Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Wed, 01 Jun 2022 03:51:45 +0000
SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) – A resurgent Golden State Warriors are bidding to reclaim their throne at basketball’s summit against a Boston Celtics team chasing history when the NBA Finals tip-off on Thursday. After a grueling regular season and a roller coaster playoff campaign, Golden State and Boston will open their best-of-seven finals showdown on Thursday […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Mon, 30 May 2022 04:46:37 +0000
MIAMI (AFP) – The Boston Celtics, led by 26 points from Jayson Tatum, advanced to the NBA Finals by defeating Miami 100-96 on Sunday, setting up a showdown against the Golden State Warriors. Boston captured the winner-take-all matchup to take the best-of-seven Eastern Conference finals 4-3 and secure a place in the championship series, which […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Sat, 28 May 2022 05:45:01 +0000
NEW YORK (AFP) – Jimmy Butler scored a career playoff high 47 points and the Miami Heat forced a winner-take-all showdown for an NBA Finals berth by defeating Boston, 111-103, on Friday. The Heat leveled the best-of-seven Eastern Conference finals at 3-3 to set up a seventh-game clash with the Celtics on Sunday at Miami. […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Sat, 21 May 2022 05:37:42 +0000
SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) – Stephen Curry scored 32 points as the Golden State Warriors staged a stunning fightback to defeat the Dallas Mavericks 126-117 on Friday and seize control of their NBA Western Conference finals series. A pulsating clash in San Francisco saw the Warriors recover after trailing by as much as 19 points at […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Fri, 20 May 2022 03:49:47 +0000
MIAMI (AFP) – Miami Jayson Tatum scored 27 points as the Boston Celtics roared back to level the NBA Eastern Conference finals series with a 127-102 thrashing of the Miami Heat in game two on Thursday. Bolstered by the return of Marcus Smart and Al Horford, who both missed Tuesday’s 118-107 game one drubbing, Boston […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Thu, 19 May 2022 04:08:48 +0000
SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) – Stephen Curry scored 21 points as the Golden State Warriors bottled up Luka Doncic and the Dallas Mavericks to win their Western Conference finals series opener,112-87, on Wednesday. Three days after Doncic destroyed the Phoenix Suns with a virtuoso performance, the Slovenian star found the going harder against a ruthless Golden […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Wed, 18 May 2022 04:58:49 +0000
MIAMI (AFP) – Jimmy Butler scored 41 points as the Miami Heat produced a devastating comeback to defeat the Boston Celtics 118-107 in their opening Eastern Conference finals series clash on Tuesday. Butler led a revitalized Miami second-half display as the Heat transformed an eight-point half-time deficit into a double-digit lead against a depleted Celtics […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Sat, 14 May 2022 09:29:44 +0000
LOS ANGELES (AFP) – The Golden State Warriors pulled away late to beat the Memphis Grizzlies, 110-96, and reach the NBA Western Conference finals on Friday as the Boston Celtics stayed alive in the East with a 108-95 victory over the Milwaukee Bucks. Klay Thompson drained eight three-pointers on the way to 30 for the […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Fri, 13 May 2022 06:20:44 +0000
LOS ANGELES (AFP) – The Miami Heat punched their ticket to the NBA’s Eastern Conference finals with a 99-90 victory over the Philadelphia 76ers on Thursday as the Dallas Mavericks staved off elimination in the West. Jimmy Butler scored 32 points to fuel the Heat against his former team, the victory in Philadelphia giving Miami […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Fri, 13 May 2022 05:42:36 +0000
NEW YORK (AFP) – The NBA has created Most Valuable Player awards for its conference playoff finals named for Magic Johnson and Larry Bird and tweaked four other post-season trophies, the league announced Thursday. The new Western Conference MVP award will be called the Earvin “Magic” Johnson Trophy after the Los Angeles Lakers legend while […]
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