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TORONTO, United States (AFP) — DeMar DeRozan poured on 41 points as the Toronto Raptors snapped their two-game losing streak with a 114-106 victory over the Boston Celtics on Tuesday. DeRozan grabbed 13 rebounds and made eight of nine shots from the foul line to help the Raptors improve to 25-13 at the Air Canada Centre. Toronto’s win came courtesy of a fourth quarter scoring spree which saw them go on a 19-4 run that […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Russell Westbrook fell one rebound shy of his 18th triple-double of the season, but his 21 points were plenty in the Oklahoma City Thunder’s 109-94 NBA victory over the Bulls in Chicago. NBA scoring leader Westbrook maintained his sizzling form, adding 14 assists and nine rebounds in the win. It’s the fourth time this season he has finished one point, one rebound or one assist shy of a triple-double. […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — New York point guard Derrick Rose was a mysterious no-show at Madison Square Garden on Monday, and that was just one of the Knicks’ problems in a 110-96 NBA defeat to the New Orleans Pelicans. The Knicks started Brandon Jennings at point guard instead of Rose, the team tweeting only a terse announcement that “Derrick Rose is not with the team.” Coach Jeff Hornacek had given no indication of […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Los Angeles Lakers guard Jordan Clarkson was fined $15,000 for elbowing Miami Heat Guard Goran Dragic in a game, the NBA said Monday. The league said in a statement that Clarkson’s fine stemmed from his “forearm above the shoulders” to Dragic. Both players were ejected from the Lakers’ 127-100 win over the Heat on Friday. Clarkson used his forearm to shove Dragic to the court as they tangled in […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Houston’s James Harden scored 40 points in his 10th triple-double of the season on Sunday as the Rockets rallied to beat the Raptors 129-122 in Toronto and notch an eighth straight NBA win. Harden added 11 assists and 10 rebounds in the triumph, and has had at least a double-double in 17 straight games as he continues to make his claim alongside that of Oklahoma City Thunder star Russell […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — The Los Angeles Clippers put their late-December swoon further behind them on Sunday with a convincing 98-86 NBA victory over the under-manned Miami Heat. J.J. Redick scored 25 points and point guard Chris Paul added 19 points, 18 assists and six rebounds as the Clippers won their fourth straight. Paul became the 10th player in league history to reach 8,000 assists, finishing the night 8,012. Marreese Speights chipped in […]
CLEVELAND, United States (AFP) — The Atlanta Hawks are on the verge of finalizing a trade that would see guard Kyle Korver join the defending NBA champion Cleveland Cavaliers, the US media reported on Thursday night. The 35-year-old Korver did not play in Atlanta’s 99-94 victory over the New Orleans Pelicans and told reporters after the contest that he believed he was being dealt. “What can I say about it?” Korver said. “It will definitely be […]
MIAMI, United States (AFP) — Tiger Woods said Thursday he was impressed with how far US President-elect Donald Trump can hit a golf ball at age 70 in his first public comments about the December 23 round. The two played at Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach about three weeks after Woods, a 14-time major champion and former world number one, made his comeback from a 16-month layoff following back surgery. “What most […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — LeBron James and Kyrie Irving, who sparked the Cleveland Cavaliers to their first NBA crown last year, were the top vote-getters in the first preliminary NBA All-Star Game balloting results announced Thursday by the league. With 138 percent more votes cast than last year over the first week of All-Star balloting, 11.1 million compared to 4.6 million, last season’s runner-ups setting the Western Conference pace with the public as […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — NBA scoring leader Russell Westbrook of Oklahoma City and assists leader James Harden of Houston are leading the league on a record-shattering pace for triple-doubles in a season. So far this season, there have been 42 triple-doubles — double-digit production in three statistical categories in a single game. That’s on pace for 97 for the full season, well ahead of the NBA record of 78 set in the 1988-89 […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Stephen Curry scored 35 points and Kevin Durant had 30 as the Golden State Warriors won their ninth straight home game with a 125-117 win over the Portland Trail Blazers on Wednesday. The Warriors helped seal the victory with a 34 second burst in the final quarter that included a Curry three pointer, a Shaun Livingston dunk and a Draymond Green block. “We are on a mission to do […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — The Charlotte Hornets withstood a 33-point performance from prolific Oklahoma City point guard Russell Westbrook on Wednesday to snap an 11-game losing streak against the Thunder. French guard Nicolas Batum scored 28 points for the Hornets in the 123-112 triumph. His driving layup and three-point shot keyed a 9-0 scoring run that took the Hornets’ lead from 105-104 to 114-104 with 1:19 to play. The Thunder wouldn’t get the […]
