No Love for US team to World Cup

Credit to Author: Tempo Online| Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2019 14:30:29 +0000

Love, an NBA champion with Cleveland in 2016 and a champion with US squads at the 2012 London Olympics and 2010 World Cup in Turkey, said he informed US coach Gregg Popovich of his decision on Wednesday.

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‘Supermax’ for Damian Lillard

Credit to Author: Tempo Online| Date: Mon, 01 Jul 2019 14:50:47 +0000

Free agency opened Sunday with more than $2 billion in deals getting struck in the opening hours — and that’s even without Kyrie Irving officially joining Brooklyn, as has been expected, or any word from Kawhi Leonard about his future plans to either stay with NBA champion Toronto or move elsewhere.

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NBA: Raptors take 3-2 series lead

Credit to Author: Tempo Online| Date: Fri, 24 May 2019 04:57:00 +0000

Leonard showed no obvious signs of the leg soreness that bothered him in Toronto’s victories in the previous two games, hitting the 30-point mark for the fourth time in the series. He made five 3-pointers and had seven rebounds and nine assists.

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Raptors thump Bucks to level NBA Eastern Conference finals

Credit to Author: Tempo Online| Date: Wed, 22 May 2019 03:59:48 +0000

Kyle Lowry led the Raptors with 25 points and Toronto’s bench out-scored Milwaukee’s 48-23 as the Raptors followed up their double-overtime triumph in game three with a second straight home win. #NBA

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Kawhi leads Raptors to take game 3

Credit to Author: Tempo Online| Date: Mon, 20 May 2019 03:16:08 +0000

Pascal Siakam scored 25 points and Spanish center Marc Gasol added 16 for the Raptors, who got off to a quick start and led much of the night but had to battle to put the Bucks away.

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NBA: Bucks rally to top Raptors

Credit to Author: Tempo Online| Date: Thu, 16 May 2019 13:21:17 +0000

Brook Lopez scored 13 of his career playoff-high 29 points in the fourth quarter, Giannis Antetokounmpo added 24 points and the Bucks closed the game on a 10-0 run to beat the Toronto Raptors 108-100 in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference finals on Wednesday night. Milwaukee forced Toronto into missing its final eight shots and outscored the Raptors 32-17 in the fourth.

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NBA: Bucks up 3-1, Rockets levels series with Warriors

Credit to Author: Tempo Online| Date: Tue, 07 May 2019 06:38:17 +0000

The reigning champion Warriors head home for game five of the best-of-seven Western Conference clash on Wednesday with a lot of work to do in a series in which each game has been decided by six or fewer points. #NBA

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GSW top bruising Game 2

Credit to Author: Tempo Online| Date: Wed, 01 May 2019 15:06:51 +0000

The reigning champion Warriors never trailed, but they had to battle to the end to take a 2-0 lead in the best-of-seven Western Conference second-round series, which shifts to Houston for game three on Saturday.

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76ers push Nets to the brink

Credit to Author: Tempo Online| Date: Sun, 21 Apr 2019 13:30:43 +0000

Despite a third-quarter incident that saw two players ejected, the 76ers seized a 3-1 lead in the first-round series against the Nets and could advance in the Eastern Conference best-of-seven matchup with a home victory Tuesday.

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