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Sexton Drops 25, Cavaliers Beat Kings In Summer League

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LAS VEGAS — Collin Sexton scored 25 points and the Cleveland Cavaliers used a balanced attack to defeat the Sacremento Kings 96-84 in a Las Vegas NBA Summer League game at Thomas & Mack Center on Wednesday.

Sexton, who had his best summer league game yet, shot 9 of 15 from the field and had seven assists with four rebounds in 25 minutes of action.

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Jamel Artis added 14 points and seven rebounds, Okaro White had 13 points and seven rebounds, while Scoochie Smith and Billy Preston each scored 10 points off the bench, with the latter also grabbing six rebounds in the win for the Cavaliers (3-1).

Cleveland shot 47 percent in the win.

Justin Jackson led Sacremento with 20 points, but was only 7 of 24 from the field and went only 2 for 12 from 3-point range.

Zach Auguste finished with 19 points and seven rebounds in 25 minutes off the bench, while Wenyen Gabriel was 5 of 6 from the floor for 15 points for the Kings (1-3), who shot 36 percent as a team and was 7 for 28 from 3-pointers

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2018 NBA Summer League Scores On July 5

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SACRAMENTO — Scores and results from the games played in the 2018 NBA Summer League on Thursday, July 5.

The Golden State Warriors finished the California Classic undefeated, after three games, while the Los Angeles Lakers failed to win a game from the three encounters.

In fact, Golden State and Los Angeles met on Thursday with the Warriors picking up a 77-71 victory.

Marcus Derrickson led the way for Golden State with a double-double of 24 points and 11 rebounds, while Omari Johnson added 15 points.

Atlanta Hawks also finished the Utah trip without a win after losing 92-87 to the Jazz.

Tony Bradley had 15 points and 12 rebounds, while Stanton Kidd 15 and Georges Niang for Utah, while Trey Lewis scored 11 points off the bench.

Rookie and former Duke Blue Devils standout Grayson Allen scored nine points to go with eight assists, six rebounds and three steals.

Tyler Dorsey finished with 17 points for the Hawks with Jaylen Morris ending with 14 in the defeat.

In another 2018 NBA Summer League score on Thursday, the Memphis Grizzlies suffered their first defeat after losing 94-87 to the San Antonio Spurs.

Warriors Top Kings, 71-54 In NBA Summer League

Derrick White had 26 points, seven rebounds and six assists for Spurs and Lonnie Walker IV ended with 14 points in the win.

Wayne Selden scored 26 points for Memphis.

Elsewhere, Derrick Jones Jr. finished with 19 points and seven rebounds and the Miami Heat beat the Sacramento Kings 86-76.

Meanwhile, rookie Marvin Bagley III played 29 minutes, but had just one point and three rebounds.

2018 NBA Summer League Scores On July 5

Golden State Warriors 77, Los Angeles Lakers 71
Miami Heat 86, Sacramento Kings 76
San Antonio Spurs 94, Memphis Grizzlies 87,
Utah Jazz 92, Atlanta Hawks 87

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NBA Summer League Schedule, ESPN3 Stream: July 5

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MIAMI — The 2018 NBA Summer League continues today (5) with four more games and you can stream them all live on ESPN3 and the WatchESPN App.

ESPN.com and NBA.com will also provide live gamecast updates of each game, along with the after game box scores.

At the Sacramento Summer League, starting at 2:00 pm ET inside Golden 1 Center, the Los Angeles Lakers will go in search of its first win when they take on the Golden State Warriors who are 2-0 to start the summer.

For the Lakers, rookies Sviatoslav Mykhailiuk and Demarcus Holland both reach double-digit scoring in the 89-74 defeat to the Miami Heat last time out and will be hoping to make another impact on Thursday.

Josh Hart and Moritz Wagner had 23 points each in the first game when the Lakers were defeated by the Sacramento Kings and the pair will aim to replicate those performances against a Warriors side that has been difficult to break down.

Golden State beat Sacramento 71-54 on Tuesday night with Jacob Evans (13) and Josh Magette (12) each scoring in double-digits in the win.

Miami and Sacramento will be in action live on ESPN3 at 4:00 pm, with both teams seeking to bounce back from respective defeats the last time out.

They are both 1-1 this summer.

Like the Warriors, the Memphis Grizzlies go in search of three straight victories when they battle against the San Antonio Spurs in the Utah NBA Summer League at Vivint Smart Home Arena in Salt Lake City.

ESPN3 schedule and WatchESPN will have the stream, starting at 6:00 pm and this will be followed at 8:00 pm by the clash involving the Atlanta Hawks and the Utah Jazz.

