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LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — LeBron James has picked up right where he left off last season, scoring 24 points and dishing out eight assists on Friday as the Cleveland Cavaliers cruised past the Milwaukee Bucks 116-97. The four-time NBA most valuable player led the Cavaliers in scoring for the second straight game despite missing most of the pre-season with an injury. When James started the season he knew it was going to take […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — The Toronto Raptors moved within one win of advancing in the NBA playoffs on Monday with a 118-93 home victory over the Milwaukee Bucks. Norman Powell, starting for the second time in the best-of-seven Eastern Conference first-round series, scored 25 points for the Raptors, who took a 3-2 lead and will try to clinch the series in Milwaukee on Thursday. The winners of the series will take on the […]
By: Tennie Sumague, Eagle News Service US, New York Bureau Assisted coverage by Eric Han, EBC – Eagle News NMW BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS- The Boston Celtics hosted Fan Appreciation Night at their final regular season game at TD Boston Garden against Milwaukee, pulling away with the victory and the top seed in the Eastern Conference playoffs with a 112-94 win over the Bucks. Boston earned the top seed and home court advantage throughout the playoffs when […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) –LeBron James shrugged off his recent illness to post 24 points as the Cleveland Cavaliers outlasted the Milwaukee Bucks 102-95 on Monday. Reigning NBA finals MVP James added 10 rebounds and six assists as Cleveland bounced back from Saturday’s defeat to Chicago to cement their place at the top of the Eastern Conference. The Cavaliers improved to 41-17 with the win as Cleveland completed a strong February which saw them […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Philadelphia center Joel Embiid came on strong in the fourth quarter on Monday to power the suddenly surging 76ers to a 113-104 NBA victory over the Bucks in Milwaukee. Embiid, playing his injury delayed rookie season, scored 22 points with 12 rebounds and five blocked shots in 29 minutes as the 76ers notched their fourth win in five games. Although he got off to a slow start after sitting […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Giann Antetokounmpo is piled up 33 points but was unable to prevent the Milwaukee Bucks from sliding to a 111-98 defeat against the Atlanta Hawks on Sunday. Greek star Antetokounmpo also added eight rebounds and six assists but it was not good enough to prevent Atlanta grabbing a win which saw them improve to 23-17. It was Atlanta’s eighth win in nine games, a run of results which has left […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Giannis Antetokounmpo scored 26 points and pulled down 10 rebounds Monday to help the Milwaukee Bucks withstand a 30-point night from Russell Westbrook in a 98-94 NBA win over Oklahoma City. Antetokounmpo added five assists in a poised performance for the Bucks, who kept their composure in the face of a red-hot start from the Thunder and turned the tide with a massive third-quarter effort. “You look at what […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Cleveland Cavaliers coach Tyronn Lue said Wednesday he had spoken to J.R. Smith over his “embarrassing” hug with a former team-mate during the NBA champions’ defeat to Milwaukee. Lue was left furious after Smith hugged Bucks bench player Jason Terry on the sidelines late in the second half of Cavs blowout defeat. With Smith’s back turned, Bucks guard Matthew Dellavedova picked out a wide open Tony Snell who dunked […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Milwaukee Bucks star forward Giannis Antetokounmpo has agreed a new deal with the team worth $100 million over four years, reports said Monday. The Vertical and ESPN both reported that the lucrative extension for the Greek international is expected to be inked on Tuesday. The 21-year-old agreed the contract after a stellar third season with Milwaukee, who he joined after being chosen 15th overall in the 2013 draft. Last […]
WISCONSIN, United States (Reuters) — U.S. Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has called for more police on the streets and said Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton is “against the police”, at a rally in the suburb of West Bend, Wisconsin on Tuesday (August 16). Trump visited Milwaukee, days after the city was hit by unrest over the fatal police shooting of a black man, and said initial evidence pointed to the shooting being justified. Trump has […]
(REUTERS) The city of Milwaukee imposed a 10 p.m. curfew on Monday in an attempt to quell rioting that erupted the previous two nights in response to the police shooting of an armed black man in one of the most segregated cities in the United States. Mayor Tom Barrett also renewed his call for state officials to release a video of the Saturday night shooting in hopes it convinces angry protesters that deadly force […]
(Reuters) Protesters in a poor, predominantly black neighborhood of the U.S. midwestern city of Milwaukee fired gunshots, hurled bricks and set a gas station on fire on Saturday night after a patrol officer shot dead an armed suspect there, authorities said. Police did not disclose the race of the suspect or the officer involved in the shooting, which occurred on Saturday afternoon in Sherman Park. The violence comes as anger over police killings of […]
