May 19, 2013

NBA Playoff Roundup: Heat slides by Bulls 104-94 / Spurs beat Warriors 102-92

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(PhatzRadio / AP) — CHICAGO – So much for South Beach style. The Miami Heat showed again they can get down and dirty. LeBron James came on strong down the stretch to finish with 25 points, Chris Bosh added 20 points and 19 rebounds, and the Heat followed up the most lopsided playoff win in [...]

NBA Playoff Roundup: Bulls stun Heat 93-86 in Game 1 of Eastern semis

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(PhatzRadio / AP) — MIAMI — Only one team has held the Miami Heat below 90 points on their home floor this season. That would be the Chicago Bulls, and for good measure, they’ve now done it twice. So by now, it’s obvious: If there’s a team in the NBA that has Miami’s number, it [...]

Person with knowledge tells AP: LeBron James to get MVP award for 4th time

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Miami Heat’s LeBron James goes up for a dunk in the first half of an NBA basketball game against the Philadelphia 76ers in Philadelphia March 13, 2013.(AP / Matt Slocum) (PhatzRadio / AP) — LeBron James is getting his fourth Most Valuable Player award — and the only mystery left is whether the vote was [...]

NBA Playoff Roundup: Heat’s Allen breaks career playoff record for 3-pointers

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MILWAUKEE – Ray Allen scored 23 points and broke the NBA career playoff record for 3-pointers, and the Miami Heat used another of their patented runs to beat the Milwaukee Bucks 104-91 on Thursday night for a 3-0 lead in their first-round series. The Heat can complete the sweep in Game 4 on Sunday at [...]

NBA Playoff Roundup: Carmelo Anthony scores 34 as New York beats Boston

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(PhatzRadio / AP) — NEW YORK, N.Y. – Carmelo Anthony scored 34 points, Sixth Man of the Year J.R. Smith added 19, and New York opened a 2-0 lead over Boston with an 87-71 victory Tuesday night. Raymond Felton added 16 points for the Knicks, who used a 27-4 run spanning halftime to blow it [...]

NBA Playoffs Roundup: Durant and Westbrook lead dominant Thunder in Game 1, routing Harden’s Rockets 120-91

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(PhatzRadio / AP) — OKLAHOMA CITY – Kevin Durant scored 24 points, Russell Westbrook made a run at a triple-double in three quarters and the Oklahoma City Thunder routed ex-teammate James Harden and the Houston Rockets 120-91 on Sunday night in Game 1 of their playoff series. After letting Houston wipe away an 11-point deficit [...]

NBA Playoff primer: Eastern Conference

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(PhatzRadio / SI) — The interlude between the conclusion of the NBA regular season and the start of the playoffs lasts but a few short days, during which players and coaches are expected to thoroughly prepare for the series to come while fans attempt to make sense of complicated, fast-approaching matchups. The Point Forward is [...]

NBA Roundup: LeBron sits as Heat down Cavs 96-95

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(PhatzRadio / AP) — CLEVELAND — LeBron James watched from the bench in street clothes as Norris Cole stripped Kyrie Irving of the ball with 2.2 seconds left to give the Miami Heat, resting most of their top players for the playoffs, a 96-95 win over the Cleveland Cavaliers on Monday night. Cole finished with [...]

NBA Roundup: Kobe Bryant scores a season-high 47; Lakers beat Trail Blazers

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(PhatzRadio / AP) — PORTLAND, Ore. — Kobe Bryant scored a season-high 47 points and the Los Angeles Lakers pulled closer to a playoff berth with a 113-106 victory over the short-handed Portland Trail Blazers on Wednesday night. The Lakers moved a game up on the Utah Jazz for the eighth and final playoff spot [...]

NBA Roundup: Carmelo Anthony leads Knicks to Atlantic Division title in win

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(Jason Szenes for The New York Times / Carmelo Anthony, with 36 points, tied a Knicks record with his fifth straight game of 35 or more.) (PhatzRadio / AP) — NEW YORK — The New York Knicks romped to their first Atlantic Division title since 1994, getting 36 points from Carmelo Anthony and beating the [...]