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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.
LOS ANGELES — Iniskor ni D’Angelo Russell ang 21 sa kanyang season-high 44 points sa fourth quarter at isinalpak ang isang go-ahead jumper sa huling 5.9 segundo sa 123-122 pag-eskapo ng Lakers sa Milwaukee Bucks.
NEW YORK, United States -- Stephen Curry scored 60 points in a losing cause on Saturday (Sunday, Manila time) as Dejounte Murray rescued the Atlanta Hawks in overtime for a 141-134 NBA triumph over Golden State.