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LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — The NBA will suspend play starting on Thursday after a Utah Jazz player preliminarily tested positive for the new coronavirus, the league said Wednesday. The test result was reported shortly before Utah’s game against the Thunder in Oklahoma City was to begin, and that game was abruptly postponed. The league said the affected player was not in the arena. “The NBA is suspending gameplay following the conclusion of tonight’s […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — LeBron James missed a game-tying layup with just seconds remaining as the Los Angeles Lakers suffered an upset 104-102 defeat to the Brooklyn Nets on Tuesday. James looked poised to force overtime at the Staples Center as he drove towards the basket with the Nets holding a two-point lead. But James fluffed his effort and then Anthony Davis missed an open three-pointer as Brooklyn held on for a win […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Jayson Tatum scored 30 points and Gordon Hayward finished with a double-double as the Boston Celtics punched their ticket to the playoffs with a 114-111 win over the Indiana Pacers on Tuesday. Tatum made 11 of 22 shots from the field including a trio of three-pointers as Boston dug in for the win after twice letting big leads slip late in the game. The Celtics looked to be cruising […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — LeBron James and Anthony Davis combined for 58 points as the Los Angeles Lakers beat the Los Angeles Clippers for the first time this season with a 112-104 NBA victory on Sunday. James scored 28 points and dished out nine assists while Davis finished with a team-high 30 points in the showdown between the two best teams in the NBA’s Western Conference. “These are two teams gearing up for […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Reigning NBA Most Valuable Player Giannis Antetokounmpo will miss at least two games with a mild knee sprain, the Milwaukee Bucks said Sunday. In a statement posted on their website, the team said Antetokounmpo would sit out the remaining two games of the Bucks’ current road trip, with his status for a March 12 home game against Boston to be updated later in the week. Antetokounmpo will miss the […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — The NBA has reportedly told teams to look into strategies on how to play games without fans in the arena amid concerns over the new coronavirus outbreak. As fears grow over the spread of the virus, and sports leagues formulate contingency plans, the NBA on Friday sent a memo to its teams telling them to start “developing” plans on how to play games with only “essential staff” in […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Norm Powell scored a career-high 37 points as the reigning NBA champion Toronto Raptors spoiled the return of Stephen Curry with a 121-113 win over Golden State on Thursday that clinched them a playoff spot for the seventh straight season. After missing four months with a broken hand, Curry was back in the Warriors’ lineup as they faced Toronto for the first time since the NBA finals. “We knew […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Reigning playoff MVP Kawhi Leonard scored a team-high 25 points as the Los Angeles Clippers won their sixth straight game with a 120-105 rout of the Houston Rockets on Thursday. Ivica Zubac and Montrezl Harrell finished with double-doubles for the Clippers in a battle between the two Western Conference powerhouses. They have played each other four times this season with both teams winning twice. But the Clippers would have […]
(Eagle News) — Philippine teen basketball phenomenon, 17-year old Kai Sotto, has been invited to participate in the NBA’s “Basketball Without Borders” in the United States. Sotto said he is inspired by his family who sacrificed a lot to help him reach his goal, and by all Filipinos who believe in him. “It starts off with my family. My dad sacrificed everything. He actually coached two teams in the Philippines. But he sacrificed that […]
SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) — Golden State Warriors star guard Stephen Curry, returning to the NBA after four months with a broken left hand, said Thursday he still wants to play at the Tokyo Olympics. Two-time NBA Most Valuable Player Curry, cleared to play Wednesday by doctors, has missed 58 games since falling on his hand and breaking it on October 30 against Phoenix. Curry, who helped the US squad to unbeaten world championship […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Eight Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies are facing administration action for taking or sharing graphic photos of the Kobe Bryant crash scene, authorities said. “We identified the deputies involved, they came to the station on their own and had admitted they had taken them and they had deleted them,” Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva said in interviews with several broadcast outlets on Monday. “And we’re content that those […]
MIAMI, United States (AFP) — Jae Crowder scored 18 points off the bench as the Miami Heat locked down Giannis Antetokounmpo to hand the Milwaukee Bucks a 105-89 defeat on Monday. Crowder led the scoring for the Heat as NBA MVP Antetokounmpo was held to 13 points at Miami’s American Airlines Arena. The defeat was only Milwaukee’s ninth loss of the season and helped Miami improve to 39-22 in the Eastern Conference playoff race. The […]
