LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jimmy Butler scored 31 points, Stephen Curry added 23 and the Golden State Warriors overcame Luka Doncic’s 43-point performance to beat the Los Angeles Lakers, 119-109, on Tuesday night, Oct. 21, in both teams ' season opener. LeBron James missed a season opener for the...
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Thunder fans got everything they wanted on Tuesday, Oct. 21 — a ring ceremony, a championship banner unveiling and a win over ex-Oklahoma City star Kevin Durant and the Houston Rockets. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, the reigning MVP, hit two free throws with 2.3 seconds...
Former MVP Russell Westbrook is joining the Sacramento Kings, a person familiar with the agreement told The Associated Press on Wednesday, Oct. 15. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the team hasn’t announced the deal. Westbrook 's agent, Jeff Schwartz, confirmed the deal to...
EL SEGUNDO, California (AP) — LeBron James will miss opening night of his record 23rd NBA season due to sciatica that will be re-evaluated in three to four weeks, the Los Angeles Lakers announced Thursday, Oct. 9. The 40-year-old superstar will be sidelined at least until the end of October with...
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Shai Gilgeous-Alexander knows the outside view of him and the Oklahoma City Thunder squad he leads have changed significantly in the past year. Gilgeous-Alexander is the reigning MVP and the Thunder are the defending NBA champions — firsts for both. Now, a team that rarely...
LAS VEGAS (AP) — The NBA may finally be one step closer on the long road to expansion. Saying owners have a “curiosity" about the notion, Commissioner Adam Silver said Tuesday, July 15, that the league will now study the issue more formally as part of an in-depth analysis, which would be the...
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Cooper Flagg made his professional debut Thursday night, July 10, in the NBA Summer League and celebrated an 87-85 win over Bronny James and the Los Angeles Lakers. Flagg finished with 10 points on 5-for-21 shooting, including 0 for 5 from 3-point range. He also had six rebounds,...
The Sacramento Kings finally unveiled their NBA Summer League roster for the preseason tournament set in Las Vegas, Nevada. And there’s no Kevin Quiambao. Sacramento has announced its lineup with this year’s draftees Nique Clifford and Maxime Raynaud bannering the pack for the competition...
Kevin Quiambao is shutting out the noise as he hopes to keep his focus in putting in the work to get closer to his NBA dream. The 24-year-old forward has been in the gym since arriving in Sacramento last Thursday, July 3, participating in scrimmages that also involved US NCAA standouts, G-League...
Kevin Quiambao begins his quest of realizing his NBA dream as he arrived in Sacramento, California on Thursday, July 3 (Manila time). The 24-year-old Quiambao posted a story on his social media account which showed him arriving in the US where he aims to join training camps and impress scouts from...
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Kevin Durant and Tyrese Haliburton entered their respective NBA Finals elimination games with strained right calves. Each wound up leaving early with torn right Achilles tendons. Durant, a perennial All-Star and the league 's 2014 MVP, missed the whole next season as he...
DALLAS (AP) — The Duke plan is coming together nicely for the Mavericks. As expected, Dallas took Cooper Flagg with the No. 1 overall pick in the NBA draft on Wednesday night, June 25. The sudden fortune of winning the lottery with a 1.8% chance officially paid off about 24 hours after the Mavs...
