Lillard, Burke take skills challenge
Associated Press NEW ORLEANS — Portland’s Damian Lillard is an NBA All-Star Saturday night skills challenge champion for a second straight year. The team of Lillard and Trey Burke, representing the...
View ArticleBelinelli wins All-Star 3-point contest
Associated Press NEW ORLEANS — San Antonio’s Marco Belinelli won the 3-point contest at NBA All-Star Saturday night. The Italian, who previously played for New Orleans, needed to win a tiebreaker round...
View ArticleWall leads East to All-Star dunk triumph
Associated Press NEW ORLEANS — The Eastern Conference trio of Toronto’s Terrence Ross, Indiana’s Paul George and Washington’s John Wall won the NBA All-Star Saturday night slam dunk contest. Wall...
View ArticlePhotos: 2014 Saturday night All-Star festivities
Wall leads East to All-Star dunk triumph Belinelli wins All-Star 3-point contest Lillard, Burke take skills challenge Team Bosh wins All-Star Shooting Stars contest Rockets’ Covington named MVP of...
View ArticlePhotos: NBA Slam Dunk Contest winners through the years
Thanks to the double-pump, reverse, two-handed jam shown below, Washington’s John Wall was named the dunker of the night in New Orleans Saturday. Wall’s Eastern Conference trio, which included...
View ArticleKobe Bryant offers no timetable on his return to basketball
Though Kobe Bryant had an idea how he would retire, saying he would probably “just vanish’ rather than announce his plans, he could not offer any predictions about when he might be back for this...
View ArticleHealthy Howard happy to be in All-Star Game again
A year after Rockets center Dwight Howard trudged through All Star events, particularly media sessions, injured and seemingly unhappy, his jovial nature has seemed to have been restored throughout the...
View ArticleLeBron James doesn’t mind extra scrutiny
As much as Heat star LeBron James said he does not mind if he is judged, saying he is more carefully scrutinized than any NBA player, he added that his play in any season should not be evaluated until...
View ArticleNew NBA comissioner has faith in Rockets’ brass to fix Comcast situation
Though monitoring the carriage issues that have kept local broadcasts from being available to more than 60 percent of Houston, NBA commissioner Adam Silver said he does not plan to take a more active...
View ArticleEastern Conference prevails in record-setting All-Star Game
NEW ORLEANS – Records were going to fall. That much was certain. Rims were bent and nets danced as they never had before, with scoring coming faster and more relentlessly than it ever had even in All...
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