James Harden put the team on his beard tying his career high with 61 points and conjuring a Rockets 111-105 victory against the red hot San Antonio Spurs.
The Beard was unbelievable. In 37 minutes he went for 61 points on 19-34 shooting, 9-13 from three, 14-17 from the line, 7 rebounds, 3 steals and just 3 turnovers.
What was shaping up to be a defensive slugfest in the first half, turned into a rout in the second as the Golden State Warriors pummeled the Indiana Pacers, 112-89.
For all of the Warriors firepower on offense, no one scored over 20 tonight. DeMarcus Cousins led the way with 19 points while Klay Thompson, Stephen Curry and Kevin Durant chipped in with 18 and 15 a piece respectively.
Boston Celtics head coach Brad Stevens told reporters that he was "disappointed" with C's guard Marcus Smart after he was ejected following a retaliatory shove of Philadelphia 76ers center Joel Embiid on Wednesday.
With the Celtics up 69-58 early in the third quarter, Embiid appeared to give Smart an elbow. The 25-year-old then sent Embiid flying with a push. Embiid got a technical, but the officials gave Smart a Flagrant 2 foul and an ejection.
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SMOKING-hot TNT KaTropa return to PBA Philippine Cup action today, looking to sustain their solid form of late and continue their assault on a top two finish heading into the next round of the season-opening Philippine Basketball Association tournament.
Los Angeles Lakers legend Kobe Bryant said there's no chance he returns to the franchise to play alongside LeBron James despite the team's disappointing 2018-19 season.
"No. That's an easy one … because I don't want to play no more. I'm done," he said Tuesday during a Q&A session hosted by Frank Isola of The Athletic at the NBA Store in New York City.
Never forget the cardinal rule leading into the NBA playoffs: Non-superpowers deserve some loving, too.
Most postseason-bound teams do not want for attention in the usual sense. They're known entities. But we all have the tendency to overlook squads when they're not considered legitimate title contenders. Even if they're given a puncher's chance of escaping the first round, they're little more than impressive footnotes unfit to upend the playoff picture.
It was late in the game, the Raptors had just run another fruitless isolation possession through Kawhi Leonard, Tony Brothers had kept a silent whistle through some rough play, and Russell Westbrookhad tied the game at 110 with a running layup with 4.8 seconds left.
Former NBA all-star Kenny Anderson, now head coach of the Fisk University basketball program in Nashville, Tennessee, suffered a stroke last week and is now recuperating and undergoing rehabilitation.
Anderson, 48, from Queens, New York, recognized during his teen years as an athletic prodigy, was hospitalized Saturday evening, Feb. 23, due to health concerns. He remained in intensive care until he was released the following Monday.
Warriors go 3-1 on road trip.
The beauty about the NBA is the fact that there is no time to dwell on disappointments, missed opportunities and slumps.
Case in point, tonight against the Minnesota Timberwolves, the Warriors put last night’s loss to the Spurs and the circumstances around it behind them. Last night’s loss, as Klay Thompsonwould say, is “in the past like a ponytail”
