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LOS ANGELES, Dec 1, 2023 (AFP) – Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 33 points to propel the Oklahoma City Thunder to a 133-110 NBA victory over LeBron James and the weary Los Angeles Lakers on Thursday. Gilgeous-Alexander connected on 11 of 18 shots from the field and made all 10 of his free throws. Jalen Williams scored 21 points and rookie center Chet Holmgren added 18 for the Thunder, who had seven players in double figures. Anthony […]
WASHINGTON, Nov 30, 2023 (AFP) – German forward Franz Wagner’s 31-point performance sparked Orlando to an eighth consecutive victory on Wednesday, ripping Washington 139-120 to move one game behind NBA overall leader Boston. The Magic connected on 60.7 percent of their shots in improving to 13-5 and matching Milwaukee for second in the Eastern Conference behind the Celtics (14-4). “We believe we can win every day and we want to play up to our standards,” […]
Joel Embiid delivered his sixth NBA career triple double on Monday with 30 points, 11 rebounds and 11 assists to lead Philadelphia’s 138-94 rout of the Los Angeles Lakers. The 29-year-old Cameroonian 7-footer (2.13m), last season’s NBA Most Valuable Player, notched his first triple double of the campaign on the same night the 76ers made 22 3-pointers, one shy of the club record in a single game. Embiid made 9-of-15 from the floor, including 2-of-3 […]
LOS ANGELES, Nov 27, 2023 (AFP) – The Milwaukee Bucks erased a 26-point deficit to beat Portland 108-102 on Sunday as Phoenix and Orlando stretched their NBA winning streaks to seven games. Giannis Antetokounmpo scored 33 points and grabbed 16 rebounds for the Bucks. Teammate Damian Lillard added 31 in his first game against his former team and Milwaukee authored the biggest comeback victory of the season so far. Lillard, who played 11 seasons in […]
LOS ANGELES, Nov 26, 2023 (AFP) – Los Angeles big man Anthony Davis scored 23 of his season-high 32 points in the second half on Saturday as the Lakers earned a third straight NBA road win with a hard-fought 121-115 victory over the Cavaliers in Cleveland. Davis added 13 rebounds and three blocked shots, helping the Lakers overcome a slow shooting night from superstar LeBron James against his former club, which honored the league’s all-time […]
LOS ANGELES, Nov 25, 2023 (AFP) – The Orlando Magic dealt the Boston Celtics’ NBA in-season tournament hopes a blow on Friday as the Houston Rockets knocked reigning champions Denver out of the new competition. Houston’s Jalen Green scored 25 points and Alperen Sengun added 21 points and 15 rebounds for the Rockets, who withstood another monster game from Denver’s two-time NBA Most Valuable Player Nikola Jokic to win 105-86. Jokic scored a season-high 38 […]
Jaylen Brown scored 26 points as the Boston Celtics got back to winning ways with a 119-116 victory over the Milwaukee Bucks in their top-of-the-table NBA Eastern Conference clash on Wednesday. The Celtics had kissed goodbye to a six-game winning streak on Monday after crashing to an upset defeat against the lowly ranked Charlotte Hornets. But Boston ensured there was no chance of a repeat against Giannis Antetokounmpo and the visiting Bucks in Wednesday’s game […]
Phoenix star Kevin Durant scored 39 points and thwarted Utah’s Lauri Markkanen at the final buzzer on Sunday as the Suns beat the Jazz 140-137 in an NBA double-overtime thriller. Durant added eight rebounds and 10 assists while Devin Booker scored 26 points for the Suns. Markkanen led Utah with 38 points and grabbed 17 rebounds. Durant scored eight points in the second overtime, which the Suns led 138-135 with 43.2 seconds left. Markkanen’s layup […]
Jimmy Butler scored 36 points to help the Miami Heat shake off a slow start and beat the Brooklyn Nets 122-115 on Thursday, pushing their NBA winning streak to seven games. The Heat, with Tyler Herro still sidelined by injury, missed 10 of their first 11 shots, but the Nets couldn’t build a lead of more than six points in the first quarter. By halftime the Heat were up 60-52, and Butler scored 18 in […]
NEW YORK, Nov 14, 2023 (AFP) – Jayson Tatum and Kristaps Porzingis led a second-half fightback as the Boston Celtics overpowered the New York Knicks 114-98 in the NBA on Monday. Tatum finished with 35 points – including 17 in the fourth quarter – while Porzingis added 21 to fire the Celtics to their eighth win of the season. “First half, they were scoring at will, but second half we started making stops,” Tatum said […]
WASHINGTON, Nov 12, 2023 (AFP) – Philadelphia 76ers forward Kelly Oubre Jr. was hospitalized Saturday after he was struck by a car but discharged a few hours later, the NBA team said. Reports said the 27-year-old’s injury does not appear to be life-threatening or season-ending but he is expected to miss considerable playing time. “Kelly Oubre Jr. was a pedestrian struck by a motor vehicle tonight in Center City, Philadelphia,” the 76ers said in a […]
LOS ANGELES, Nov 12, 2023 (AFP) – LeBron James was ruled out of the Los Angeles Lakers home game against the Portland Trail Blazers on Sunday with a calf contusion, the first missed game of the season for the NBA superstar. James, 38, came up limping in the first quarter of the Lakers’ victory over Phoenix on Friday after Suns star Kevin Durant inadvertently caught him with a knee to the shin. Clearly hurting, James […]
