All about NBA: April 2013

Monday, April 29, 2013

NBA Playoffs Monday April 29 2013 Results and Highlights

Chicago Bulls 91-110 Brooklyn Nets

Indiana Pacers 91-102 Atlanta Hawks

Oklahoma City Thunder 103-105 Houston Rockets

NBA Playoffs Sunday, April 28, 2013 Results and Highlights

New York Knicks 90-97 Boston Celtics

New York Leads Series 3-1

Miami Heat 88-77 Milwaukee Bucks

Miami Wins Series 4-0

San Antonio Spurs 103-82 LA Lakers

San Antonio Wins Series 4-0

Denver Nuggets Vs. Golden State Warriors

Golden State Leads Series 3-1

Sunday, April 28, 2013

NBA Schedule on Sunday, April 28, 2013 Playoffs

New York Knicks Vs. Boston Celtics 1:00 pm EDT

Miami Heat Vs. Milwaukee Bucks 3:30 pm EDT

San Antonio Spurs Vs. LA Lakers 7:00 pm EDT

Denver Nuggets Vs. Golden State Warriors 9:30 pm EDT

NBA Playoffs Saturday, April 27, 2013 Results and Highlights

Brooklyn Nets 134-142 Chicago Bulls

LA Clippers 83-104 Memphis Grizzlies

Indiana pacers 69-90 Atlanta Hawks

Oklahoma City Thunder 104-101 Houston Rockets

Thursday, April 25, 2013

NBA Playoffs Thursday, April 25, 2013 Results and Highlights

Miami Heat 104-91 Milwaukee Bucks

Brooklyn Nets 76-79 Chicago Bulls

LA Clippers 82-94 Memphis Grizzlies

NBA Playoffs Wednesday, April 24, 2013 Results and Highlights

Houston Rockets 102-105 Oklahoma City Thunder

Game2: Wed final

Oklahoma Leads Series 2-0

Atlanta Hawks 98-113 Indiana Pacers

Game2: Wed final

Indiana Pacers Leads Series 2-0

LA Lakers 91-102 San Antonio Spurs

Game2: Wed final

San Antonio Spurs Leads Series 2-0

Wednesday, April 24, 2013

NBA Playoffs Tuesday, April 23, 2013 Results and Highlights

Milwaukee Bucks 86-98 Miami Heat

Boston Celtics 71-87 New York Knicks

Golden State Warriors 131-117 Denver Nuggets

Tuesday, April 23, 2013

NBA Schedule on Tuesday, April 23, 2013 Playoffs – First Round

Milwaukee Bucks Vs. Miami Heat 7:30 pm EDT

Boston Celtics Vs. New York Knicks 8:00 pm EDT

Golden State Warriors Vs. Denver Nuggets 10:30 pm EDT

NBA Playoffs Monday, April 22, 2013 Results and Highlights

Chicago Bulls 90-82 Brooklyn Nets

Memphis Grizzlies 91-93 LA Clippers

Sunday, April 21, 2013

NBA Playoffs Sunday, April 21, 2013 Results and Highlights

Atlanta Hawks 90-107 Indiana Pacers

LA Lakers 79-91 San Antonio Spurs

Milwaukee Bucks 87-100 Miami Heat

Houston Rockets 91-120 Oklahoma City Thunder

Saturday, April 20, 2013

NBA Playoffs Saturday April 20 2013 Results and Highlights

Boston Celtics 78-85 New York Knicks

Golden State Warriors 95-97 Denver Nuggets

Chicago Bulls 89-106 Brooklyn Nets

Memphis Grizzlies Vs. LA Clippers

Thursday, April 18, 2013

NBA Wednesday April 17 2013 Results and Highlights

Washington Wizards 92-95 Chicago Bulls

Utah Jazz 70-86 Memphis Grizzlies

Boston Celtics 90-114 Toronto Raptors

Milwaukee Bucks 95-89 Oklahoma City Thunders

Minnesota Timberwolves 108-95 San Antonio Spurs

Atlanta Hawks 92-98 New York knicks

Detroit Pistons 99-103 Brooklyn Nets

Orlando Magic 93-105 Miami Heat

Philadelphia 76ers 105-95 Indiana Pacers

Phoenix Suns 99-118 Denver Nuggets

Cleveland Cavaliers 98-105 Charlotte Bobcats

New Orleans Hornets 87-99 Dallas Mavericks

Golden State Warriors 99-88 Portland Trail Blazers

LA Clippers 112-108 Sacramento Kings

Houston Rockets 95-99 LA Lakers

