadelphia lead series 1-0) Western Conference At Oakland, California Golden State 113 — San Antonio 92 (Golden State lead series 1-0) At Portland, Oregon Portland Trail Blazers 95 — New Orleans Pelicans 97 (New Orleans lead series 1-0) © […]
SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) — The Golden State Warriors fired a warning to their rivals as the NBA playoffs got under way on Saturday, routing the San Antonio Spurs 113-92 to serve notice they will not be dethroned easily despite Stephen Curry’s knee injury. Klay Thompson scored a game-high 27 points on 11-of-13 shooting, including 5-of-6 from 3-point range, and Kevin Durant added 24 points, eight rebounds and seven assists to power Golden State. […]
by Peter Stebbings © Agence France-Presse GOLD COAST, Australia (AFP) — Indian boxing star Mary Kom opened up on the heartache she faced returning to competition after having children as she captured her first Commonwealth Games title on Saturday at the age of 35. Mother-of-three Kom, the subject of a Bollywood film in 2014, won a unanimous points decision over Northern Ireland’s Kristina O’Hara in their light-flyweight final on Australia’s Gold Coast. It is […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — The Golden State Warriors will be heading into uncharted territory on Saturday as they open their NBA postseason campaign against the San Antonio Spurs missing star Stephen Curry and struggling to find their best form. For the first time since head coach Steve Kerr took over in 2014-2015, the Warriors will not enter the playoffs as owners of the NBA’s best record, starting as second seeds in the Western […]
HILTON HEAD, United States (AFP) — Rory Sabbatini battled through the discomfort of a sore back to shoot a seven-under 64 for first-round lead at the RBC Heritage, with world number one Dustin Johnson not far behind. South Africa’s Sabbatini has a two-stroke lead over a group of four Americans at five-under 66, including Matt Kuchar and Billy Horschel, while Johnson fashioned four consecutive birdies at one stage of his opening round for a 69. […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Russell Westbrook became the first player in NBA history to average a triple double in multiple seasons as the Oklahoma City Thunder defeated the Memphis Grizzlies 137-123 on Wednesday. Westbrook entered Wednesday’s home contest needing 16 rebounds against the Grizzlies to complete his triple-double average for the second straight season. He earned his 16th rebound with about nine minutes left in the third quarter. He played 37 minutes against […]
By Norman Castro EBC New York Bureau TORONTO (Eagle News) – On a chilly Friday spring night, the Toronto Raptors looked to lock up the top seed in the Eastern Conference as they faced the Indiana Pacers. In a possible second round match up in the playoffs, this showed to be a preview of what might come. The Air Canada Centre was buzzing from the opening tip off, and the Raptors were more than […]
