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LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Isaiah Thomas scored a career-high 52 points including 29 in the fourth quarter as the Boston Celtics beat the Miami Heat 117-114 on Friday. Thomas’ performance eclipsed his previous single game high of 44, set 10 days earlier. “That fourth quarter, it just felt like I was out there by myself, working on my game in the gym,” said Thomas. “Throwing up everything and it was going in. It […]
Boston, United States (AFP) — Kawhi Leonard scored nine points in the final 7:17 as the San Antonio Spurs kept rolling with a spirited 109-103 win over the Boston Celtics that extended three winning streaks. LaMarcus Aldridge clinched the Spurs come-from-behind victory with an offensive rebound and two free throws with 17 seconds remaining. “It was a great win for us against the really active team,” Spurs coach Gregg Popovich said. The Spurs, who trailed by 14 […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Boston Celtics center Al Horford has not shown progress in recovering from a head injury and remains in the NBA’s concussion protocol, coach Brad Stevens said Monday. Horford has missed Boston’s past three games with concussion-like symptoms after being struck in the head during a workout a week ago. “He has not advanced in the protocol from what I’ve been told,” Stevens said. Horford signed a four-year deal worth […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — LeBron James poured in a season-high 30 points on Thursday as the NBA champion Cleveland Cavaliers remained unbeaten with a 128-122 victory over the Boston Celtics. James scored 20 of his points in the third period and added 12 assists for the Cavaliers, who have won the first five games of the season for the first time since the 1976-77 campaign, when they started 8-0. James has started a […]
CHICAGO, United States (AFP) — Dwyane Wade tallied 22 points in his Chicago homecoming as the Bulls showed off their retooled roster with a 105-99 win over the Boston Celtics on Thursday at the United Center. After trading point guard Derrick Rose to the New York Knicks, Chicago overhauled last season’s roster with the addition of Wade and Rajon Rondo, who signed with the Bulls in the offseason. Wade, who finished with 22 points, hit […]
In the United States, a record-breaking snowstorm in Boston, Massachussets closed business establishments and schools.
(Reuters) – Emergency crews in protective gear removed five passengers with flu-like symptoms from a commercial airliner that arrived at Boston’s Logan Airport on Monday, but U.S. health authorities played down the possibility of Ebola. Emirates flight 237 from Dubai landed at Logan around 2:30 p.m. EDT and emergency medical workers escorted the ill passengers off the aircraft, authorities said. Massachusetts Port Authority spokesman Matthew Brelis said none of the ill passengers had recently been […]
(Reuters) — A man in Massachusetts who recently returned from Liberia is being evaluated at aBoston hospital for a potential case of Ebola after complaining of a headache and muscle aches, health officials said on Sunday (October 12). The patient is at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center but there is no confirmation of Ebola, said Dr. Kenneth Sands, chief quality officer at Beth Israel. The response in Massachusetts demonstrates the high state of alert medical facilities are under since a Texas health worker became the first person on […]
President Aquino arrives at Boston for the start of his 5-day working visit in the United States. He was greeted by the Philippine Ambassador to the US, Jose Cuisia Jr., and Phiippine Permanent representative to the United Nations, Ambassador Libiran Cabactulan at his arrival in the Logan International Airport from Berlin, Germany. This the first time President Aquino has returned to Boston after 1983 when he lived there with the rest of Senator Ninoy Aquino’s […]
