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WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Swiss center Clint Capela of the Houston Rockets will miss the next four to six weeks of the NBA season with a right thumb injury, according to multiple reports Monday. The Houston Chronicle and ESPN reported that Capela, who suffered the injury in a Sunday loss to Orlando, underwent an MRI Monday that showed right thumb ligament damage. Capela, who signed a five-year deal worth a reported $80 million, was […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Stephen Curry scored 48 points and drained 11 three pointers as the Golden State Warriors stretched their win streak to four straight with a 119-114 victory over the Dallas Mavericks on Sunday. Curry tallied 24 points in the second half and scored the final seven for two-time defending league champion Golden State. He also made the game-winning shot in a contest that Dallas led by five, 113-108, with just […]
LOS ANGELES, United State (AFP) — Serge Ibaka drained the go-ahead three-pointer with 15.2 seconds left in the second overtime Sunday to lift the Toronto Raptors to a 140-138 NBA victory over the Washington Wizards. Kawhi Leonard led the Raptors with 41 points. That included 10 in overtime as Toronto finally put away the Wizards in a game in which the Raptors led by as many as 23. The Raptors, who improved to an […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — LaMarcus Aldridge tallied a career-high 56 points as the San Antonio Spurs overcame Russell Westbrook’s triple double by outgunning the Oklahoma City Thunder 154-147 in a double overtime thriller on Thursday. Aldridge’s epic performance saw him surpass his previous career high of 45 points which he set against Utah last March. He rattled off seven points in the second overtime as the Spurs outlasted the Thunder one day after […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Dwyane Wade came off the bench to score 19 points and Justise Winslow had 13 points and a career-high 11 assists as the Miami Heat hammered the Boston Celtics 115-99 on Thursday. The Heat, who led by as many as 26 points, used a balanced attack to beat the Celtics as a half dozen players scored in double figures in front of a crowd of 19,600 — their 400th […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — LeBron James faces at least another week on the sidelines as he continues his rehabilitation from a groin injury, the Los Angeles Lakers said on Thursday. James has not played since limping out of the Lakers’ victory over the Golden State Warriors on December 25. A Lakers medical update on Thursday said James was recovering and had been cleared to step up his training. “LeBron James was evaluated by […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Golden State center DeMarcus Cousins, targeting a January 18 NBA season debut after nearly a year sidelined by injury, will start immediately upon his return, Warriors coach Steve Kerr said Thursday. “Yeah I’ll start him,” Kerr told reporters at a Warriors practice. “After that, everything’s on the table. We have to figure out what the rotations will look like, how many minutes he can play. “We’ll have to play […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Milwaukee’s NBA Most Valuable Player contender Giannis Antetokounmpo scored 27 points to lead the Bucks to a hard-fought 116-109 victory Wednesday over reigning MVP James Harden and the Houston Rockets. Antetokounmpo added 21 rebounds and was a physical presence on both ends of the floor as the Bucks battled back from a 60-54 halftime deficit to end the Rockets’ 10-game home winning streak. “He just does everything,” Bucks coach […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Oklahoma City center Nerlens Noel was stretchered off the court on Tuesday after a hard fall in the third quarter of the Thunder’s NBA game against the Minnesota Timberwolves. Noel, 24, took an elbow to the face as he tried to defend Minnesota’s driving Andrew Wiggins and crashed to the court. As he lay motionless, medical personnel were called. His teammates and fans at Oklahoma City’s Chesapeake Energy Arena […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP)Golden State Warriors star Kevin Durant insisted Tuesday he’s just focused on playing and not on a potential free agent departure at the end of this NBA season. “I just focus on playing ball every single day,” Durant said as the Warriors prepared to host the New York Knicks — one of the teams that keeps popping up in rumors as a potential Durant destination. “I can’t control what people say […]
New York, United States (AFP) — Former NBA player Hedo Turkoglu, now a chief advisor to Turkey president Recep Tayyip Erdogan, rebuked New York Knicks center Enes Kanter’s fears about his homeland Monday as a “smear campaign.” Kanter said last week he would not join the Knicks for a game against the Milwaukee Bucks in London on January 17 because he fears he might be murdered by Turkish spies for his criticism of Erdogan, […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — The LeBron James-led Los Angeles Lakers are set to play NBA pre-season games in China next October, facing the Brooklyn Nets in Shanghai and Shenzhen, the league announced Monday. The 13th edition of NBA China Games will mark the 27th and 28th league contests in the nation since 2004, with the Lakers and Nets meeting October 10 at Shanghai and October 12 at Shenzhen. It will mark the second […]
