LeBron James scored 35 points as the Cleveland Cavaliers defeated the Toronto Raptors 115-94 Friday to take a 3-0 stranglehold lead in their second round NBA playoff series. James also tallied eight rebounds and seven assists as Cleveland looks ahead to clinching the series with a win in game four on Sunday in Toronto. The … Read more
LeBron James became the NBA’s second all-time leading scorer in the postseason with a 39 point performance as the Cleveland Cavaliers crushed the Toronto Raptors 125-103 in game two of their playoff series. James nailed a three pointer in the second half to surpass Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (5,762 points) for second place. Michael Jordan is first … Read more
LeBron James scored 35 points and grabbed 10 rebounds on Monday, leading the reigning NBA champion Cleveland Cavaliers over Toronto 116-105 in the opener of their second-round playoff series. Kyrie Irving added 24 points and 10 assists while Kevin Love had 18 points and nine rebounds as the Cavaliers seized the edge in the best-of-seven … Read more
The Indiana Pacers formally confirmed Larry Bird’s departure as president of basketball operations on Monday, with the NBA great saying his sudden departure was not related to his health or the team. News of the 60-year-old’s exit stunned the NBA when it emerged last week, with Bird walking away from his home-state club after two … Read more
DeMar DeRozan delivered 32 points as the Toronto Raptors rebounded after blowing a 25-point second half lead to defeat the Milwaukee Bucks 92-89 to reach the second round of the NBA playoffs. The Raptors used a 9-0 surge late in the fourth quarter at Milwaukee’s Bradley Center arena to win the first-round Eastern Conference series … Read more
The Toronto Raptors moved within one win of advancing in the NBA playoffs on Monday with a 118-93 home victory over the Milwaukee Bucks. Norman Powell, starting for the second time in the best-of-seven Eastern Conference first-round series, scored 25 points for the Raptors, who took a 3-2 lead and will try to clinch the … Read more
LeBron James scored 33 points and made key plays late to give the defending NBA champion Cleveland Cavaliers a 106-102 victory at Indiana and a sweep of their playoff series. The Cavaliers defeated the Pacers 4-0 in their best-of-seven Eastern Conference first-round matchup and will next face the winner between the Toronto Raptors and Milwaukee … Read more
The NBA champion Cleveland Cavaliers escaped with a 109-108 victory over the Indiana Pacers on Saturday in the opening game of the 2017 playoffs. Indiana’s C. J. Miles missed a wide-open jump shot at the buzzer after the Cavaliers, as they often did in the waning stages of the regular-season, let the game get complicated … Read more
Paul George delivered 32 points and 11 rebounds as the Indiana Pacers punched their ticket to the NBA postseason on Wednesday with a 104-86 victory over the Atlanta Hawks. Jeff Teague added 19 points and seven assists before twisting his left ankle and leaving the game in the fourth quarter as the Pacers grabbed the … Read more
Gerald Green scored 18 points as the Boston Celtics clinched their first Eastern Conference title in nine years with a 112-94 win over the Milwaukee Bucks on the final night of the NBA regular season. The Celtics finished with a 53-29 record as they claimed the top seed in the East for the first since … Read more
The Atlanta Hawks, with 19 points and 12 rebounds from center Dwight Howard, beat the Charlotte Hornets 103-76 to set an NBA playoff date with the Washington Wizards. The Hawks’ fourth straight victory assured them of the fifth seed in the Eastern Conference and guaranteed they’ll play the fourth-seeded Wizards in the first round when … Read more
LeBron James may have pipped him to last year’s NBA Finals crown, but Stephen Curry remains the king of replica shirt sales, the league confirmed Tuesday. Golden State Warriors star Curry, the reigning MVP, topped a list of the best-selling jerseys from the 2016-2017 season, which concludes on Wednesday. James, who led the Cleveland Cavaliers … Read more
Cavaliers coach Tyronn Lue called the Cavaliers’ loss to the Hawks on Sunday “stupid.” If only he waited a couple days for perspective. Cleveland lost again to Atlanta on Sunday, blowing a 26-point fourth-quarter lead. LeBron James stewed after the game, taking issue with three specific calls down the stretch. All quotes via Joe Vardon … Read more
Citi Sports editor Nathan Quao returns with his column and this week, he takes a quizzical look at Asante Kotoko axing of head coach Zdravko Lugarusic, Chelsea and Spurs’ contest in the Premier League and new triple double king of the NBA, Russell Westbrook. After playing 11 matches in the Ghana Premier League and placing … Read more
Russell Westbrook capped his history-making 42nd triple-double of the season with a game-winning three-pointer on Sunday as his Oklahoma City Thunder knocked the Denver Nuggets out of NBA playoff contention. Westbrook scored 50 points, pulled down 16 rebounds and handed out 10 assists to break the single-season triple-double record set by Oscar Robertson in the … Read more
Jimmy Butler did all he could, but the Chicago Bulls’ defensive lapses proved too costly to overcome in a damaging 107-106 NBA loss to the Brooklyn Nets on Saturday. Butler scored 33 points, but the Bulls’ bid to rally from a lacklustre first half were doomed by their inability to put the brakes on the … Read more
Tim Hardaway Jr. scored 22 points to lead Atlanta to a 114-100 upset win over the defending NBA champion Cleveland Cavaliers despite sitting their starters. The Hawks didn’t use any of their five starters against LeBron James’s Cavaliers who had their four game win streak snapped. James finished with 27 points but it wasn’t enough … Read more
LeBron James’s 18 points in the Cleveland Cavaliers’s 122-102 victory over the Orlando Magic on Tuesday marked his 788th straight game in which he scored in double digits, moving him to second on the NBA’s all-time list. James’s 18 were part of a triple-double that also included 11 rebounds and 11 assists — his 12th … Read more
Stephen Curry scored 42 points as the Golden State Warriors romped towards the playoffs with a 139-115 thrashing of the Washington Wizards on Sunday. Curry broke the 40-point barrier for the fourth time this season while Draymond Green added a triple-double to guide the Warriors to their 11th consecutive victory. The Warriors are now only … Read more
The Boston Celtics hit the 50-win mark for the first time in six NBA seasons on Sunday with a wire-to-wire 110-94 victory over the New York Knicks. “A couple of years ago I would have thought that would be something we would have to build for a while for,” admitted coach Brad Stevens, now in … Read more