Not much of a shock to this one, as the Bucks trounced the Cleveland Cavaliers 125-108, earning their 18th consecutive win.
This one would begin exactly as you’d expect — with Milwaukee immediately racing out to a solid lead. Cleveland never held a lead in the opening 12 mintues. Paced by 15 points combined from Giannis Antetokounmpo and Khris Middleton, the Bucks earned a 26-20 advantage moving into the second quarter.
It certainly wasn’t pretty, and it rarely is in battles of former colleague coaches, but the Milwaukee Bucks ultimately prevailed over a hot-shooting Memphis Grizzlies team, 127-114. Milwaukee came out looking a little sluggish from the tip, but still controlled the first period and took a 35-29 advantage into the second. The Bucks were in danger of heading into halftime trailing, but a Lillard-level deep triple from George Hill made it 64-62 Milwaukee. It took an unconscious shooting period from Memphis for them to take a 95-90 lead after three. The Grizzlies shouldn’t have made Giannis quite so upset while he was on the bench for much of the third though, for he returned and put the game well out of reach.
The Los Angeles Lakers won their sixth straight game and 16th in 17 tries as they defeated the host Miami Heat 113-110 on Friday at AmericanAirlines Arena.
Lakers big man Anthony Davis led all scorers with 33 points, and LeBron James nearly posted a triple-double thanks to 28 points, 12 assists and nine rebounds. JaVale McGee patrolled the paint with five blocked shots.
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — LeBron James has made a career out of carrying his team through tough stretches, and in his 17th season, he hasn’t lost a step.
James had 25 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists for his sixth triple-double this season, helping the Los Angeles Lakers to a 96-87 win over the Orlando Magic on Wednesday night.
Joel Embiid said Tuesday night that he hasn't been having fun this season. It looked like he was having a blast at TD Garden Thursday.
In what was easily Embiid's finest game of the season, the Sixers ramped up their defense in the second half to beat the Celtics, 115-109.
Al Horford did not play against his former team as he's dealing with left knee soreness and left hamstring tightness.
Golden State’s enforcer pulled no punches in his assessment of a deflating home loss.
The theme from last night’s postgame press conference was that the Golden State Warriors were especially disappointed they couldn’t knock off the Memphis Grizzlies at Chase Center. Perhaps that’s because they had already put a beating on the Grizz earlier this season in Tennessee, or because the Warriors finally had enough healthy bodies to resemble a legit NBA team.
The Spurs got another wild win in overtime, this time against the Kings, for their first set of consecutive wins since October, but it wasn’t pretty. After a building a double-digit halftime lead, the inconsistent Spurs once again made an appearance, getting behind by as much as nine and withstanding a super streaky fourth quarter to win 105-104 in overtime. A win is a win, no matter how ugly.
Disgraced Tim Donaghy has made media rounds since he was caught in a gambling scandal back in 2007, and he has spilled the dirt on the NBA’s officiating ever since. While some believe that many of Donaghy’s stories are sensationalized and made up to take the attention off of him, they are, nonetheless, fascinating looks at how an NBA referee, albeit a disgraced one, may think about the game.
