April 18, 2024
Thursday
PLAYING without their top six scorers, including reigning NBA MVP Giannis Antetokuonmpo, who was out with a knee injury for a second straight game, the NBA-leading Milwaukee Bucks (53-12) dropped a 109-95 road decision to the Denver Nuggets and suffered their first three-game losing streak of the season. The Los Angeles Lakers, who beat the […]
THE Detroit Pistons are now in a full rebuilding mode. A house fire sale it has become for the Motor City squad following the trade of center Andre Jamal Drummond and subsequent buyout agreements with guard Reggie Jackson and forward Markieff Morris. Just minutes before the NBA trading deadline last February 6, the Pistons shipped […]
FORMER Cleveland Cavaliers uberstar LeBron James now resides in the Western Conference of the NBA after hooking with the Los Angeles Lakers in this year’s NBA free-agent race on a four-year, $153.3-million deal. With this development, the fans in Boston, Toronto and Philadelphia must be rejoicing as one other perennial powerhouse in the Eastern Conference […]
DOWN 0-2, LeBron James and the struggling Cleveland Cavaliers are in a must-win situation in today’s Game Three of the 2018 National Basketball Association (NBA) Finals against the reigning titlist Golden State Warriors at the Quicken Loans Arena. With the homecourt advantage, the Warriors grabbed a commanding lead in the best-of-seven duel by defeating the […]
THE reigning National Basketball Association champion Golden State Warriors have grabbed a commanding 2-0 lead over the Cleveland Cavaliers in the best-of-seven 2018 NBA Finals. The Warriors protected “home serve” with a pair of wins at the Oracle Arena. The Bay Area squad, winner of the Larry O’Brien championship hardware in two of the last […]
IT’S a win-or-go-home survival game for the reigning National Basketball Association (NBA) titlist Golden State Warriors and the playoffs’ top-seeded Houston Rockets as they battle each other today (Manila time) at the Toyota Center in the decisive Game Seven of the Western final series. Golden State, which had dropped two consecutive games in the series, […]
MULING pinatunayan ni Cleveland Cavaliers forward LeBron James na isa pa rin siya sa mga pinakamahuhusay na manlalaro ngayon sa NBA. Kahapon ay tumira si James ng 44 puntos para pagbidahan ang 111-102 panalo ng Cavs laban sa bisitang Boston Celtics. Babalik ang best-of-seven series sa kampo ng mga Celtics sa Huwebes na tabla ang […]
THE King (LeBron James) still rules. At age 33. The Cleveland Cavaliers have reached the third round of the four-tier National Basketball Association playoffs for the fourth year in a row and will face the winner of the other East semifinal series between the Boston Celtics and Philadelphia 76ers in the conference finals. The Celtics […]
IT’S over. Oh-and-3. RIP, Toronto Raptors and Philadelphia 76ers. Of the 129 teams in National Basketball Association playoff history to fall behind 3-0 in a best-of-seven series, none has ever come back to win. The Cleveland Cavaliers and Boston Celtics, both toting a commanding 3-0 lead over the East top-seeded Raptors and third-seeded 76ers, respectively, […]
TAKE note, The Beard James Harden and the Houston Rockets.The road to the National Basketball Association (NBA) championship will still have to pass through the Bay Area.The reigning NBA titlist Golden State Warriors zoomed to a 2-0 lead against the New Orleans Pelicans in their best-of-seven West semifinal (second round) duel with twin victories at […]