Tag: Goran Dragic

Slovenian guard Dragic out until February for NBA Heat

MIAMI, United States (AFP) — Slovenian guard Goran Dragic underwent successful right knee surgery Wednesday but is expected to be sidelined for the Miami Heat until mid-February, the NBA club announced. Dragic, who has missed 12 of Miami’s past 14 games with the injury, will see the European standout absent until approximately the NBA All-Star Game break from February 15-21. In 14 games this season, Dragic has averaged 15.3 points, 4.9 assists and 3.1 rebounds. […]

NBA: Heat guard Dragic gets All-Star call in place of Love

NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Miami Heat guard Goran Dragic will replace injured Cleveland Cavaliers big man Kevin Love in the NBA All-Star Game. NBA Commissioner Adam Silver named Dragic to replace love on Team LeBron — the team captained by Cavs superstar LeBron James in the new-format exhibition. They’ll be taking on a team captained by Golden State Warriors star Stephen Curry in the All-Star Game in Los Angeles on February 18. The […]

NBA: Heat scorch Bucks, close in on Cavs

MIAMI, United States (AFP) — Goran Dragic’s 25 points propelled Miami to a 97-79 victory over the Milwaukee Bucks on Sunday that pushed the Heat within one game of the Cleveland Cavaliers for third place in the NBA Eastern Conference. The Heat, a tad sluggish to start, used a 14-0 second-half scoring run to notch their seventh straight victory, tying the Eastern Conference-leading Boston Celtics for the longest active winning streak in the league. “I […]

NBA: Dragic gores Celtics as Heat pull off upset

MIAMI, United States (AFP) — Goran Dragic scored 27 points as the Miami Heat ended Boston’s 16-game winning streak on Wednesday with an upset 104-98 victory. Dion Waiters added 26 points for Miami as the Heat improved to 8-9 to stun the Celtics, who had not lost since the opening two games of the season. Slovenian star Dragic contributed five assists and five rebounds while Waiters had six assists. Tyler Johnson was the only other […]

NBA: Dragic powers Heat to a win over Pelicans

MIAMI, United States (AFP) — Goran Dragic showed no ill effects from an eye injury, scoring 33 points to power the Miami Heat to a 120-112 NBA win over the New Orleans Pelicans on Wednesday. Dragic, of Slovenia, suffered an injury to his right eye last week when he was elbowed by Cory Joseph of the Toronto Raptors. He had to miss Sunday’s Heat loss to Indiana because his eye was swollen shut. The 30-year-old […]