Chris Paul boosts Clippers in OT for 3-1 series lead vs. Grizzlies
By greg beacham | AP Los Angeles • Chris Paul scored eight of his 27 points in a dynamic overtime performance, and the Los Angeles Clippers moved to the brink of their second playoff series victory in 36 years with a 101-97 win over the Memphis By Pedro Moura | ESPNLosAngeles.com LOS ANGELES — Here [...]
Read MoreOklahoma City Thunder sweep Dallas Mavericks
By STEPHEN HAWKINS AP Sports Writer Oklahoma City Thunder Kevin Durant, left, hugs head coach Scott Brooks in the final seconds of Game 4 in a first-round NBA basketball playoff series against the Dallas Mavericks, Saturday, May 5, 2012, in Dallas. May Madness has made an appearance. The intrigue returned to the NBA Playoffs in [...]
Read MoreVideo: Paul Pierce Tebows in Celtics' win; Smith injured
RARE CELTICS PERFORMANCE: Paul Pierce posted a statistical performance that hadn't been done by a Boston Celtics player in the playoffs since 1977. Pierce finished with 36 points and 14 rebounds, the first Celtic to reach those levels in a playoff game With Rajon Rondo missing this game due to suspension, the Boston Celtics needed [...]
Read MoreJordan Hill assault charge is newest distraction for Lakers
Reserve forward Jordan Hill, suddenly a key part of the Lakers rotation, is facing a third-degree felony assault charge in Houston from a Feb. 29 incident when he was a member of the Rockets. Hill faces 2 to 10 years in prison By Cindy Boren Jordan Hill defends against Ty Lawson in Game 1 of [...]
Read MoreJordan Hill Charged In Choking Case
Reserve forward Jordan Hill, suddenly a key part of the Lakers rotation, is facing a third-degree felony assault charge in Houston from a Feb. 29 incident when he was a member of the Rockets. Hill faces 2 to 10 years in prison Hill had been averaging 2.2 points and 1.6 rebounds as a Laker. By [...]
Read MoreStern: Rajon Rondo bumped ref
ATLANTA — Boston Celtics coach Doc Rivers said point guard Rajon Rondo talked with league security on Monday morning, but was still awaiting a verdict on whether he'll be suspended after bumping a game official during the final moments of Sunday's ATLANTA — The Boston Celtics lost Game 1 – and they may have lost [...]
Read MoreKevin Durant's last-second jumper lifts Thunder by Mavs in Game 1
All but unnoticed, Kevin Durant made an announcement no one had been awaiting. Forgoing a chance to sort out his own list of glamour markets, he had agreed to a five-year extension in Oklahoma City. Durant, who is from suburban Washington, Kevin Durant didn't have a great Game 1 in the Oklahoma City Thunder's first-round [...]
Read MoreKevin Durant embracing closer role
THUNDER 99, MAVERICKS 98 — This time Kevin Durant didn't settle for a long 3-pointer. This time he drove and delivered the game-winner in Game 1 of the Western Conference playoff series. By DARNELL MAYBERRY, Staff Writer, | Published: April 29, No. No no noooooooo. Seriously, we had no other reaction to the news about [...]
Read MoreMetta World Peace Suspended 7 Games for Elbow
HANG TIME WEST – The NBA on Tuesday suspended Metta World Peace seven games for the unprovoked elbow to the head of James Harden, a discipline that will cost the Lakers their starting small forward for at least the bulk of the first round of the (CBS/AP) LOS ANGELES – Metta World Peace was subdued [...]
Read MoreHarden being evaluated, another NBA player throws an elbow
I was one of those Internet people who participated in the rebranding of Ron Artest when he arrived in LA a couple years ago. I wrote a sidebar to this Maxim article that branded Artest as the NBA's most lovable goofball, an article included bullshit The man formerly known as Ron Artest showed some signs [...]
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