Month: March 2015

The ticket resale company StubHub alleges that Ticketmaster and the Golden State Warriors unfairly required fans looking to sell tickets to use TicketMaster’s exchange.

Damian Lillard scored 19 points before sitting the final quarter and the Portland Trail Blazers secured a playoff berth with a 109-86 victory Monday night over the Phoenix Suns.

DeMar DeRozan and James Harden have been battling on the basketball court for more than a decade.

Kyle Korver was unstoppable for 65 seconds.

Mike Conley scored 18 points, Jeff Green added 16 and the Memphis Grizzlies snapped their three-game losing streak with a 97-83 victory over the Sacramento Kings on Monday night.

Gordon Hayward scored 22 points, reserve Trey Burke had 19 and the Utah Jazz beat the short-handed Minnesota Timberwolves 104-84 on Monday night.

Jordan Clarkson scored 26 points and made the tiebreaking basket with 0.7 seconds left in overtime to lift the Los Angeles Lakers past the Philadelphia 76ers, 113-111 on Monday night in a matchup of two of the NBA’s worst teams.

Avery Bradley had 30 points and eight rebounds, and the Boston Celtics beat the Charlotte Hornets 116-104 on Monday night for an important Eastern Conference victory.

Phil Jackson is tweeting about the basketball gods again.

They have the look of such favorites that Las Vegas likes them twice this week, once while on a back-to-back and the other time on the road.

The Cleveland Cavaliers won’t get style points for Sunday’s 87-86 win over the Philadelphia 76ers.

The Clippers could face the Trail Blazers in the first round of the playoffs, making Wednesday night’s game a potential preview.

Russell Westbrook had 33 points, nine rebounds and seven assists, and the Oklahoma City Thunder rallied from 20 points down to beat the Phoenix Suns 109-97 on Sunday night.

LeBron James scored 20 points, Kyrie Irving added 17 and the Cleveland Cavaliers hung on for an 87-86 victory over the visiting Philadelphia 76ers on Sunday.

Indiana has already shifted into playoff gear.

Kawhi Leonard had 25 points and 10 rebounds, and the San Antonio Spurs cruised to a 103-89 victory over the Memphis Grizzlies on Sunday.

Brook Lopez had 30 points and 11 rebounds as the Nets, despite struggling against the Lakers, won their third straight.

J.J. Redick scored 27 points, Chris Paul had 21 points and 10 assists, and the Los Angeles Clippers beat the Boston Celtics 119-106 on Sunday for their seventh consecutive win.

Dwyane Wade scored 40 points one day after having fluid removed from his balky left knee, Udonis Haslem set season highs with 18 points and 13 rebounds, and the undermanned Miami Heat beat the Detroit Pistons 109-102 on Sunday night.

First and foremost, happy 70th to Walt Frazier. Where does the time go? If there's one indisputable New York City truth the past, oh, 50 years, it's that Walt Frazier made…

NEW YORK — One day after his New York Knicks made the wrong kind of history, team president Phil Jackson took to Twitter to talk about the rebuild that lies ahead. We will rebuild a team that fits together-guys that want to compete and play the way bball gods approve.#groundup— Phil Jackson (@PhilJackson11) March 30, 2015It’s interesting that Jackson would use the hashtag “#groundup” at the end of the tweet. He had an opportunity to start the Knicks’ rebuild from the ground up in the truest sense last summer when Carmelo Anthony hit free agency.

Derek Fisher didn’t flinch before offering a deadpan response when asked to predict a favorite in the Eastern Conference this spring.

Trey Burke said the Jazz “felt disrespected” and took former teammate Enes Kanter’s critical comments about the organization personally.

LaMarcus Aldridge had 32 points and 11 rebounds, and the Portland Trail Blazers beat the Denver Nuggets 120-114 on Saturday night for their third consecutive victory.

George, a two-time All-Star, said after practice that he felt as if he had passed all the tests to play but that he was still waiting for clearance from the team’s medical staff before he made his season debut.

The Golden State Warriors achieved two impressive milestones with another double-digit win on the road.

Nikola Mirotic scored 24 points, Pau Gasol added 19 points and 12 rebounds, and the Chicago Bulls handed the visiting Knicks their team-record 60th loss, 111-80.

Nikola Mirotic scored 24 points, Pau Gasol added 19 points and 12 rebounds, and the Chicago Bulls handed the Knicks their franchise-record 60th loss, beating New York 111-80 Saturday night.

Kemba Walker scored 21 points and the Charlotte Hornets beat an Atlanta Hawks team missing all five starters, 115-100 on Saturday night.

Phil Jackson’s teams won 60 games in one season five times as head coach of the Bulls, including an NBA-record 72 in 1995-96.

