Flooding Monday night in Houston, Texas forced many of the people who attended the Houston Rockets’ NBA playoff game to stay at the Toyota Center arena because they could not get home. Including Rockets center Dwight Howard.
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One loss is not enough to put a scare into the Golden State Warriors. But the fear of losing Stephen Curry to a serious injury threatened to change a series in the blink of an eye.
James Harden scored 16 of his game-high 45 points in the third quarter as the Houston Rockets staved off several furious runs by the Golden State Warriors and averted a sweep in the Western Conference finals with a 128-115 win Monday night at Toyota Center.
Bearded wonder James Harden had the ball in his hands in the final seconds with a chance to win Game 2 of the NBA Western Conference finals on Thursday night, but the Houston Rockets star passed up an open shot.
Los Angeles Lakers general manager Mitch Kupchak said Kobe Bryant has indicated the 2015-16 season will be the star’s last with the team.
NCAA officials hope proposed rule changes, including a shorter shot clock, will help increase scoring in college basketball. But it looks as if the rule changes will make things much tougher for lesser-talented teams to upset bigger, faster, more athletic ones.
League MVP Stephen Curry of the Golden State Warriors and LeBron James of the Cleveland Cavaliers were unanimous selections for the All-NBA First Team revealed Thursday.
Cleveland guard J.R. Smith exploded for 28 points, fueling a 97-89 Cavaliers win over the Atlanta Hawks on Wednesday in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Finals at Philips Arena.
The only person who could cool off NBA Most Valuable Player Stephen Curry on Tuesday night was his 2-year-old daughter, Riley.
Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry was fined $5,000 on Wednesday for violating the NBA’s anti-flopping rules during Game 1 of the Western Conference finals series against the Houston Rockets.
A lot of wining and dining was all it took to persuade Charles Barkley to renew his contract with TNT through the 2024-25 NBA season.
Like him or not, Kevin Garnett, who turned 39 on Tuesday, is one of the greatest trash talkers in NBA history.
The Minnesota Timberwolves won the National Basketball Association’s draft lottery on Tuesday, giving them the opportunity to make the first selection in June’s draft.
In letters to the university chancellor, outgoing Illinois women’s basketball players accused coaches of misconduct and verbal and emotional abuse.
All four of this year’s conference finalists — Cleveland, Atlanta, Golden State and Houston — will field teams in Las Vegas and will be joined by 10 other teams which made the playoffs this year. Returning to the summer league will be the Boston Celtics and the Brooklyn Nets.
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