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NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Forget LeBron James making his eighth consecutive trip to the NBA Finals. The Cleveland Cavaliers star might have trouble just getting out of the opening round of the playoffs. Victor Oladipo scored a game-high 32 points to power the Indiana Pacers over the host Cavaliers 98-80 on Sunday in the opening game of their first-round NBA playoff series. “Stay calm, stay composed, play the game I have all year […]
UNITED STATES (AFP) — Results from Saturday’s NBA first-round playoff games (all series best-of-seven): Eastern Conference At Toronto Toronto 114 — Washington 106 (Toronto lead series 1-0) At Philadelphia Philadelphia 130 — Miami Heat 103 (Philadelphia lead series 1-0) Western Conference At Oakland, California Golden State 113 — San Antonio 92 (Golden State lead series 1-0) At Portland, Oregon Portland Trail Blazers 95 — New Orleans Pelicans 97 (New Orleans lead series 1-0) © […]
CLEVELAND, United States (AFP) — A game-by-game look at the Golden State Warriors’ 2017 NBA playoff win streak, which became the longest in North American pro sports playoff history on Wednesday: First Round April 16: Golden State 121 Portland 109 April 19: Golden State 110 Portland 81 April 22: Golden State 119 Portland 113 April 24: Golden State 128 Portland 103 Second Round May 2: Golden State 106 Utah 94 May 4: Golden State 115 […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Cleveland superstar Lebron James surpassed NBA icon Michael Jordan as the league’s all-time playoff scoring leader on Thursday in the Cavaliers’ Eastern Conference finals game against the Celtics in Boston. With a three-pointer in the third quarter James, 32, took his total of playoff points to 5,989 — two more than Jordan’s 5,987. He entered the contest needing 28 points to surpass Jordan. Jordan, who led the Chicago Bulls to […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — San Antonio Spurs forward Kawhi Leonard said Wednesday he expects to be on the court for a crucial NBA playoff game against the Houston Rockets despite a left ankle injury. Leonard rolled his ankle with 5:37 remaining in the third quarter Tuesday and while he played half of the fourth quarter he was absent for over-time as the Spurs defeated visiting Houston 110-107. That gave the Spurs a 3-2 lead […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The Washington Wizards regained control of their first round NBA playoff series as they defeated the Atlanta Hawks 103-99 Wednesday with the help of a 27-point performance by Bradley Beal. John Wall delivered 20 points and 14 assists as the fourth seeded Wizards lead the best of seven Eastern Conference series three games to two. Otto Porter scored 17 points and sank nine of 10 free throws for the Wizards, […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Results on Thursday in the NBA playoffs (series best of seven): Eastern Conference at Cleveland Cleveland Cavaliers 119 Indiana Pacers 114 (Cleveland leads series 3-0) at Milwaukee Milwaukee Bucks 104 Toronto Raptors 77 (Bucks lead series 2-1) Western Conference at Memphis Memphis Grizzlies 105 San Antonio Spurs 94 (San Antonio leads series 2-1) © Agence France-Presse
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Results on Wednesday in the NBA playoffs (series best of seven): Eastern Conference at Washington Washington Wizards 109 Atlanta Hawks 101 (Wizards lead series 2-0) Western Conference at Houston Houston Rockets 115 Oklahoma City Thunder 111 (Rockets lead series 2-0) at Oakland Golden State Warriors 110 Portland Trail Blazers 81 (Warriors lead series 2-0) © Agence France-Presse
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Results on Tuesday in the NBA playoffs (series best of seven): Eastern Conference At Boston Chicago Bulls 111 Boston Celtics 97 (Bulls lead series 2-0 At Toronto Toronto Raptors 106 Milwaukee Bucks 100 (Series tied 1-1) Western Conference At Los Angeles Los Angeles Clippers 99 Utah Jazz 91 (Series tied 1-1) © Agence France-Presse
