May 23, 2013

NBA Roundup: New York Knicks beat the reeling Orlando Magic 113-97

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Carmelo Anthony #7 of the New York Knicks drives past Nikola Vucevic #9 of the Orlando Magic on January 30, 2013 at Madison Square Garden in New York City. The New York Knicks defeated the Orlando Magic 113-97. (January 29, 2013 – Source: Elsa/Getty Images North America) NEW YORK (AP) — Carmelo Anthony scored 20 [...]

NBA Roundup: Nuggets beat the Thunder 121-118

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Kendrick Perkins #5 of the Oklahoma City Thunder and Kenneth Faried #35 of the Denver Nuggets battle for rebounding position at the Pepsi Center on January 20, 2013 in Denver, Colorado. (January 19, 2013 – Source: Doug Pensinger/Getty Images North America) DENVER (AP) — Kenneth Faried scored the go-ahead layup in overtime, and the Denver [...]

NBA Roundup: Lakers win 2 in a row; beat 76′ers 118-98

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Kobe Bryant #24 of the Los Angeles Lakers puts up a shot in front of Jordan Crawford #15 and Martell Webster #9 of the Washington Wizards during the first half at Verizon Center on December 14, 2012 in Washington, DC. (December 13, 2012 – Source: Rob Carr/Getty Images North America) PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Kobe Bryant [...]

NBA Roundup: Knicks stay perfect, beat Magic 99-89

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Carmelo Anthony #7 and J.R. Smith #8 of the New York Knicks celebrate a foul against the Dallas Mavericks on November 9, 2012 at Madison Square Garden in New York City.The New York Knicks defeated the Dallas Mavericks 104-94. (November 8, 2012 – Source: Elsa/Getty Images North America) ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Carmelo Anthony scored [...]

NBA Roundup: Heat beats Raptors 113-101

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Dwyane Wade #3 of the Miami Heat guards Jason Kidd #2 of the Dallas Mavericks during a game at American Airlines Arena on March 29, 2012 in Miami, Florida. (March 28, 2012 – Photo by Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images North America) TORONTO (AP) — Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh scored 30 points each and the Miami [...]

NBA Roundup: Bulls win in OT against Raptors 102-101

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CHICAGO (AP) — Luol Deng hit a follow-up shot at the buzzer in overtime and the Chicago Bulls beat the Toronto Raptors 102-101 on Saturday night to clinch a playoff spot with their NBA-leading 40th victory. Chicago’s C.J. Watson drove for the basket and Toronto’s James Johnson blocked the attempt, but Deng got the ball [...]

NBA Roundup: Heat slide by Suns 99-95

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MIAMI (AP) — Chris Bosh scored 29 points, LeBron James survived two scary falls and the Miami Heat used a 17-0 fourth-quarter run to erase a 10-point deficit and beat the Phoenix Suns 99-95 on Tuesday night for their 14th straight home victory. James finished with 20 points, Dwyane Wade had 19, and Udonis Haslem [...]

NBA: Rubio out for season with torn ACL

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Pau Gasol #16 of the Los Angeles Lakers and Ricky Rubio #9 of the Minnesota Timberwolves greet before the start of play at Staples Center on February 29, 2012 in Los Angeles, California. (February 28, 2012 – Photo by Harry How/Getty Images North America) MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Ricky Rubio’s sensational rookie season has come to [...]

NBA Roundup: Jeremy Lin stikes again, Knicks beat Raptors 90-87

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TORONTO (AP) — Jeremy Lin made a tiebreaking 3-pointer with less than a second to play to cap his finishing flurry of six straight points, and the New York Knicks rallied to beat the Toronto Raptors 90-87 Tuesday night, extending their winning streak to six games. The NBA’s first American-Taiwanese player, Lin had 27 points [...]

NBA Roundup: Lakers wins against Raptors 94-92

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TORONTO (AP) — Kobe Bryant hit a baseline jumper with 4.2 seconds left and the Los Angeles Lakers wrapped up a six-game road trip by holding on to beat the Raptors 94-92 on Sunday, their eighth victory in nine meetings with Toronto Bryant, who scored 27 points, took an inbound pass from Metta World Peace [...]