2018 NBA Summer League Live Schedule, ESPN3 Stream

Thursday, July 5

Los Angeles v Golden State 2:00 PM ESPN3
Miami v Sacramento 4:00 PM ESPN3
Memphis v San Antonio 6:00 PM ESPN3
Atlanta v Utah 8:00 PM ESPN3

Warriors Top Kings, 71-54 In NBA Summer League

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SACRAMENTO — Jacob Evans, making his debut, scored 13 points and Josh Magette added 12 and the Golden State Warriors eased to a comfortable 71-54 victory over the Sacramento Kings in NBA Summer League action on Tuesday.

Magette, who played a team-high 28 minutes, made all three of his shots from 3-point range and went 4 for 6 overall from the field.

Damian Jones grabbed a game-high eight rebounds for the Warriors, while Jordan Bell finished with eight points, on 4 for 5 shooting to go with seven assists, six rebounds, four blocks and two steals.

Meanwhile, sophomore Justin Jackson had a game-high 20 points for the Kings in the defeat.

He went 7 for 11 from the field and grabbed five rebounds.

Frank Mason III added 16 points, five assists, four rebounds and three steals, while former Duke standout Marvin Bagley III pulled down seven rebounds, but was only 3 for 16 from the field for seven points in the defeat.

Harry Giles played 28 minutes and had four points, four steals with three rebounds. He was 2 for 9 from the floor.

Golden State improved to 2-0 in the Sacramento NBA Summer League, while the Kings dropped to 1-1.

The Warriors NBA Summer League action on Thursday against the Los Angeles Lakers, while Sacramento will also be in action on Thursday against the Miami Heat.

Latest NBA Scores and Results From Feb. 26

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MIAMI, FL — Russell Westbrook notched another triple-double in Oklahoma City’s win over New Orleans, while San Antonio Spurs routed the LA Lakers in NBA scores on Sunday.

THUNDER 118, PELICANS 110

OKLAHOMA CITY — At the Chesapeake Energy Arena, Westbrook scored 41 points with 11 assists and 11 rebounds for his 29th triple-double of the season to guide the Thunder to an 118-110 victory over the Pelicans.

Westbrook, who committed nine of his team’s 13 turnovers on the night, shot 14-of-29 from the floor, while scoring a career-best 21 fourth-quarter points on 7-of-10 in the final period.

“Throughout games, I’ve got to find a better way to pick my spots,” said Westbrook, who collected his 66th career triple-double.

“Tonight was the fourth quarter. Some nights it may be early, some nights it may be late.”

Enes Kanter added 20 points and nine rebounds, Steven Adams ended with 13 points and 10 boards and Alex Abrines ended with 13 points for the Thunder (34-25), who won their third straight and improved to 22-8 at home this season.

Anthony Davis led the Pelicans with 38 points, seven rebounds and four assists, while DeMarcus Cousins, who played just a little under 22 minutes, added 31 points and 10 rebounds before fouling out in the defeat.

New Orleans (23-37) shot 45 percent from the floor on 36 for 80 shooting, while Oklahoma City was 47.7 percent from the field on 42 for 88 shooting attempts.

SPURS 119, LAKERS 98

LOS ANGELES — Kawhi Leonard scored 25 points and shot 50 percent from the floor to help the San Antonio Spurs hammered the Los Angeles Lakers 119-98 in an NBA score on Sunday.

LaMarcus Aldridge added 16 points on 8 for 14 shooting with nine rebounds for the Spurs (45-13), who improved to 26-7 on the road this season.

Pau Gasol finished with 15 points and seven boards off the bench against his former team, as San Antonio won four straight and nine of 11.

Rookie Brandon Ingram scored a career-high 22 points on 10 for 15 shooting for Los Angeles, while Jordan Clarkson added 19 points and D’Angelo Russell scored 18 in the defeat for the Lakers (19-41), who have lost four in a row and 15 in 19 games overall.

NBA SCORES AND RESULTS
Sunday, February 27

SPURS 119, LAKERS 98
CLIPPERS 124, HORNETS 121, OT
THUNDER 118, PELICANS 110
GRIZZLIES 105, NUGGETS 98
CELTICS 104, PISTONS 98
RAPTORS 112, TRAIL BLAZERS 106
BUCKS 100, SUNS 96
JAZZ 102, WIZARDS 92

NBA Conference Players of the Week: Leonard and Embiid

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MIAMI, Fla. — The San Antonio Spurs forward Kawhi Leonard and the Philadelphia 76ers center Joel Embiid were selected NBA Eastern and Western Conference Players of the Week for the games played Monday, Jan. 16 through Sunday, Jan. 22, the league announced.

Embiid has been on fire for the Sixers recently and the 22-year-old have been rewarded with the Eastern Conference Player of the Week award.

