May 20, 2013

NBA Playoff Roundup: Heat rally past Bulls to win Game 5 and advance, 94-91

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(PhatzRadio / AP) — MIAMI – Knowing his team needed him at his best, Dwyane Wade retreated to the Miami Heat locker room after the third quarter for some quick treatment on his aching right knee. When he came back, he was good as new. And now he can rest until the Eastern Conference finals. [...]

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 [...]

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 Roundup: Heat set franchise home mark, top Bulls 105-93

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(PhatzRadio / AP) — MIAMI — LeBron James scored 24 points, Dwyane Wade added 22 and the Miami Heat set a franchise record for home wins in a season, beating the Chicago Bulls 105-93 on Sunday. Mario Chalmers and Chris Andersen each scored 15 for Miami, which improved to 36-4 at home — topping the [...]

NBA Roundup: Lakers lose Kobe, survive thriller with Warriors

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(PhatzRadio / AP) — LOS ANGELES — Kobe Bryant scored 34 points while playing much of the second half in obvious pain with an injured left leg, and the Los Angeles Lakers rallied in the final minutes without him to stay in the playoff picture with a 118-116 victory over the Golden State Warriors on [...]

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 [...]

NBA Roundup: LeBron scores 36, Heat roll in New Orleans

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(PhatzRadio / AP) — NEW ORLEANS — LeBron James scored 36 points, hitting six consecutive 3-pointers in less than six minutes during the first half, and the Miami Heat rebounded from their first loss in nearly two months to beat the New Orleans Hornets 108-89 on Friday night. The Heat, whose 27-game winning streak ended [...]

NBA Roundup: Celts wilt in the Heat 105-103

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(JIM DAVIS/GLOBE STAFF / The late heroics of LeBron James offset a career-high 43 points by Jeff Green as the Heat beat the Celtics, 105-103.) (PhatzRadio / AP) — Miami’s last trip to Boston on Jan. 2 resulted in a double-overtime loss that triggered a Celtics renaissance. But tonight the Heat came in with something [...]

NBA Roundup: No Kobe – No problem / Lakers win; Heat keep streak alive

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LeBron James #6 of the Miami Heat shoots over DeShawn Stevenson #92 of the Atlanta Hawks at American Airlines Arena on March 12, 2013 in Miami, Florida. (March 11, 2013 – Source: Chris Trotman/Getty Images North America) MILWAUKEE (AP) — LeBron James and Chris Bosh each scored 28 points, and the Miami Heat made it [...]