Nuggets Beat Wolves To Lock Down 6th Seed In West
The Denver Nuggets earned themselves another postseason date with the Los Angeles Lakers. Whether that is a good thing or a bad thing remains to be seen.
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The Denver Nuggets earned themselves another postseason date with the Los Angeles Lakers. Whether that is a good thing or a bad thing remains to be seen.
Knicks coach Mike Woodson has confirmed that point guard Jeremy Lin will not play in the first round of the NBA playoffs. If the Knicks manage to advance, however, it is undetermined whether the 23-year-old will be able to suit up and take the floor.
J.R. Smith scored 22 points for the Knicks, who pulled away in the second half to clinch the Eastern Conference's No. 7 seed and a first-round playoff matchup against No. 2 Miami beginning Saturday.
The biggest question for Knicks fans: do you want your team to face the Chicago Bulls or Miami Heat?
The Bulls have won home court advantage for the first round in the Eastern Conference playoffs, with the Miami Heat having lost Tuesday night.
Veteran point guard Keyon Dooling spoke with Toucher & Rich about being the Vice President for the NBA Players Association during the lockout, the seven game suspension of Ron Artest and hyping up Celtics guard Avery Bradley.
Metta World Peace has been suspended for seven games without pay for elbowing Oklahoma City Thunder guard James Harden, the NBA has announced.
With the Clippers losing, the Los Angeles Lakers win the Pacific Division and clinch the 3rd spot in the Western Conference.
The mayor of Sacramento and the Maloofs have scheduled one last face-to-face meeting to try and save the proposed downtown arena.
Los Angeles Lakers forward Metta World Peace was suspended seven games by the NBA on Tuesday for throwing a vicious elbow at Oklahoma City's James Harden, meaning the Los Angeles starter likely will miss six playoff games.
The Lakers jersey says World Peace on the back. The player wearing it is still Ron Artest, and he's in trouble again with the NBA.
It just goes to show that David Stern is who we thought he was. Speaking to the Associated Press, the NBA Commissioner said it might be better for Sacramento officials and the Maloofs to go through a "cooling off" period.
Although NBA Commissioner David Stern on Friday said the Maloof family was well within its rights to back away from the new downtown arena deal, he didn't hide his disappointment that the project has fallen apart, something Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson confirmed later in the day.
As the Maloofs were readying to the address the other NBA owners in New York City on Thursday, back across the country a group of Sacramento business owners were calling for the family to sell the team.
From a raucous, rowdy crowd at a rip-roaring sports bar to the neighborhood sports pub where everybody knows your name, the Sacramento area is the place to watch the Kings.
Blake Griffin made three straight jumpers in the closing minutes to finish with 14 points and nine rebounds, overcoming a bruising battle with DeMarcus Cousins to lift the Los Angeles Clippers to a 93-85 victory over the Sacramento Kings on Thursday night.
Although they agreed to the framework of a deal for a new downtown arena last month, it's becoming more and more apparent that the Sacramento Kings owners have a lot of questions about the $391 million project.
NBA Commissioner David Stern is framing Sacramento's arena debate in a new way.
Tyreke Evans is still making the adjustment from point guard to small forward for the Sacramento Kings. But Evans certainly looked comfortable Monday night. He had 24 points, 10 rebounds and seven assists for the Kings, who topped the slumping Minnesota Timberwolves 116-108.
Gerald Green tied the score with a thundering one-handed dunk from the baseline and added a go-ahead basket moments later, and the New Jersey Nets rallied from 19 points down in the second half to beat the Golden State Warriors 102-100 on Friday night.
