James Harden deferred to Dwight Howard and his role players when Houston swept two games at home to open a first-round series against Dallas. The MVP candidate took over in the game that put the Rockets on the verge of Harden’s first postseason series victory with Howard in their second season together – even interrupting his big man on a question about the best rebounding game of the center’s playoff
The New York Rangers aren’t accustomed to this. Now, after four straight 2-1 victories – the clincher in Game 5 Friday night against Pittsburgh on Carl Hagelin’s overtime goal – they actually get some time to, as coach Alain Vigneault put it, ”heal some bumps and bruises.” New York will face the winner of the Capitals-Islanders series, which Washington led 3-2 heading into Saturday’s game at Nassau Coliseum. Rather than
After hitting a 3-pointer to double the Washington Wizards’ lead with 16.3 seconds left, Paul Pierce turned to the stands with arms aloft, nodded and yelled, ”That’s why I’m here!” Yes, the Wizards wanted the 37-year-old Pierce for his leadership and his past postseason success. John Wall drew choruses of ”M-V-P!” from the crowd by producing 19 points and 15 assists, but it was Pierce who hit two key 3s
Kawhi Leonard has a passion for playing defense, but the San Antonio Spurs forward does not want to be regarded a one-dimensional player. So, a day after earning NBA Defensive Player of the Year honors, Leonard’s offensive outburst helped San Antonio break the Los Angeles Clippers’ ”spirit” in a blowout victory. Leonard had a postseason career-high 32 points and the Spurs never trailed in dominating the Clippers 100-73 on Friday
Jakarta (AFP) – England’s former number one Lee Westwood stormed ahead to snatch the third round lead with a seven-under-par 65 at the CIMB Niaga Indonesian Masters on Saturday.
Alexander Levy of France fought his way back to the top of the leaderboard on the third day of the Volvo China Open Saturday, overtaking compatriot Julien Quesne in the $3.2 million tournament. Levy was in a group of four players including England’s David Howell and China’s Wu Ashun and Li Haotong finishing the round with eight under overall at the par 72 Tomson Shanghai Pudong Golf Club. The quartet
Briton Lee Westwood produced a sparkling back nine of just 29 shots to wrest control of the Asian Tour’s Indonesian Masters on Saturday. The former world number one will take a five-shot lead into Sunday’s final round after his seven-under-par 65 as he bids to claim the title for the third time following wins on his two previous appearances in 2011 and 2012.
Kawhi Leonard showed why he is worthy of being named the defensive player of the year, putting his complete game on display for the San Antonio Spurs. Leonard scored a career-high 32 points to carry the Spurs to a 100-73 win over the Los Angeles Clippers and a 2-1 lead in their best-of-seven Western Conference playoff series. In the other playoff contests Friday, the Houston Rockets and Washington Wizards also
Canadian teenager Brooke Henderson shot a tournament-record seven-under 65 to grab a two-shot lead after the second round of the LPGA Tour’s Swinging Skirts tournament. The 17-year-old Henderson finished 36 holes at nine-under 135 at the Lake Merced Golf Course. “It’s pretty cool,” Henderson said about setting the record. Henderson broke Stacy Lewis’ (2014) record of 138 by three shots.
-The 24 hours of LeMons rolls into the heart of America’s Rust Belt this weekend for “The Cure for Gingervitis” at Gingerman Raceway, located just across Lake Michigan from Chicago. Midwestern LeMons racers have come to expect a few things from Gingerman races in the five years since the series started going there, namely that the weather will at some point turn foul. With bad weather looming— albeit not snow