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LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — The Chicago Bulls, led by 28 points from DeMar DeRozan, ended the Boston Celtics’ nine-game NBA winning streak with a 121-107 victory on Monday. Zach LaVine, who was frustrated to be pulled from the waning minutes of the Bulls’ loss to Orlando on Friday, scored 22 points. Nikola Vucevic added 12 points and 13 rebounds for Chicago — who had also beaten the Celtics at home in October but […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — DeMar DeRozan caught fire in the final quarter, using a calculated game plan to score a team-high 40 points as the Chicago Bulls seized control late to beat the San Antonio Spurs 120-109 on Monday. The Bulls trailed by six points entering the fourth quarter but then DeRozan busted loose, scoring 11 of his team’s next 13 points to give Chicago the lead. DeRozan says he tried to remain […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — DeMar DeRozan scored a team high 28 points as the Chicago Bulls halted the Brooklyn Nets five-game win streak with a 118-95 victory on Monday. Chicago, who were coming off consecutive single-digit losses to the Philadelphia 76ers, won comfortably after falling behind in the third quarter in front of a crowd of 19,400 at United Center in Chicago. The Nets had their successful run snapped by the Bulls despite […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — San Antonio Spurs guard DeMar DeRozan was fined $25,000 by the NBA on Sunday for recklessly throwing the basketball toward a referee and into the stands during a playoff loss. DeRozan was whistled for a technical foul and ejected for the incident, which came with 5:01 remaining in the fourth quarter of San Antonio’s 117-103 home loss to Denver on Saturday. DeRozan, who flipped the ball in frustration after […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — The San Antonio Spurs rolled to their season-best ninth straight win by toppling the two-time defending champion Golden State Warriors with a 111-105 victory on Monday. DeMar DeRozan scored 26 points and LaMarcus Aldridge finished with 23 points and 13 rebounds as the NBA’s hottest team guaranteed themselves a league record 22nd straight winning season. The Spurs won their 11th consecutive home game and improved to 42-29 on the […]
SAN ANTONIO, United States (AFP) — DeMar DeRozan delivered his first career triple double as the San Antonio Spurs routed the Toronto Raptors 125-107 on Thursday to spoil the return of Kawhi Leonard to the Alamo City. DeRozan finished with 21 points, 14 rebounds and 11 assists as he dominated the battle against Leonard, who was making his first trip back since being traded to Toronto in the off-season. “I just wanted to go out […]
by Rob Woollard Agence France Presse LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — DeMar DeRozan exploded for 42 points as the Toronto Raptors clinched their place in the NBA playoffs with a 121-119 overtime victory against the Detroit Pistons on Wednesday. DeRozan added six assists and four rebounds in a virtuoso performance that hauled the Raptors back from the brink of what would have been an upset loss to the Pistons. Toronto improved to 47-17 with […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Isaiah Thomas worked his fourth-quarter magic yet again on Wednesday as the Boston Celtics erased an 18-point third-quarter deficit en route to a 109-104 NBA victory over the Toronto Raptors. Thomas scored 19 of his 44 points in the final period, including a go-ahead three-pointer with 48.1 seconds remaining. He had scored nine straight points to give Boston their first lead of the contest, 95-94, with 4:39 to play. […]
OKLAHOMA CITY, United States (AFP) — Try as they might, the Oklahoma City Thunder couldn’t slow down Toronto Raptors star DeMar DeRozan on Wednesday. DeRozan scored 37 points and Toronto broke through the Thunder’s stifling defence to hand them their first home loss of the season with a 112-102 victory at Chesapeake Energy Center arena. “You have to have toughness to go against this team,” Raptors coach Dwane Casey said of the Thunder. “This is […]
(Reuters) – The have promoted their return to the NBA postseason after a six-year absence as a ‘Northern Uprising’ and on Tuesday they backed up the marketing campaign with a 100-95 win over the Brooklyn Nets. The victory was the Raptors’ first in the post-season since 2008 and sends the best-of-seven Eastern conference first round series back to Brooklyn for Game Three on Friday level at 1-1. “It (the win) gave us some confidence with […]
