Jack Ramsay, a Hall of Fame coach who guided NBA clubs for 21 years, died in his sleep Monday at age 89 after a long battle with cancer. Ramsay won an NBA title with the Portland Trail Blazers in 1977 and compiled an 864-783 record with 17 playoff appearances…
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Zach Randolph scored eight of his 25 points in overtime to spark the Memphis Grizzlies over Oklahoma City 111-105, equalizing their NBA playoff series at one win each. Mike Conley on Monday added 19 points and 12 assists while Spaniard Marc Gasol and…
Referees made an incorrect call late in the final seconds of Portland’s 122-120 NBA playoff victory Sunday over Houston, the league said Monday. The over-time road triumph gave the Trail Blazers a 1-0 edge over the Rockets in their best-of-seven Western…
Chicago Bulls center Joakim Noah, the mainstay of a team that kept foes to a league-low 91.8 points a game, was named the NBA Defensive Player of the Year on Monday. The son of French tennis legend Yannick Noah and former Miss Sweden Cecilia Rodhe averaged…
Kevin Durant scored 33 points on Saturday to lead Oklahoma City to a 100-86 triumph over Memphis in game one of their NBA Western Conference playoff series. Durant connected on five of six shots from the field as he delivered 13 points in the fourth…
For the first time in NBA history, the Los Angeles Lakers, Boston Celtics and New York Knicks are all absent from the playoffs in the same season. While that will not break any hearts for the 16 clubs who begin their championship quests this weekend…
US college freshman stars Jabari Parker and James Young said Thursday they will skip their final three seasons of collegiate play and declared themselves eligible for June’s NBA Draft. Parker, a forward, led Duke University to a 26-9 season, averaging…
Kevin Durant’s dunk with 16.5 seconds to play lifted Oklahoma City to a 112-111 victory over Detroit on the final night of the NBA regular season. With the victory, the Thunder secured the second seed in the Western Conference playoffs. Durant drove…
Former NBA stars Alonzo Mourning and Mitch Richmond were among five inductees announced Monday for enshrinement in the Basketball Hall of Fame. Mourning and Richmond will join the game’s other legends in ceremonies at the sporting shrine on August 8…
Oklahoma City’s Kevin Durant notched his 40th straight NBA game with 25 points or more, but it wasn’t enough to hold off the Houston Rockets. Houston’s James Harden scored 39 points, grabbed nine rebounds and handed out seven assists to lead the Rockets…