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LOS ANGELES – The Los Angeles Lakers snapped their four-game NBA losing streak on Sunday (Monday, Manila time), clawing out a 106-103 victory in a cross-town tussle with the LA Clippers — one of the hottest teams in the league.
Many had been wondering what if Bill Walton never had the misfortune of have having an assortment of foot and knee injuries. Could he have been better than Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Bill Russell or Wilt Chamberlain?
MANILA, Philippines — Hall of Fame center Bill Walton, a two-time national champion at UCLA and two-time NBA champion, died Monday after a prolonged battle with cancer. He was 71.
NEW YORK – The Charlotte Hornets have the third-best odds of capturing the top pick in next month's NBA Draft Lottery after winning a random tie-breaker drawing on Monday (Tuesday Manila time), the league announced.
LOS ANGELES – The New Orleans Pelicans boosted their hopes of securing an automatic playoff berth on Thursday (Friday Manila time) with a 135-123 road victory over the Sacramento Kings.
The NBA regular season is winding down and the race for playoff seedings is intensifying. Before the playoffs begin on April 20, the play-in tournament will kick off to get the post-season ball rolling. The regular season ends on April 14 with the top six finishers in the East and West advancing to the playoffs outright. Teams that are ranked seventh, eighth and ninth and 10th will battle for the last two playoff slots in each conference via the play-in tournament.
LOS ANGELES, United States -- Former Toronto Raptors star Vince Carter and Detroit Pistons icon Chauncey Billups headed a 13-strong list of inductees named on Saturday into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame.
NEW YORK – Utah Jazz guard Kris Dunn was suspended two games and Houston forward Jabari Smith Jr. was banned for one game by the NBA on Sunday (Monday Manila time) after they fought during a game.
CEBU, Philippines — Eight-year NBA veteran and once the highest-paid basketball player in Europe Josh Childress wasn’t born yet when Yoyong Martirez played on the Philippine team at the 1972 Munich Olympics. But when they met up during the recent EASL Final Four here, there was instant connection between the two cage legends.