(Eagle News) — Matapos matalo sa ginawang ‘tune-up game kontra’ sa bansang Turkey, inaasahan umanong magsasagawa ng ‘adjustment’ ang Gilas Pilipinas para sa muli nitong paghaharap sa susunod na buwan. Batay sa ulat, sa iskor na 103-68, tila pinaglaruan ng Turkey ang Team Gilas sa nasabing match na isinagawa sa Abdi Ipekci Arena sa Istanbul, Turkey kahapon ng madaling araw. Ang naturang ‘tune-up game’ ay bahagi pa rin ng paghahanda ng pambansang koponan para sa […]
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NBA: Bulls send former MVP Rose to Knicks in six-man deal
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Chicago Bulls playmaker Derrick Rose, a former NBA Most Valuable Player nagged by knee injuries for years, was traded to the New York Knicks on Wednesday in a six-player deal. The move came on the eve of the NBA Draft, when the Knicks will look for more help after missing the playoffs last season. Rose, fellow guard Justin Holiday and a second-round 2017 NBA Draft pick were sent to […]
Cleveland celebrates Cavs with huge NBA victory parade
by Afi-Odelia Scruggs CLEVELAND, United States (AFP) — Downtown Cleveland was a sea of wine and gold Wednesday as hundreds of thousands of jubilant fans gave a hero’s welcome to NBA superstar LeBron James and his Cavaliers teammates. The team brought home the city’s first major sports title in more than 50 years — since the Browns took the National Football League title in 1964 — ending the longest such drought for any American city. […]
NBA: Nowitzki, Howard opt out of deals to become free agents
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Dallas Mavericks star Dirk Nowitzki and Houston Rockets center Dwight Howard will become NBA free agents on July 1 after opting out of contracts Tuesday. German star Nowitzki, who turned 38 on Sunday, had a $8.7 million offer for next season to stay with the Mavericks, with whom he won the NBA title in 2011. Howard informed the Rockets he will decline a $23.2 million player option. The 30-year-old […]
NBA: Viewers, social media, sales add to Finals records
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Not only did LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers make the greatest comeback in NBA Finals history to dethrone the Golden State Warriors, they broke viewership, social media and souvenir sales records as well. The NBA announced Tuesday that the epic seven-game series was America’s most watched NBA championship final since 1998, when Michael Jordan won the last of his six career crowns, as well as the most-viewed NBA […]
NBA: All-time NBA Finals Game Sevens
OAKLAND, United States (AFP) — Results list from NBA Finals game sevens after Sunday’s showdown between Cleveland and Golden State (road teams won in 1969, 1974, 1978 and 2016): 1951: Rochester Royals 79, New York Knicks 75 1952: Minneapolis Lakers 82, New York Knicks 65 1954: Minneapolis Lakers 87, Syracuse Nationals 80 1955: Syracuse Nationals 92, Fort Wayne Pistons 91 1957: Boston Celtics 125, St. Louis Hawks 123 (double-overtime) 1960: Boston Celtics 122, St. Louis […]
NBA: Past 10 NBA Finals Most Valuable Players
OAKLAND, United States (AFP) — Past 10 winners of the NBA Finals Most Valuable Player award: 2016 – LeBron James, Cleveland Cavaliers 2015 – Andre Iguodala, Golden State Warriors 2014 – Kawhi Leonard, San Antonio Spurs 2013 – LeBron James, Miami Heat 2012 – LeBron James, Miami Heat 2011 – Dirk Nowitzki, Dallas Mavericks 2010 – Kobe Bryant, Los Angeles Lakers 2009 – Kobe Bryant, Los Angeles Lakers 2008 – Paul Pierce, Boston Celtics 2007 […]
LeBron’s Cavs stun Warriors in thriller to clinch title
(REUTERS) LeBron James powered the Cleveland Cavaliers to a 93-89 victory over the Golden State Warriors on Sunday in an electrifying Game Seven to complete an improbable comeback unlike any seen before and capture their first NBA championship. With the victory over the top-seeded Warriors, who beat Cleveland in last year’s championship, the Cavaliers became the first team to rally from a 3-1 series deficit in the best-of-seven NBA Finals and win the title. […]
NBA: Cavaliers edge Warriors to complete greatest comeback
by Jim SLATER OAKLAND, United States (AFP) — LeBron James delivered one of his mightiest all-around performances and the Cleveland Cavaliers completed the greatest comeback in NBA Finals history Sunday, dethroning defending champion Golden State 93-89 to capture their first league title. James scored 27 points, grabbed 11 rebounds and passed off 11 assists to win the NBA Finals Most Valuable Player award for the third time in his career as the Cavaliers became the […]
NBA: Cleveland Cavaliers beat Golden State for title
OAKLAND, United States (AFP) — Powered by an amazing effort from LeBron James, the Cleveland Cavaliers completed the greatest comeback in NBA Finals history Sunday, dethroning defending champion Golden State 93-89 to capture their first NBA title. The Cavaliers won the best-of-seven series 4-3 to claim the first league crown in their 46-season history and deliver the first major sports champion to Cleveland since the 1964 NFL Browns, ending the longest such title drought for […]
NBA: Anticipation grows around arena ahead of Finals showdown
by Jim SLATER OAKLAND, United States (AFP) — Areas around Oracle Arena were buzzing with activity and anticipation hours before Sunday’s decisive seventh game of the 70th NBA Finals between the Cleveland Cavaliers and defending champion Golden State. The Warriors and Cavaliers are deadlocked at 3-3 in the best-of-seven series after two wins by Cleveland, which hopes to become the first team trailing 3-1 to ever rally and win the finals. The first pitch in […]
NBA: Curry’s father-in-law ‘racially profiled’ – wife
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Stephen Curry’s father-in-law was nearly arrested ahead of Golden State’s ill-tempered defeat to the Cleveland Cavaliers on Thursday in Game Six of the NBA Finals, in what the player’s wife decried as a case of racial profiling. Curry’s wife Ayesha said her father was detained in Cleveland in the mistaken belief he was a well-known con artist who was thought to be attempting to attend the game using bogus […]