Warriors' Curry sets new 3-point season record

Golden State's Stephen Curry set a record for 3-pointers in a season when he hit his 270th in the second quarter of the Warriors' game Wednesday night against the Trail Blazers.

The shot with 6:49 left in the half put Curry in front of Ray Allen's mark of 269 set in 2005-06.

He made 16 3-pointers in the previous two games to close within one of Allen's record set with the Seattle SuperSonics. Curry hit his first 3 of the night with 6:55 to go in the first quarter.

Golden State's bench jumped to cheer following the record-breaking shot, and a group of Warriors fans behind the team's bench at the Rose Garden gave Curry an extended standing ovation.

His dad, Dell Curry, was a teammate of Allen's in Milwaukee during the 1998-99 season - when the elder Curry shot a career-best 47.6 percent from 3-point range while making 69 from beyond the arc.

The younger Curry and second-year shooting guard Klay Thompson went into the game with 474 combined 3-pointers, shattering the previous NBA record of 435 by Dennis Scott and Nick Anderson for the most by any tandem. Curry and Thompson added two apiece in the first half against the Blazers.

The Warriors drafted Curry seventh overall in 2009. After a sensational rookie season, Curry was hit by injuries, spending the past two summers recovering from surgery on his right ankle.

Healthy for most of this season, Curry came into the game against the Blazers averaging nearly 3.5 3-pointers.

He has been at his best this season in big games. He scored a career-high 54 points in a loss to the Knicks at Madison Square Garden on Feb. 27. He also had 47 points in a loss at the Lakers last Friday.

"The one thing I know about Steph Curry - he's not afraid when the lights are brightest," Warriors coach Mark Jackson said.

Following the record-breaking shot, Jackson sat Curry for the rest of the half.

Wednesday, April 17, 2013

NBA Tuesday April 16 2013 Results and Highlights

Toronto Raptors 113-96 Atlanta Hawks

Portland Trail Blazers 77-93 LA Clippers

Tuesday, April 16, 2013

NBA Monday April 15 2013 Results and Highlights

Miami Heat 96-95 Cleveland Cavaliers

Chicago Bulls 102-84 Orlando Magic

New York Knicks 95-106 Charlotte Bobcats

Philadelphia 76ers 101-109 Detroit Pistons

Washington Wizards 101-106 Brooklyn Nets

Denver Nuggets 112-111 Milwaukee Bucks

Memphis Grizzlies 103-97 Dallas Mavericks

Sacramento Kings 95-104 Oklahoma City Thunder

Utah Jazz 96-80 Minnesota Timberwolves

Houston Rockets 112-119 Phoenix Suns

San Antonio Spurs 106-116 Golden State Warriors

Monday, April 15, 2013

Lakers look to forge new identity without Kobe

Although Kobe Bryant's season is over, Dwight Howard thinks the Los Angeles Lakers' fun has just begun.

The Lakers are still digesting the news they'll be without their top scorer and team leader for the rest of the season after Bryant tore his Achilles tendon last week.

The rest of Los Angeles' roster rallied for a win over powerful San Antonio on Sunday night, putting the Lakers on the brink of a playoff berth.

Howard radiated optimism afterward, seeing Bryant's absence as an opportunity "to do something special." The All-Star center still thinks the Lakers are championship contenders if they can squeak into the playoffs.

