NBA Playoffs: Nuggets, Suns advance; Hawks reduce deficit on Celtics
• 2 years agoNikola Jokic had a triple-double and Jamal Murray scored 35 points as the Denver Nuggets eliminated the Minnesota Timberwolves in Game 5 of their first-round playoff series.
NBA: Russell Westbrook signs with Clippers after clearing waivers
• 2 years agoRussell Westbrook cleared waivers because no team had the salary-cap space to take on the remaining $47 million he was owed on his expiring contract.
NBA: Kawhi Leonard scores 14 points in return, Clippers hold off Lakers
• 2 years agoClippers beat their more pedigreed city rivals, Lakers, for the eighth consecutive time.
NBA: Atlanta Hawks, New Orleans Pelicans book final playoff berths
• 3 years agoHawks erased a double-digit halftime deficit in the play-in contest to line up a first-round series with Eastern Conference top seeds Miami
NBA: Reggie Jackson propels Los Angeles Clippers to win over Orlando Magic
• 3 years agoJackson scored nine of his 25 points in the fourth quarter, including what proved to be the game-winner with 2.2 seconds left in the Clippers' 106-104 NBA win over the Magic.
NA: Demar DeRozan, Zach LaVine help Bulls beat Raptors for fourth straight win
• 3 years agoNikola Vucevic scored 17 points and Lonzo Ball had 15 as the Bulls won their fourth straight meeting with Toronto. Ball shot 5 for 9 from 3-point range.
NBA: Schedule for 75th anniversary season has nods to history including Knicks-Raptors
• 4 years agoNew York will play host to Toronto on 1 November, exactly 75 years to the day after the Knicks visited the then-Toronto Huskies in the first game of the Basketball Association of America's inaugural season.
NBA: Nets to sign Kevin Durant to four-year extension, Lakers add Carmelo Anthony
• 4 years agoThe extension, which he becomes eligible to officially sign after Saturday, is expected to vault Durant past $500 million in NBA career earnings.
NBA: Los Angeles Clippers guard Patrick Beverley receives one-game suspension
• 4 years agoBeverley was banned for unsportsmanlike shoving Paul from behind onto the court during a stoppage in play with 5:49 remaining in the fourth quarter of Wednesday's 130-103 Suns' victory over the host Clippers.
NBA: Chris Paul leads Suns past Clippers, into NBA Finals for first time since 1993
• 4 years agoThe Suns last made NBA Finals in 1993, when they were led by Charles Barkley and lost to Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls in six games.