When you add it all up, the Knicks played exactly one meaningful game this season: The first one.

The Knicks’ loss to the Bulls Saturday night was their 60th, a new record of futility.

Kevin Durant is done for the season after the Thunder announced that he will need another surgery to repair a broken bone in his foot.

LaMarcus Aldridge scored 27 points and the Portland Trail Blazers overcame one of their worst shooting performances of the season, rallying from an eight-point deficit in the fourth quarter for an 87-81 win Friday night over the Phoenix Suns.

Hundley, known as Hot Rod, parlayed showmanship on the court with flair at the microphone to become a fan favorite for more than half a century, including many years as a broadcaster for the N.B.A.’s Jazz.

Stephen Curry had 38 points and 10 assists, leading the Golden State Warriors to their 59th win — tying a franchise record — 107-84 over the Memphis Grizzlies on Friday night.

The Nets served a jolt to the Cleveland Cavaliers on Friday night, beating them, 106-98, in front of a sellout crowd at Barclays Center.

Ty Lawson and Jameer Nelson each scored 18 points as the Denver Nuggets beat Utah 107-91 on Friday night, handing the Jazz their fourth straight loss.

Durant will undergo a bone graft on his right foot next week, the Oklahoma City Thunder announced, and is not expected to resume basketball-related activities for four to six months.

The Brooklyn Nets played with the intensity of a team fighting for its postseason future, and the Cleveland Cavaliers couldn’t match it.

Boris Diaw scored 19 points, helping the San Antonio Spurs pull away for a 94-76 victory over the Dallas Mavericks on Friday night.

Hot Rod Hundley was the former NBA player who broadcast Jazz games in New Orleans and Utah for 35 years.

Isaiah Thomas scored 18 points and Jae Crowder had 17 points and nine rebounds as the Boston Celtics held off a late rally by the New York Knicks for a 96-92 win on Friday night.

James Harden had 33 points and eight assists as the Houston Rockets clinched a playoff spot with a 120-110 victory over the short-handed Minnesota Timberwolves on Friday night.

Tyreke Evans had 25 points and 10 assists, and the New Orleans Pelicans snapped a four-game losing streak with a 102-88 victory over the Sacramento Kings on Friday night.

John Wall scored seven of his game-high 32 points in the second overtime, and the Washington Wizards held off the Charlotte Hornets 110-107 on Friday night.

Reggie Jackson scored 26 points, and had 11 rebounds and 10 assists to lift the Detroit Pistons to 111-97 win over the Orlando Magic on Friday night.

DeMarre Carroll scored 24 points and the Atlanta Hawks clinched the top seed in the Eastern Conference playoffs with a 99-86 victory over the Miami Heat on Friday night.

The Toronto Raptors clinched their second straight Atlantic Division title, beating the Los Angeles Lakers 94-83 on Friday night behind 18 points from Lou Williams and 19 from Jonas Valanciunas.

Chris Paul scored 25 points, DeAndre Jordan had 17 points and 20 rebounds, and the Los Angeles Clippers cruised to a 119-98 win over the Philadelphia 76ers on Friday night.

Jose Calderon expressed major doubt he'll be back this season after once vowing to return from a strained Achilles. Calderon, who first injured the tendon in Boston on Feb. 25,…

New Knick Ricky Ledo committed seven turnovers Wednesday against the Clippers — a statistic he didn't want to talk about after the contest. But the enigmatic shooting guard with a…

The Garden held a 70th birthday party for Walt Frazier on Friday, a night when the woebegone Knicks closed in on a franchise-record 60th loss. In losing 96-92 to the…

Highlights of Thursday’s National Basketball Association game:

Struggling with early season injuries and the adjustment to a new coaching staff, Ersan Ilyasova hasn’t quite been himself for the Milwaukee Bucks.

The Nets moved to Brooklyn bragging that they would own the city, but the mediocre reality has been disappointing and has often been at the expense of young talent and draft picks.

The Knicks mercifully have just 10 games remaining this season.

Looking back at it now, 20 years later, Pat Riley isn’t even sure Michael Jordan cared much whether he beat the Knicks that night.

The hits keep coming for Phil Jackson and the Knicks.

Mike Woodson admitted it was “a little strange” to be back at the Garden on Wednesday night to face his former team.

Highlights of Wednesday’s National Basketball Association games:

DeMarcus Cousins scored 24 points, all but four coming in the first three quarters, and grabbed 11 rebounds to help the Sacramento Kings beat the Phoenix Suns 108-99 on Thursday night.

Damian Lillard refused to let the reeling Trail Blazers lose their sixth consecutive game Wednesday night. Portland was on the verge of exactly that, trailing by 10 points in the fourth quarter, when the third-year point guard from nearby Weber State decided to attack the basket again and again and again.

