LeBron James slapped the ball from Seattle rookie Kevin Durant’s hands and quickly flipped up a 3-pointer. The halftime shot was the extent of James’ action Thursday night. Relegated to the bench while nursing a sprained right ankle, James was a spectator, watching his rookie friend make key plays in the closing moments to help Seattle avoid blowing a huge lead.
It was hardly a well-played game. However, it was one the San Antonio Spurs desperately needed to win — and they did. Tim Duncan banked in a shot with 30.9 seconds remaining, Manu Ginobili hit four late free throws and the undermanned Spurs rallied to beat the Phoenix Suns 84-81 on Thursday night and end a three-game losing streak.
AP - Tim Duncan banked in a shot with 30.9 seconds remaining, Manu Ginobili hit four late free throws and the undermanned San Antonio Spurs rallied to beat the Phoenix Suns 84-81 on Thursday night and end a three-game losing streak.
There’s no such thing as a flawless performance in the game of basketball. No. 5 UCLA gave it a run Thursday night. Josh Shipp broke out of a brief shooting slump with 21 points, freshman Kevin Love had 20 points and 10 rebounds, and the Bruins overpowered Arizona State 84-51 to hand the Sun Devils their fourth straight loss.
AP - Alex Ovechkin scored his fourth goal of the night with 1:26 left in overtime to give the Washington Capitals a 5-4 win over the Montreal Canadiens on Thursday night.
AP - Tiger Woods picked up right where he left off last week — at the top of the leaderboard. Woods, who won the Buick Invitational on Sunday by eight strokes, shot a 7-under 65 Thursday to take a two-shot lead after the first round of the Dubai Desert Classic.
AP - Kevin Everett slowly unbuttons his suit jacket and sits down. It hardly seems like a big deal, those three little buttons. For Everett, though, it is nothing short of amazing. Less than five months after the catastrophic collision that doctors said might leave him paralyzed — or worse — he is walking and slowly regaining full use of his hands.
California made sure the sting from a blowout loss at Stanford didn’t linger. Ashley Walker had 18 points and 10 rebounds, Natasha Vital added 16 points and 10th-ranked California bounced back from its first conference loss by beating UCLA 67-53 Thursday night. “If anybody has been following us for three years, they are tough minded, they let things go pretty easily, they move forward.
AP - Adam “Pacman” Jones is busy clearing away the legal problems that led to his suspension from the NFL.
Reuters - Byron Scott of the New Orleans Hornets
will coach the Western Conference at this year’s NBA All-Star
Game, the league said on Thursday.
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