Embiid averaged 22 points, 10.3 rebounds and 3.7 blocks in three victories last week despite averaging just 25 minutes per game.

He has helped Philadelphia become one of the hottest teams in the Eastern Conference at the moment.

Meanwhile, Leonard was named Western Conference Player of the Week.

The 25-year-old led the conference in scoring last week at an average of 36.3 points per game in three wins, while grabbing 6.0 rebounds and 4.7 assists.

Leonard, who shot 56.5 percent from the field, 43.8 percent from 3-pointers and 96.0 percent from the free throw line, also scored a career-high 41 points in the overtime 118-115 victory over the defending champions Cleveland Cavaliers on Saturday.

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Meanwhile, the Sixers announced that Embiid, who didn’t practice with the team on Monday, will the upcoming fixtures against the Los Angeles Clippers and Milwaukee Bucks on Tuesday and Wednesday with a left knee bruise he suffered last Friday in the win against Portland Trail Blazers.

He is expected to return for the home game against the Houston Rockets on Friday.

“We’re gonna be without him tomorrow, and in Milwaukee, and we’ll go from there,” Philadelphia head coach Brett Brown told reporters.

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Kevin Love Score 34pts In A Quarter For Cavs v Blazers

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CLEVELAND — Watch the Cleveland Cavaliers forward Kevin Love score 34 points to set an NBA record for points in a first quarter on Wednesday night against the Portland Trail Blazers.

The Cavs won the game 137-125.

Love went 8 for 10 from 3-point range and shot 11 of 14 overall from the floor on his way to outscoring the Blazers, 34-31 in the opening period.

He also made all four of his free throws.

The 34 points scored by Love are the most in a first quarter in NBA history and 2nd-most in any quarter ever in league archives.

It is also the most scored in any quarter in Cavaliers history.

Only Golden State Warriors guard Klay Thompson, who scored 37 points in the third quarter of his team’s win over the Sacremento Kings on Jan. 23, 2015, has scored more in a quarter than Love.

“He beat them by himself,” his teammate J.R. Smith told Fox Sports Ohio at halftime.

“To hit shots like that in the first quarter — never seen it.”

Love was held scoreless in the second quarter, but finished the game with 40 points and eight rebounds for the Cavs.

LeBron James recorded his 44th career triple-double with 31 points, 13 assists and 10 rebounds to go along with three steals for Cleveland (11-2), which shot 53 percent from the field and 58 percent from 3-pointers.

Kyrie Irving added 20 points and six assists and Channing Frye went 4 for 6 from 3-pointers on his way to scoring 14 points for the Cavs, who made 21 shots from long-range.

Damian Lillard scored 25 of his 40 points in the second half, dished out 11 assists and pulled down seven rebounds for the Portland Blazers.

Evan Turner had 17 points off the bench in the defeat.

NBA Conference Standings 2016-17

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The National Basketball Associate (NBA) league is up and running in this the new 2016-17 season and there will be lots of things to look forward to this season.

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The return of LeBron James to the Cleveland Cavaliers, who are the defending champions, have made them one of the teams to watch again this season in the hunt for back-to-back titles. In fact, ESPN Power Rankings for preseason has listed them above the Golden State Warriors at No. 1.

There are several other title contenders and playoff prospects in this year’s competition, including the new look Los Angeles Clippers, San Antonio Spurs, New York Knicks, Boston Celtics, Miami Heat, Chicago Bulls, Warriors of course with the addition of Kevin Durant, Oklahoma City Thunder, even without Durant and the Toronto Raptors.

Here is where you can keep up with all the statistics as they unfold. Following what team leads their conference and division, as well as overall records.

See stats which includes things such games, won, loss, conference standings in addition to teams current win streak and much, much more.

The NBA season is shaping to be one of the most competitive ones in a long time and you don’t want to miss all the details.

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Rockets Fired Head Coach Kevin McHale

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TEXAS, Sporting Alert – The Houston Rockets have fired head coach Kevin McHale, Yahoo! Sports reported on Wednesday morning.

NBA Columnist and Insider for Yahoo Sports Adrian Wojnarowski tweeted the rumour Wednesday, citing that the news is coming from league sources.

According to the report, assistant coach J.B. Bickerstaff will take charge of the team as the interim coach for Wednesday night’s clash at home with the Portland Trail Blazers.

It is understood the Rockets will give Bickerstaff some time to see what he can do in charge, but hasn’t promised the job to him on a full-time basis.

In an update to this story, ESPN.com is now reporting that McHale confirmed the news to ESPN NBA analyst Chris Broussard.

Houston is off to a very poor start this term, despite the wealth of talents at the ball club.

The Western Conference side has a disappointing 4-7 record through its first 11 games of the campaign and is currently on a very unhealthy losing streak.

