CLEMSON, S.C. (CAC) — Junior forward Jaron Blossomgame is headed to Chicago for the NBA Draft Combine, held Wednesday through Sunday. The event will be televised live by ESPN2 on Thursday and Friday from 3-7 p.m. Blossomgame has not signed with an agent in order to retain his final season of eligibility. He and other early entries will have…
Oklahoma City Thunder forward Kevin Durant (35) goes up for a basket over San Antonio Spurs guard Tony Parker (9) during the first half of Game 4 of a second-round NBA basketball playoff series, Sunday, May 8, 2016, in Oklahoma City. (AP Photo/Alonzo Adams) OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Kevin Durant went on a scoring spree that was spectacular, even by…
Cleveland Cavaliers’ LeBron James (23) celebrates with Kyrie Irving, right, and Matthew Dellavedova (8) after Game 4 of the second-round NBA basketball playoff series against the Atlanta Hawks, Sunday, May 8, 2016, in Atlanta. Cleveland won 100-99 and won the best-of-seven series 4-0. (AP Photo/John Bazemore) ATLANTA (AP) — Kevin Love scored 27 points, LeBron James hit a huge shot…
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) –Damian Lillard had a playoff-best 40 points and the Portland Trail Blazers avoided a fourth-quarter letdown to beat Golden State 120-108 on Saturday night, cutting the Warriors’ advantage in the Western Conference semifinal to 2-1. The defending NBA champion Warriors were still without reigning MVP Steph Curry, who sprained his right knee in Game 4 of the…
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Dwyane Wade hadn’t made a 3-point shot since December, enduring a streak of 22 consecutive misses. That all changed on Friday night with Miami’s season on the line. The 34-year-old star hit both 3-pointers he attempted, including a big one with 46 seconds left, finishing with 23 points as the Heat beat the Charlotte Hornets 97-90…
April 28, 2016 (Hornets) — The NBA has announced that Game 6 of the Charlotte Hornets-Miami Heat first-round playoff series on Friday, April 29, at Time Warner Cable Arena will tip off at 8 p.m. The game will be televised nationally on ESPN and locally on FOX Sports Southeast, and the radio broadcast will air on WFNZ-AM (610) and the…
MIAMI (AP) — Courtney Lee was steaming after missing a layup that would have given Charlotte the lead heading into the final minute. His anger didn’t last long. Miami’s will last for a while. Lee’s 3-pointer with 25.2 seconds left — just his second make in nine tries from the floor — put the Hornets ahead to stay, and Charlotte…
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Steve Clifford has seen that look in Kemba Walker’s eye. It tells the Charlotte coach to just give the point guard the ball and let him go. Walker responded, like he’s done so many times before. Walker had 11 straight Charlotte points during a crucial stretch midway through the fourth quarter and finished with a playoff…
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Stephen Curry will miss at least two weeks for Golden State with a sprained ligament in his right knee, dealing a blow to the Warriors’ hopes of following a record-breaking season with a second straight championship. The Warriors said an MRI on Curry’s knee Monday determined he had a Grade 1 sprain of the MCL in…
Golden State Warriors’ Stephen Curry heads off the court and to the locker room at the start of the second half in Game 4 of a first-round NBA basketball playoff series against the Houston Rockets, Sunday, April 24, 2016, in Houston. Curry was injured at the end of the first half. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip) HOUSTON (AP) — Klay Thompson…
