NBA: Kevin Durant leads Brooklyn Nets past Minnesota Timberwolves in rescheduled matchup
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Kevin Durant scored 31 points on 11-for-15 shooting in his most productive performance in 2 1/2 months, as the Brooklyn Nets blew out the Minnesota Timberwolves 127-97 on Tuesday afternoon. The game was rescheduled from the previous night, in the aftermath of a fatal police shooting of a Black man in a […]
NBA: Denver Nuggets’ Jamal Murray tears ACL in left knee, out indefinitely
DENVER (AP) — The Denver Nuggets will be without Jamal Murray indefinitely after the dynamic point guard suffered a torn ACL in his left knee. The Nuggets announced the diagnosis in a statement Tuesday. It’s a big blow to a team coming off a season in which it advanced to the Western Conference finals and […]
James De los Santos finishes first in Katana League 3
MANILA – James De los Santos solidified his status as the world’s No. 1 e-kata player after ruling the Katana Intercontinental League # 3 on Monday. De los Santos beat longtime rival Matias Domont of Switzerland, 27.4-26.38, in the finals. He first ruled a four-way battle against American Alfredo Bustamante, Norweigan Cornelius Johnsen, and Frenchman […]
NBA: Memphis Grizzlies late run upset Chicago Bulls by 11
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Jonas Valanciunas had 26 points and 14 rebounds, leading a fourth-quarter burst that carried the Memphis Grizzlies to a 101-90 victory over the Chicago Bulls on Monday night. Valanciunas, who had 32 points and 22 rebounds a night earlier in a loss to the Indiana Pacers, scored 10 in the fourth […]
NBA: Phoenix Suns rains 18 threes over Houston Rockets
Jae Crowder scored 26 points, Devin Booker added 24 and the Phoenix Suns tied an NBA record with 18 3-pointers in the first half on the way to a 126-120 victory over the Houston Rockets on Monday night. The long balls came in bunches for both teams in this contest, which at times resembled a […]
NBA: Utah Jazz home winning streak snapped by Washington Wizards; Bradley Beal fires 34
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Bradley Beal scored 34 points to help the Washington Wizards beat Utah 125-121 on Monday night, ending a franchise-record, 24-game home winning streak for the Jazz. Russell Westbrook had 25 points, 14 rebounds and 14 assists for the Wizards. Daniel Gafford matched his season high with 15 points. The Wizards […]
NBA: Zion Williamson, Brandon Ingram combine for 34; New Orleans Pelicans beat Sacramento Kings
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Brandon Ingram scored 34 points, Zion Williamson added 30 and the New Orleans Pelicans held off a furious Sacramento Kings comeback bid for a 117-110 victory on Monday night. Steven Adams had 16 rebounds and Eric Bledsoe scored 13 points for the Pelicans, who had their 26-point, second-quarter lead trimmed to […]
NBA: Steph Curry finishes 53 in historic night; Golden State Warriors down Denver Nuggets
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Stephen Curry scored 53 points to pass Wilt Chamberlain for the most in Warriors franchise history as Golden State beat the Denver Nuggets 116-107 on Monday night. Draymond Green had 18 points, seven rebounds, and seven assists, Andrew Wiggins scored 17 points and Kent Bazemore added 14 for the Warriors. Nikola […]
Golden State Warriors: Steph Curry surpasses Wilt Chamberlain for most points in franchise history
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Stephen Curry passed Wilt Chamberlain for the most points in Warriors franchise history Monday night in Golden State’s game against the Denver Nuggets. Curry scored 21 points in the first quarter, giving him 17,786 in his career. That passes Chamberlain’s 17,783 with the franchise, a record he’d held since 1964. “It’s […]
ONE: Eduard Folayang faces Shinya Aoki in trilogy match
The trilogy bout is official. Former ONE Lightweight World Champions Eduard “Landslide” Folayang and Shinya “Tobikan Judan” Aoki will meet for the third time. Both Folayang and Aoki were scheduled to make their Circle returns against different opponents at the end of April. But an unlikely turn of events now see them facing each other […]
