Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Sat, 22 Oct 2022 08:11:33 +0000
MIAMI (AFP) – Nikola Jokic posted a 26-point in a triple-double performance as the Denver Nuggets held off a ferocious late fightback from the Golden State Warriors to defeat the NBA champions, 128-123, on the road on Friday. Two-time and reigning NBA Most Valuable Player Jokic led from the front as Denver bounced back from […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2022 07:36:46 +0000
LOS ANGELES (AFP) – Kawhi Leonard marked his first NBA game in more than a year with 14 points and seven rebounds on Thursday to help the Los Angeles Clippers down the crosstown rival Lakers, 103-97. The Clippers, who hope Leonard’s return from a torn knee ligament will take them to a first NBA title, […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2022 08:24:08 +0000
LOS ANGELES (AFP) – Zion Williamson and the New Orleans Pelicans opened the NBA season with a punishing 130-108 victory over the star-studded Nets in Brooklyn on Wednesday. Brandon Ingram scored 28 points and Williamson ‒ playing his first regular-season game in more than 17 months ‒ scored 25 to signal his intentions as he […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2022 11:07:32 +0000
LOS ANGELES (AFP) – Stephen Curry scored 33 points as the Golden State Warriors launched the defense of ITS NBA crown with a season-opening 123-109 rout of the Los Angeles Lakers on Tuesday. After being presented with diamond-encrusted rings and watching their championship banner being hoisted at a pre-game ceremony at San Francisco’s Chase Center, […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2022 03:44:24 +0000
LOS ANGELES (AFP) –Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown scored 35 points each as the Boston Celtics brushed off their pre-season woes with an impressive 126-117 opening night victory over the Philadelphia 76ers on Tuesday. Tatum — roundly criticised after a series of disappointing performances in Boston’s NBA Finals defeat to Golden State last season — […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2022 08:33:02 +0000
SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) – The Golden State Warriors’ hopes of clinching a fifth NBA championship since 2015 could hinge on how successfully the franchise manages the fallout from what head coach Steve Kerr calls the biggest crisis in the club’s history. For most of the past decade, the Warriors have been a model of consistency […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2022 08:26:14 +0000
LOS ANGELES (AFP) – Gritty, no-nonsense defense is not the first thing that springs to mind when assessing the NBA championship credentials of the Los Angeles Lakers. Ever since the 1980s heyday of the “Showtime” Lakers, the franchise has become synonymous with the kind of in-your-face flamboyance befitting a team based in the entertainment capital […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2022 07:12:25 +0000
LOS ANGELES (AFP) – Bronny James, the eldest son of NBA superstar LeBron James, is among five amateur basketball players to have signed endorsement deals with Nike, the sports apparel company announced Monday. The younger James, who turned 18 last Thursday, is a guard at Sierra Canyon High School near Los Angeles while his father […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Fri, 07 Oct 2022 04:17:00 +0000
REYNALD MAGALLON Kai Sotto and his Adelaide 36ers were sent crashing back to Earth after absorbing a tough 131-98 beatdown from the Oklahoma City Thunder in the NBL X NBA preseason games at the Paycom Center in Oklahoma City on Friday, Oct. 7 (Manila time). In euphoria in the past days following a 134-124 victory […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Fri, 07 Oct 2022 02:18:37 +0000
ABU DHABI, UAE (AFP) – Dejounte Murray topscored on his debut as the Atlanta Hawks beat the Milwaukee Bucks, 123-113, in pre-season in Abu Dhabi on Thursday, the NBA’s first appearance in the oil-rich Gulf. Murray, traded by the Spurs in the off-season, scored 25 with nine assists and eight rebounds, followed by team-mate Trae […]
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