China played the first exhibition game in the preparation for the 2012 Olympic Games. China faced USA All Star team in Beijing. China dominated from start to finish posting a 106:78 victory. The teams will meet again on Friday. Zhu FangYu (201-F-83) scored 20 points to lead the effort. Sun Yue (206-G/F-85) contributed 15 points, while Wang ShiPeng (196-G/F-83) added [...]
Los Angeles Lakers guard Steve Blake was the unsung hero of his team’s first-round series victory over the Denver Nuggets, scoring 19 points in Game 7. But he learned quickly how a town can turn on him after he missed a potential game-winning 3 in the Lakers’ 77-75 loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder on Wednesday. After the game, both [...]
As two of the greatest power forwards not only of their generation, but of all time, the careers of Kevin Garnett and Tim Duncan will always be linked. Just don’t expect the two legends to become buddies anytime soon (or ever), according to a terrific profile of Duncan in SI this week: “In fact, Duncan hates Kevin Garnett. Hates him the [...]
With two minutes to go in a hotly contested Game 2, the victory seemed fairly secure for the Los Angeles Lakers last night. They were up by seven points, had held the explosive OKC Thunder in check, and seemed on the verge of tying up the series at 1 game apiece heading back to Hollywood. But, then, doom arrived at [...]
SAN MIGUEL BEERMEN over SAIGON HEAT, 83-68 The San Miguel Beermen stayed hot heading into the AirAsia ABL Playoffs. The Beermens defense proved to be too much for the Saigon Heat. With this win, the Beermen have won 12 of their last 13 games, finishing the regular with the best record in the league at 17 wins and only 4 [...]
3-Point Shootout, Obstacle Challenge, and the Slam Dunk Contest Meralco sharpshooter Mark Macapagal, B-MEG court general Jonas Villanueva, and Ginebras KG Canaleta each won his respective third straight title in separate events in the All-Star Weekend in Laoag City. Macapagal beat a crack field of the leagues elite three-point shooters for the third straight time. The competition was marked by [...]
Los Angeles Lakers center Andrew Bynum and forward Devin Ebanks were both fined for separate violations, the NBA announced Wednesday. Bynum was fined $15,000 for failing to make himself available to the media following the Lakers’ practice on May 15. Bynum had 20 points and 14 rebounds in the Lakers’ 119-90 Game 1 loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder in [...]
The old NBA Playoffs cliché is that it’s not a series until the home team loses a game. And if that’s true at all, then the Indiana Pacers/Miami Heat battle is now a series in every sense of the word, and on top of that, there’s a bit of bad blood between the two squads. The Pacers escaped Miami with [...]
CSKA Moscow, who blew a 19-point second half lead and lost the Euroleague final to Olympiakos this weekend, has at least one well-known player expected to sign in North America this summer, in Andrei Kirilenko (6’9”-F-81). But Kirilenko isn’t the only player CSKA is anticipating losing to the NBA. According to Jonathan Givony (via Twitter), Alexey Shved is drawing interest [...]
NBA fans won’t be seeing Derrick Rose and his surgically-repaired knee in action for quite a while, according to the doctor who operated on the Chicago Bulls’ superstar point guard. From the AP and Chicago Tribune: “The assessment by Dr. Brian Cole on Tuesday means the star point guard could return around Feb. 1 or miss next season. The doctor [...]
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