The 111-95 defeat suffered at the hands of the Boston Celtics on Monday night, extended the Rockets’ poor run to four successive defeats and it seems as though that has triggered the club to finally get rid of coach McHale.

McHale, who was in his fifth season in Houston, had an overall record of 193-130 with the Rockets, while guiding the team to three straight trips to the NBA playoffs.

Last season the Rockets made it to the Western Conference finals before losing to eventual NBA champions Golden State Warriors.

He signed a three-year contract extension last year, but that has been cut short.

Irving Starts For Cavs in Game 4: Live on TNT Overtime

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CLEVELAND (Sporting Alert) — Kyrie Irvings will start for the Cleveland Cavaliers in Tuesday night’s closeout Game 4 of the Eastern Conference finals against the Atlanta Hawks.

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Irving has been on the sidelines since he aggravated tendinitis in his left knee during Game 1 of this series, but the Cavs confirmed the point guard will play and start on Tuesday night.

According to Yahoo Sports’ Marc J. Spears, the 23-year-old will limited to 25-minutes and could play even fewer if the Cavs take command of the contest early at Quicken Loans Arena.

Australian rookie Matthew Dellavedova had replaced Irving in the starting lineup for Games 2 and 3. He is averaging 6.8 points and 2.8 assists in the postseason.

Irving, who is averaging 18.9 points per game in this year’s postseason, scored 10 points and had six assists in 27 minutes during Game 1 before he was forced out of the contest.

The Cavaliers lead the seven game series 3-0 and can complete a sweep of the Hawks with another victory in Game 4.

Meanwhile, Cleveland’s head coach David Blatt will be hoping to “become first rookie coach to sweep that year’s NBA Coach of the Year in a best-of-7 series,” according to ESPN and Stats.

Blatt also dismissed suggestions that his guard Dellavedova is a dirty player, following incident involving the Australia and Hawks’ Al Horford and Kyle Korver, who Atlanta confirmed will have ankle surgery Wednesday afternoon.

“The kid doesn’t have an unsportsmanlike bone in his body,” the coach said.

LeBron Misses Cavs v Thunder Clash: Live Box Score

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OKLAHOMA CITY (Sporting Alert) — Cleveland Cavaliers have revealed that LeBron James will not play against the Oklahoma City Thunder Thursday night because of a knee problem.

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The Cavs head coach David Blatt said James’ problem is just knee soreness and nothing serious, but added that it was important for him to sit this one out.

“Nothing major. Again, not a serious problem,” Blatt said. “We’ll monitor it, we’ll treat him and we’ll see how he’s feeling tomorrow.”

James missed the Cavs’ Thursday morning shootaround to get treatment on his knee and the club confirmed that the soreness, which is located in the back of the player’s left knee was first felt during Cleveland’s win over Eastern Conference leaders Toronto Raptors on Tuesday night.

Blatt said the 29-year-old is not on the schedule to undergo an MRI

“There was nothing specific that happened to him the last game,” noted Blatt, who said James is sitting the game out as a measure of precaution.

“He’s just got a little bit of soreness.

“It’s happened to him before, it’s not the first time. And we’re being cautious, that’s it.”

Earlier in the day, when James was listed as questionable and looked like missing out,Cavaliers forward Kevin Love said that the game against the Thunder is the ideal opportunity for another player to step up.

“It’s another opportunity for somebody to step up,” said Kevin.

“We know what we lose in LeBron, and this will be a great opportunity to see ourselves against one of the best Western Conference teams, despite their record.”

The Cavs (13-7) are hunting its ninth successive win, while the Thunder (8-13) are going for their fourth in a row.

San Antonio Spurs beats Miami Heat, wins NBA Championship

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SAN ANTONIO – The San Antonio Spurs overpowered LeBron James and the Miami Heat to win the NBA Championship in Game 5 on Sunday night.

The Spurs dominated Game 5 at the AT&T Center to pick up a 104-87 victory and ended Miami Heat’s two-year hold on the trophy.

Kawhi Leonard, the MVP of the finals, finished with 22 points and 10 rebounds, Manu Ginobili scored 19 points, Patty Mills added 17, while Tim Duncan finished with 14 points and eight rebounds for the Spurs, as the veteran side secured their fifth title.

“We remember what happened last year and how it felt in that locker room and we used it and built on it and got back here and it’s amazing,” Duncan said. “It makes last year OK.”

LeBron James scored a game-high 31 points and pulled down 10 rebounds in the defeat for the Miami Heat, while Chris Bosh finished with 13 points and seven boards.

Sunday night’s victory saw Tim Duncan, Tony Parker and Manu Ginobili becoming “the winningest trio in NBA postseason history.”