But everybody must assume part of Bryant's enormous responsibilities. Howard knows he must score more often, and Pau Gasol plans to assume more leadership.

NBA Sunday April 14 2013 Results and Highlights

Chicago Bulls 93-105 Miami Heat

Indiana Pacers 80-90 New York Knicks

Cleveland Cavaliers 77-91 Philadelphia 76ers

Brooklyn Nets 87-93 Toronto Raptors

Portland Trail Blazers 109-118 Denver Nuggets

Dallas Mavericks 107-89 New Orleans Hornets

Sacramento Kings 100-121 Houston Rockets

San Antonio Spurs 86-91 LA Lakers

Saturday, April 13, 2013

NBA Saturday April 13 2013 Results and Highlights

Boston Celtics 120-88 Orlando Magic

Milwaukee Bucks 85-95 Charlotte Bobcats

Phoenix Suns 93-105 Minnesota Timberwolves

LA Clippers 91-87 Memphis Grizzlies

NBA Friday April 12, 2013 Results and Highlights

Chicago Bulls 88-97 Toronto Raptors

Philadelphia 76ers 97-86 Washington Wizards

Brooklyn Nets 117-109 Indiana Pacers

Boston Celtics 101-109 Miami Heat

Milwaukee Bucks 104-109 Atlanta Hawks

Charlotte Bobcats 93-113 Detroit Pistons

New York Knicks 101-91 Cleveland Cavaliers

Memphis Grizzlies 82-78 Houston Rockets

LA Clippers 96-93 New Orleans Hornets

Denver Nuggets 105-108 Dallas Mavericks

Sacramento Kings 101-108 San Antonio Spurs

Minnesota Timberwolves 100-107 Utah Jazz

Oklahoma City Thunder 106-90 Portland Trail Blazers

Golden State Warriors 116-118 LA Lakers

Thursday, April 11, 2013

NBA Schedule on Thursday, April 11, 2013

New York Knicks Vs. Chicago Bulls

8:00 pm EDT

Oklahoma City Thunder Vs. Golden State Warriors

10:30 pm EDT

Wednesday, April 10, 2013

Heat sit James, Wade, Bosh, Haslem vs. Wizards

The idle Big Three became a quartet Wednesday night, with Udonis Haslem joining LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh among those not suiting up for the Miami Heat's game against the Washington Wizards.

Haslem sat out because of a sore right ankle after recording his first double-double of the season in the Heat's 94-83 victory over the Milwaukee Bucks on Tuesday night.

"It was nothing out of the ordinary. I was just chasing a rebound and I planted, and it just was a sharp pain that I felt," Haslem said. "Iced it last night and (the trainer) and the staff just said it would probably be best to just rest a day."

Haslem said the ankle has been bothering him for a while.

"I don't want it to be a situation where I go into the playoffs with something nagging," he said. "We just want to have all cylinders firing and everybody as healthy as possible."

That's becoming an ongoing theme with the Heat. Reigning NBA MVP James was given another night off because of his nagging right hamstring, even though he scored 28 points against the Bucks.

"Not a setback," coach Erik Spoelstra said. "Want to make sure he feels right. He was a little bit tight yesterday after the game. That was probably to be expected. It was the same amount of tightness he had after Saturday night's game, but we had two days off in between, so he was able to manage that."

Wade missed his sixth consecutive game with a sprained ankle and bruised knee. While he and James made the trip to Washington, Bosh stayed home and missed a third straight game because of flu-like symptoms.

Wizards coach Randy Wittman said he understood the Heat's desire to rest their ailing players ahead of the playoffs, given Miami's realistic goal of repeating as NBA champs. He's certain Washington fans would feel the same under similar circumstances.

"Would you rather see Nene, or would you rather see John Wall play game No. 80?" Wittman said. "Or would you like to see the Wizards win a world championship? Let's see how that poll ends up."