Russell Westbrook moved into a tie with Wilt Chamberlain on the regular season triple double list as the Oklahoma City Thunder shut down the San Antonio Spurs with a 102-92 victory on Thursday. Westbrook recorded his 31st triple double to tie Chamberlain for the second-most triple doubles in a NBA season and he did it … Read more
Kawhi Leonard won an epic duel with James Harden as the San Antonio Spurs downed the Houston Rockets 112-110 in a thrilling NBA battle on Monday. Leonard and Harden, two of the most in-form players in the league, both finished with identical tallies of 39 points after a pulsating shoot-out between the Texas rivals in … Read more
Andrew Bogut’s season with the Cleveland Cavaliers may have lasted less than a minute after the Australian suffered a broken leg on his debut for NBA champions on Monday. Bogut limped out of the Cavs’ clash with the Miami Heat after just 58 seconds after colliding forward Okaro White. Bogut was helped to the locker … Read more
Glenn Robinson drained a three-pointer with six-tenths of a second remaining Sunday as the Indiana Pacers erased a six-point deficit in the final two minutes to stun the Atlanta Hawks 97-96. The host Hawks had erased an 11-point second-half deficit and led 96-90 with 1:43 to play — but didn’t score again. Baskets from Indiana’s … Read more
Defending NBA champion Cleveland added more support for superstar LeBron James on Saturday, signing forward Derrick Williams to a contract for the remainder of the season. Cavaliers general manager David Griffin announced the move after Williams, 25, had played out his second 10-day contract and inked a $268,000 deal. Williams, a three-time All-Star who was … Read more
President Donald Trump has defended Attorney General Jeff Sessions as “an honest man” amid calls for him to quit. The Democrats say Mr Sessions “lied on oath” at his confirmation hearing about contacts with the Russian ambassador. Mr Trump said Mr Sessions “could have stated his response more accurately but it was clearly not intentional” … Read more
President Donald Trump’s senior aide Jared Kushner and ousted adviser Michael Flynn met with the Russian ambassador to the United States at a time when the Trump administration’s relationship with the Russians was under close scrutiny. Kushner and Flynn sat down in December at Trump Tower with Sergey Kislyak, according to a senior administration official, … Read more
Isaiah Thomas took charge in the fourth quarter to power the Boston Celtics to a 103-99 victory over the defending NBA champion Cleveland Cavaliers despite a triple-double from LeBron James. James posted the 49th triple-double of his career but Thomas did him one better down the stretch in a battle between the Eastern Conference’s top … Read more
LeBron James shrugged off his recent illness to post 24 points as the Cleveland Cavaliers outlasted the Milwaukee Bucks 102-95 on Monday. Reigning NBA finals MVP James added 10 rebounds and six assists as Cleveland bounced back from Saturday’s defeat to Chicago to cement their place at the top of the Eastern Conference. The Cavaliers … Read more
Australian centre Andrew Bogut was waived by the Philadelphia 76ers on Monday, just days after he was acquired by the team in a trade. Philly acquired Bogut last Thursday in a deal with the Dallas Mavericks to capture Nerlens Noel in exchange for the Aussie, Justin Anderson and a 2017 first-round draft pick. The Cleveland … Read more
James Harden led a balanced scoring attack with 24 points as the Houston Rockets set a league record for three pointers with a 142-130 win over the Minnesota Timberwolves on Saturday. Harden also had 10 assists and finished five of 11 from beyond the arc for the Rockets, who improved to 42-18. Houston made 22 … Read more
LeBron James recorded his sixth triple-double of the season on Thursday as the Cleveland Cavaliers maintained their mastery over the New York Knicks with a 119-104 NBA triumph. James scored 18 points, pulled down 13 rebounds and handed out 15 assists for the 48th regular-season triple-double of his career. Kyrie Irving led Cleveland with 23 … Read more
Former New York Knicks star Charles Oakley, thrown out of Madison Square Garden two weeks ago, was courtside in Cleveland on Thursday as the Knicks visited the Cavaliers. Oakley, whose simmering feud with Knicks owner James Dolan sparked NBA-wide comment when it boiled over this month, sat with Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert next to the … Read more
LeBron James resumes his bid for a seventh consecutive NBA Finals appearance Thursday while the Golden State Warriors plan their third consecutive finals trip and Russell Westbrook takes aim at history. And with the NBA trade deadline Thursday along with the resumption of play following the mid-season NBA All-Star Game break, the championship chase swings … Read more
Anthony Davis scored a record 52 points on his home court as the West team continued their domination by outgunning the East 192-182 in the 66th annual NBA All-Star Game. The New Orleans Pelicans star Davis was named MVP and broke the scoring record of 42 points set by Wilt Chamberlain in 1962. He made … Read more
LeBron James scored 31 points, Kyrie Irving added 26 and Kyle Korver had 22 to spark defending NBA champion Cleveland over the visiting Indiana Pacers 113-104. In their final game before Sunday’s 66th NBA All-Star Game, the Cavaliers won their third game in a row and seventh in eight starts to stand 39-16 and atop … Read more
They may have been buffeted by crises on and off the court, but the New York Knicks remain the most valuable franchise in the NBA, Forbes reported on Wednesday. The Knicks are languishing in the bottom half of the Eastern Conference after a 23-33 start to the season which last week saw former star Charles … Read more
LeBron James and Kyrie Irving each scored 25 points as the Cleveland Cavaliers withstood a huge night from Andrew Wiggins to record a 116-108 win over the Minnesota Timberwolves. Canada’s Wiggins finished with a game-high 41 points for the Timberwolves, equalling his second-highest point total this NBA season. James also had 14 assists for Cleveland, … Read more
No-one likes being mistaken for someone else – especially if that someone else has been their sworn rival for more than a century. So when Guns N’ Roses yelled “Hello, Sydney” as they walked on stage in Melbourne, they were unsurprisingly met with a chorus of boos. And to make matters worse, the veteran rockers … Read more
Cleveland Cavaliers star Kevin Love is to seek a second opinion on his left knee after undergoing a scan at the weekend, coach Tyronn Lue said Monday. Love, 28, underwent a scan on the knee on Sunday after experiencing pain in the joint during Saturday’s 125-109 win over Denver. The four-time NBA All-Star had already … Read more