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NBA Coast to Coast: Dwyane Wade seeks better protection for players
Miami Heat guard Dwyane Wade, fined $15,000 by the NBA for making an obscene gesture toward heckling fans, has asked the NBA to further improve how it protects players from the most unruly of fans. Wade made the request during the league's brief investigation of his incident with the crowd in Charlotte on Wednesday night. “The NBA is an unbelievable league, and I'm one of the first ones to be doing NBA Cares and all these things in the community, but they need to protect us a little more,” Wade told the Associated Press. “They need to do a better job of protecting players in the arena. It's open game on us. We're big boys, we can take it, but...
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NBA Coast to Coast: Dwyane Wade seeks better protection for players
Miami Heat guard Dwyane Wade, fined $15,000 by the NBA for making an obscene gesture toward heckling fans, has asked the NBA to further improve how it protects players from the most unruly of fans.
Wade made the request during the league's brief...
Tyreke Evans' late layup wins it for Pelicans
Tyreke Evans scored on a driving layup with less than two seconds to go and the New Orleans Pelicans beat Toronto, 95-93, on Sunday, their first victory in seven meetings with the Raptors.
Evans scored 26 points, and Alexis Ajinca had 22 to help the...
NBA: Thunder rolls over Warriors
Oklahoma City's Russell Westbrook scored 17 points, had a career-high 17 assists and matched a career best with 15 rebounds to help the Thunder beat visiting Golden State, 117-115, on Friday night.
Kevin Durant scored 36 points, Serge Ibaka matched his...
Golden State holds off Cleveland for 112-94 victory
Klay Thompson scored 24 points, Stephen Curry had 23 and 10 assists and the Golden State Warriors completed a perfect six-game homestand with a 112-94 win over the short-handed Cleveland Cavaliers on Friday night at Oakland.
Draymond Green added 10...
Cavaliers acquire J.R. Smith, Ian Shumpert in trade with Knicks, Thunder
The Cavaliers tried to make it work with Dion Waiters. They couldn't wait any longer.
Cleveland traded the shooting guard to Oklahoma City on Monday night and acquired guards J.R. Smith and Iman Shumpert from the New York Knicks in a three-team deal.
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Young teammates see LeBron James as somewhat of a sage
An hour after Cleveland suffered its worst defeat of the season, a 29-point blowout to Atlanta on Wednesday night, LeBron James sat in a chair on the baseline with a cold drink in his hand and watched his young teammate, point guard Kyrie Irving, work...
LeBron James leads Cleveland past Memphis, 105-91
LeBron James had 25 points and 11 assists, Dion Waiters scored 13 of his 21 points in the fourth quarter and the Cleveland Cavaliers handled one of the Western Conference's best teams, beating the Memphis Grizzlies, 105-91, on Sunday in Cleveland.
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Golden State Warriors have a very dynamic duo
As his eyes roamed the action around the basket, Golden State Warriors point guard Stephen Curry steadily backed Lakers guard Jeremy Lin down low in the post.
Curry's teammate Draymond Green was stationed outside the corner three-point line, Harrison...
NBA roundup: LeBron James leads Cavaliers to eighth straight win
LeBron James scored 35 points, including a tiebreaking three-pointer with 48 seconds remaining, and the Cleveland Cavaliers rallied to beat the Toronto Raptors, 105-101, Tuesday night in Cleveland for their eighth consecutive victory.
James' jumper...
Cleveland's Big Three should make Cavaliers No. 1 in East
Broderick Turner picks the East (in predicted order of finish)
PLAYOFF-BOUND
1. Cleveland
2013-14 finish: 33-49.
Coming: Coach David Blatt, LeBron James, Kevin Love, Mike Miller, Shawn Marion, Brendan Haywood, James Jones.
Going: Coach Mike Brown,...
Draft busts played big role in Chris Grant's firing
Chris Grant will need to get creative when he re-formats his resume for his next job.
The longtime Cleveland Cavaliers executive who was fired as general manager this week was responsible for drafting the disaster that is Anthony Bennett, signing the...
Starters sit as Pacers take back top spot in East
Chris Copeland's driving layup with 1.2 seconds remaining gave the Indiana Pacers a 104-102 victory over the Milwaukee Bucks on Wednesday night that moved them back into first place in the Eastern Conference.
Luis Scola scored a season-high 24 points and...
Dirk Nowitzki, Mavericks top Kevin Durant, Thunder
Dirk Nowitzki scored seven of his 32 points in overtime Tuesday night, leading the Dallas Mavericks to a 128-119 victory over the Oklahoma City Thunder in Dallas.
Nowitzki also had 10 rebounds and six assists, and six of his teammates scored in double...
Pacers extend edge over Heat in East
Paul George scored 23 points and Roy Hibbert had 21, leading the Indiana Pacers back from a seven-point fourth-quarter deficit for an 84-83 victory over the Miami Heat on Wednesday night at Indianapolis.
The NBA's best home team ended a two-game losing...
Erratic Pacers fall to Cavaliers, 90-76
Dion Waiters scored 19 points, Luol Deng had 15 and the Cleveland Cavaliers kept their playoff push going Sunday with a 90-76 win over the slumping Indiana Pacers, who are losing their grip on the Eastern Conference's No. 1 seed.
Tristan Thompson had...
It's a breeze as Spurs stretch winning streak to 19
Tony Parker had 18 points and eight assists and Tim Duncan had 15 points and eight rebounds and the San Antonio Spurs rolled to a 111-90 victory over the visiting Golden State Warriors on Wednesday night, extending their franchise-record winning streak to...
LeBron James leads Heat past Cavaliers, 100-96
LeBron James scored 43 points — 25 during an amazing first-quarter shooting display — and Chris Bosh added 21, leading the visiting Miami Heat to a 100-96 victory Tuesday night over the Cleveland Cavaliers, who played their first game without injured...
NBA free agency winners and losers: A case of the Cavs and Cav-nots
Once LeBron James announced, “I'm Coming Home,” to Cleveland last Friday, the free-agency floodgates opened, with the player moves coming fast and furious.
James was the Pied Piper, the one who set in motion so much change in the NBA that it left some...
LeBron James decides to return to the Cleveland Cavaliers
LeBron James is removing his talents from Miami.
Four years after stunning the NBA world with “The Decision,” the Miami Heat forward announced an even larger revelation on SI.com Friday, perhaps destined to be called “The Redemption.”
James, 29, will...
Lakers' rally comes too late against Cleveland Cavaliers
Cleveland Cavaliers 120 - Lakers 118 (end of regulation)
Nick Young's three-point attempt with 9.9 seconds left in the game wouldn't fall, extinguishing a late Lakers' rally against the Cleveland Cavaliers.
Instead, the Cavaliers hold on for a 120-118...
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