LOS ANGELES (AFP) -- Devin Booker scored 47 points and Kevin Durant added 39 as the Phoenix Suns clawed back into their NBA Western Conference semifinal series on Friday, May 5, with a 121-114 victory over the Denver Nuggets. *Devin Booker of the Phoenix Suns celebrates during the final moments of...
LOS ANGELES (AFP) -- Jayson Tatum scored 27 points to lead six Boston players in double figures on Friday, May 5, as the Celtics beat the Philadelphia 76ers 114-102 to take a 2-1 lead in their NBA Eastern Conference semifinal series. *Jayson Tatum of the Boston Celtics reacts against Joel Embiid of...
WASHINGTON (AFP) -- A former Detroit Pistons employee said on Thursday, May 4, she was sexually harassed and assaulted by former team executive Rob Murphy, leading to his firing as assistant general manager a day earlier. DeJanai Raska told Detroit's WJBK television that Murphy groped her in front...
WASHINGTON (AFP) -- Mike Budenholzer was fired on Thursday, May 4, as coach of the Milwaukee Bucks, ousted after a first-round playoff exit only two years after guiding them to their first NBA crown in 50 years. *Mike Budenholzer (AFP)* The Bucks went a league-best 58-24 this season but the Eastern...
SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) --Â Klay Thompson caught fire Thursday, May 4, drilling eight of Golden State Warriors' 21 three-pointers in a crushing 127-100 victory over the Los Angeles Lakers that leveled their NBA Western Conference semifinals at one game apiece. *Klay Thompson of the Golden State...
LOS ANGELES (AFP) -- The Boston Celtics produced an exhibition of three-point shooting to blow away the Philadelphia 76ers 121-87 and square their Eastern Conference playoff series on Wednesday, May 3. *J* *aylen Brown of the Boston Celtics dunks the ball over Joel Embiid of the Philadelphia 76ers...
SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) --Â Anthony Davis scored 30 points and led a defensive masterclass as the Los Angeles Lakers defeated the Golden State Warriors 117-112 on the road to take a 1-0 lead in their NBA Western Conference playoff series on Tuesday, May 2. Â *Anthony Davis of the Los Angeles...
NEW YORK (AFP) -- Jalen Brunson scored 30 points as the New York Knicks defeated the Miami Heat 111-105 to square their Eastern Conference playoff semi-final series at 1-1 on Tuesday, May 2. *Jalen Brunson of the New York Knicks heads for the net as Bam Adebayo  and Max Strus of the Miami...
LOS ANGELES (AFP) — Philadelphia 76ers star Joel Embiid was named the NBA's Most Valuable Player on Tuesday, May 2, comfortably winning a ballot ahead of the Denver Nuggets' two-time award winner Nikola Jokic. *Joel Embiid (AFP)* Embiid, who finished runner-up behind Jokic the past two...
NEW YORK (AFP) -- Jimmy Butler is battling to be fit as Miami Heat look to take a stranglehold on the playoff series against the New York Knicks at Madison Square Garden on Tuesday, May 2. *Jimmy Butler of the Miami Heat reacts after he falls in the third quarter against the New York Knicks during...
LOS ANGELES (AFP) -- LeBron James said the Los Angeles Lakers cannot afford to make any mistakes when they face off against Stephen Curry and the Golden State Warriors in their blockbuster playoff series opener on Tuesday, May 2. *LeBron James of the Los Angeles Lakers in the first half of Game...
NEW YORK (AFP) — James Harden scored a career playoff-high 45 points as the Philadelphia 76ers overcame the absence of Joel Embiid to stun the Boston Celtics in game one of their Eastern Conference semifinal series on Monday, May 1. *James Harden of the Philadelphia 76ers takes a shot against...
