SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The winning total last year: 211 points.The winning total this year: 41 points.Members of Shaq's OGs celebrates after winning the NBA All-Star basketball game Sunday, Feb. 16, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez)An All-Star Game like none other — since it was...
PHOENIX (AP) — Kevin Durant became the eighth player in NBA history to score 30,000 points, hitting the mark against the Memphis Grizzlies on Tuesday night, Feb. 11, with a free throw late in the third quarter.Phoenix Suns forward Kevin Durant (35) drives on Memphis Grizzlies guard Vince Williams...
PHOENIX (AP) — Phoenix Suns forward Kevin Durant is out for at least the next week after spraining his left ankle in Tuesday night's win over the San Antonio Spurs.Phoenix Suns forward Kevin Durant reacts after falling to the floor against the San Antonio Spurs during the first half of an NBA...
PHOENIX (AP) — Kevin Durant scored 32 points, Jusuf Nurkic had 20 points and 18 rebounds, and the Phoenix Suns rallied from a 15-point deficit Wednesday night, Nov. 6, to defeat the Miami Heat, 115-112, and extend their winning streak to six games.Miami Heat forward Haywood Highsmith (24) fouled...
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Stephen Curry had 17 points, 10 assists and nine rebounds before sitting for the fourth quarter, and the Golden State Warriors opened the season Wednesday night, Oct. 23, with a 139-104 rout of the Portland Trail Blazers.Buddy Hield had 22 points off the bench for the...
PARIS (AP) — Down by 11 in the fourth quarter, against what looked like overwhelming odds, the U.S. Olympic men's basketball team got a spark.Six points in two seconds.United States' Kevin Durant, LeBron James and Steph Curry celebrate after beating Serbia during a men's semifinals basketball...
VILLENEUVE-D'ASCQ, France (AP) — In the rematch, the U.S. had an easier time with South Sudan than it did when the teams first met a couple of weeks ago.Easier. Not easy.Bam Adebayo, of the United States, reacts after a dunk over Wenyen Gabriel, of South Sudan, in a men's basketball game at the...
VILLENEUVE-D'ASCQ, France (AP) — LeBron James was feeling some nervousness, some butterflies, maybe even a bit of angst as he listened to the national anthem play before his first Olympic game in 12 years.It all went away quickly.LeBron James, right, of the United States, shoots as Nikola Jokic,...
UNITED STATES (AP) -- Kevin Durant practiced with the U.S. Olympic basketball team on Friday, July 19, a major step toward getting him back on track for the Paris Games that open next week.It was Durant's first time on the floor with the team this summer. He strained his calf a few days before the...
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Kevin Durant is dealing with calf soreness that has kept him from being a full participant in USA Basketball's training camp for the Paris Olympics, though he has assured team officials that he does not expect the issue to be a major one.Kevin Durant (AP/File)"Day-to-day,"...
PHOENIX (AP) — Mat Ishbia knows the offseason chatter around the Phoenix Suns is it's a team with a top-heavy roster, salary cap issues and precious little room to maneuver after a disappointing season.The second-year owner doesn't believe it.Phoenix Suns forward Kevin Durant (AP/File...
LeBron James is going back to the Olympics for the first time in 12 years. Stephen Curry is headed to the games for the first time. Kevin Durant will go there with his eyes on history.Los Angeles Lakers forward Anthony Davis (AP)And they're just part of a star-studded roster the Americans have...