Dwight Howard corralled a no-look pass from James Harden along the baseline and went up quickly for a forceful one-handed stuff.

Jordan Clarkson took a step back before helping the Los Angeles Lakers take one forward.

Tony Parker had 21 points and six assists, and the San Antonio Spurs stopped Oklahoma City’s four-game winning streak with a runaway 130-91 victory over the Thunder on Wednesday night.

World Peace signed with the Italian team Pallacanestro Cantu for the remainder of the season.

With a 111-80 hammering at the hands of the Los Angeles Clippers, the Knicks moved a loss away from matching the franchise’s worst single-season record.

Kyrie Irving scored 24 points, Kevin Love added 22 points and 10 rebounds, and the Cleveland Cavaliers rolled to a 111-89 victory over the Memphis Grizzlies on Wednesday night.

Goran Dragic had 22 points and seven assists, and the banged-up Miami Heat beat the Boston Celtics 93-86 on Wednesday night.

Brook Lopez was disappointed when he turned the ball over on an inbounds pass with 3.2 seconds left in the game and the Brooklyn Nets up by three.

George Hill’s driving layup with 2.7 seconds left lifted the Indiana Pacers over the Washington Wizards 103-101 on Wednesday night, snapping the Pacers’ six-game losing streak.

Paul Millsap had 25 points and 11 rebounds, and the Atlanta Hawks snapped a three-game losing streak with a 95-83 victory over the Orlando Magic on Wednesday night.

DeAndre Jordan raised the NBA’s best shooting percentage above 71 percent by making all seven shots and scoring 14 points, and the Los Angeles Clippers pounded the New York Knicks 111-80 on Wednesday night.

Jimmy Butler scored 23 points, Pau Gasol had 18 and the Chicago Bulls beat Toronto 116-103 on Wednesday night for their fifth consecutive victory against the Raptors.

Imagine how things might have been different if Knicks president Phil Jackson had been impressed enough with Mike Woodson's 16-5 finish last season to allow the coach to finish out…

Derek Fisher confidently strode to the microphone following another loss.

The music was turned up in the locker room and the mood was festive, but Golden State didn’t overdo the celebration of the team’s first division title in 39 years.

DeMarcus Cousins had 33 points and 17 rebounds and the Sacramento Kings dealt the Philadelphia 76ers their 16th straight road loss, 107-106 on Tuesday night.

Monta Ellis provided an emphatic rebuttal Tuesday night to a dismal performance 48 hours earlier.

Reggie Jackson and Kentavious Caldwell-Pope combined for 54 points, 13 assists and 11 rebounds without committing a turnover as Detroit beat Toronto.

It would have been understandable for the Oklahoma City Thunder to overlook the struggling Los Angeles Lakers Tuesday night with a road game looming against defending NBA champs San Antonio

Khris Middleton hit a 3-pointer at the buzzer and the Milwaukee Bucks snapped a six-game losing streak with an 89-88 comeback victory over Miami on Tuesday night in a key game for the sixth spot in the Eastern Conference playoff race.

Reggie Jackson had 28 points and nine assists and Andre Drummond added 21 points and 18 rebounds as the Detroit Pistons beat the Toronto Raptors 108-104 on Tuesday night.

Steve Nash could have felt cheated after assorted injuries over the past two years culminated in his retirement from the NBA, but he prefers to focus on all the positives during a stellar career.

How long will it take Marc Gasol to figure out his pending free agency? And are the Knicks part of his thought-process?

The writer, who chronicled the Christ the King girls’ basketball team’s season 16 years ago for Newsday, returned for an update.

Closing in on the NBA’s top playoff seed, the Golden State Warriors have been at their best.

Rookie guard Zach LaVine scored 27 points, including two 3-pointers to force overtime, and the Minnesota Timberwolves rallied past the Utah Jazz 106-104 on Monday night.

Memphis clinched a playoff berth and cracked 50 wins for the third straight season by beating the lowly Knicks.

James Harden found all the cracks in Indiana’s defense Monday night.

Nikola Mirotic scored 14 of his 28 points in the fourth quarter, and the Chicago Bulls clinched a playoff spot with a 98-86 win over the Charlotte Hornets on Monday night.

Zach Randolph scored 23 points, Marc Gasol had 21 and the Memphis Grizzlies clinched a playoff spot with a 103-82 win over the New York Knicks on Monday night.

The Nets moved to Brooklyn bragging that they would own the city, but the mediocre reality has been disappointing and has often been at the expense of young talent and draft picks.

Evan Turner had 19 points, 12 assists and 10 rebounds, and the Boston Celtics beat the Brooklyn Nets 110-91 on Monday night to snap a three-game losing streak that had dropped them out of playoff position.