Thaddeus Young swatted away Chris Duhon’s layup attempt — and New York’s final chance to complete what would have been a stunning comeback win. His block with 30 seconds left kept the Knicks from getting within a basket yet again, and quieted fans who had been getting louder with every score. With the last threat [...]
The New Jersey Nets needed something outrageous to beat the Philadelphia 76ers. Devin Harris provided it with a halfcourt heave to beat the buzzer that needed a long review before it counted. Harris hit an unbelievable lunging 47-footer at the horn, and the Nets snapped a season-high five-game losing streak with a 98-96 victory against [...]
Amare Stoudemire could be finished for the season, just days after the Phoenix Suns decided not to trade him. Stoudemire, a starter for the West in last Sunday’s All-Star Game, underwent eye surgery Friday and won’t be able to resume physical activity for about eight weeks, the Suns said in a news release. The NBA [...]
Barely a week into the 2008-09 season, the Denver Nuggets pulled off a blockbuster trade for Chauncey Billups. It not only made them one of the league’s biggest first-half surprises but also a potential title contender. Billups looks to help the Northwest Division-leading Nuggets carry their first-half momentum into the stretch run when they play [...]
Danny Granger has no problem sharing the scoring load with his teammates. Granger had 20 points — five under his season average — but five other Pacers finished in double figures to pick up the slack in Indiana’s 100-91 victory over the Philadelphia 76ers on Tuesday night. “That’s very important,” said Granger, who grabbed 10 [...]
Shaq danced, Kobe dazzled. And just like the good ol’ days, they won again. Bryant led all scorers with 27 points, O’Neal partied his way back onto the All-Star stage with 17 in just 11 minutes, and the Western Conference beat the East 146-119 Sunday night. “It felt like old times,” O’Neal said. “I miss [...]
Terry Porter was fired as coach of the Phoenix Suns, just four months into his first season with the club and the team barely in playoff contention. Porter told the Associated Press on Monday morning that Suns general manager Steve Kerr broke the news to him at a Sunday night meeting. “I’m going to wait [...]
For one weekend, basketball promised to be fun again in Phoenix. The NBA’s best were in town for the All-Star game, bringing the spectacle of endless entertainment, lots of laughs and plenty of points. Just like the Suns used to provide. Now, with the hometown team mired in so much misery that its own All-Star [...]
Nate Robinson tugged on Superman’s cape — and won. The diminutive New York Knicks guard beat defending champion Dwight Howard of Orlando in an electrifying slam dunk contest on Saturday night, winning 52 percent of fans’ votes. Clad in an all-green Knicks uniform with green shoes, Robinson used Howard as a prop in the final [...]
Now that Elton Brand is out for the season, Andre Miller and Andre Iguodala are ready to take charge of Philadelphia’s playoff push. Securing a victory with defensive stops down the stretch instead of enduring a massive fourth-quarter meltdown is a nice first step. Samuel Dalembert had 18 points and 20 rebounds, and Miller and [...]
