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LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — The Houston Rockets edged the reigning champion Golden State Warriors 98-94 on Thursday to move within one win of reaching the NBA Finals. The Rockets, who led the league with 65 regular-season wins, took a 3-2 lead in the best-of-seven Western Conference finals and with one more victory can deny the Warriors a fourth straight trip to the championship series. Golden State, whose streak of 16 straight home playoff […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — LeBron James is on the verge of reaching the NBA Finals for an eighth consecutive season, but his Cleveland Cavaliers face a familiar and formidable obstacle in the Boston Celtics. The Cavaliers visit Boston on Sunday for the opening game in the best-of-seven Eastern Conference Finals, with the winner to face either regular-season pace-setter Houston or defending champion Golden State in the NBA Finals. Four-time NBA Most Valuable Player […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Philadelphia 76ers star Joel Embiid was right in thinking he was fouled with 14.6 seconds left in his team’s season-ending playoff loss to the Boston Celtics, the NBA confirmed Thursday. In the league’s Last Two Minute Report on officiating in the late stages of the Celtics’ 114-112 triumph, the league said game officials missed two key calls against Boston. Celtics center Aron Baynes should have been called for a shooting […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — LeBron James scored 43 points as the Cleveland Cavaliers powered to a 128-110 victory over the Toronto Raptors on Thursday to take a commanding 2-0 lead in their NBA second-round playoff series. The Cavs, who broke Raptors hearts with a 113-112 overtime triumph on Tuesday, may well have broken their spirit as they won a second straight game at Air Canada Centre, putting themselves in position to sweep Toronto […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Terry Rozier and Al Horford scored 26 points each as the Boston Celtics routed the Milwaukee Bucks 112-96 in game seven to book their spot in the second round of the NBA playoffs. The Celtics’ victory in Saturday’s deciding game was their fourth win at the Boston Garden as the home teams won all seven games in the Eastern Conference series. “We got it done that is the most […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Victor Oladipo delivered a triple double as the Indiana Pacers crushed the Cleveland Cavaliers 121-87 on Friday to force a game seven in their Eastern Conference playoff series. Oladipo finished with 28 points, 13 rebounds and 10 assists for his first playoff triple double as the Pacers levelled the series at 3-3 in front of a crowd of 17,900 in Indianapolis. They will get a chance to advance to […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The Toronto Raptors punched their ticket to the second round of the NBA playoffs on Friday with a 102-92 victory over the Washington Wizards. The Raptors notched the first road win of the Eastern Conference first-round series to eliminate the Wizards four games to two. Kyle Lowry scored 24 points to lead the Raptors, who trailed by five going into the fourth quarter but outscored the flagging Wizards 29-14 in the […]
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) — NBA championship-winning center Andrew Bogut has confirmed he will return to Australia to play for the Sydney Kings, who said Monday they are submitting “appropriate paperwork” to the NBL head office. Bogut, 33, has confirmed the move on social media, but the Kings tweeted they had “submitted to NBL (National Basketball League) head office appropriate paperwork for @andrewbogut for review and processing.” The NBL, in turn, said in a tweet: “The NBL […]
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. […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Australia’s Ben Simmons won the battle of the triple doubles with LeBron James as the Philadelphia 76ers rolled to their 13th consecutive victory with a 132-130 win over the Cleveland Cavaliers. Simmons finished with 27 points, 15 rebounds and 13 assists on Friday as the Sixers surged to a 30 point first-half lead and scored 78 points by halftime. James tallied 44 points, 11 assists and 11 rebounds […]
