NEW YORK — The Miami Heat’s LeBron James and the Oklahoma City Thunder’s Kevin Durant have been named the Kia NBA Eastern and Western Conference Players of the Month for games played in February. James captured his second consecutive Player of the Month award, leading Miami to an 11-2 record in February. James led the conference in scoring (24.6 ppg) and posted double-figure point totals in all 13 of Miami’s games. He finished in the top 10 in the East in assists
The only place Kevin Durant had never won in his career was the Amway Center. He can finally cross that off on his to-do list. The Thunder put an end to the long road drought — they hadn’t won in Orlando in eight years — by staging a big comeback behind Durant to win 105-102 and pushed their winning streak to seven games. Russell Westbrook went off for 29 points and 10 assists, only his second double-digit assist effort this season. Dwight Howard took
Columnist Chris Perkins has an opinion piece upon the site today saying it is unwise to criticize LeBron James too harshly for his pass to Blake Griffin (wrong team) at Saturday night’s All-Star game. I respectfully disagree. Big stage, big moment, everyone around the country and the globe finally getting the chance to see what LeBron would do with the game on the line. James failed in every way possible. But Perkins also makes the point that this was an exhibition game with no
MIAMI — So it’s come to this… Miami Heat forward LeBron James passes out of a double-team at the end of the All-Star game — the freakin’ All-Star game! — and he gets ripped nationwide because he didn’t take the shot. Really? Isn’t this the James haters coming out? Of course it is. It’s pure LeBron hatred for a guy who was in a potential no-win situation. Here’s a scenario: James hits the game-winning shot in Sunday’s All-Star game, which would be interpreted
Kobe Bryant and the best of the West held off a furious East comeback, winning 152-149 in the NBA’s 61st All-Star Game. Bryant scored 27 points, moving past Michael Jordan as the career scoring leader in the game. MVP Kevin Durant had 36, and Thunder teammate Russell Westbrookfinished with 21. LeBron James and the East cut a 21-point deficit to one in the closing seconds, but weren’t able to move in front. James had 36 points and fellow Heat star Dwyane Wade finished with a triple-double — 24 points, 10
ORLANDO — Tuesday can’t get here soon enough. This one was fun for the final 3 minutes. Too bad it took three days to get to those final 3 minutes. And the final 10 seconds? Well, that was quite a special pass LeBron James threw to Blake Griffin (wrong team) rather than attempt the game-winning shot. We gonna see that again in June, ‘Bron? Even Kobe Bryant got up in James’ face after that ill-advised pass, asking him what the hell he was thinking? “He was
The story of Jeremy Lin has been that of a fairy tale, an unscripted movie, since he took over the reins of the Knicks some three weeks ago. Capturing the hearts of basketball fans around the globe, he answered all questions and exceeded all expectations one big game after another, be it Kobe Bryant or the NBA champs. On Thursday, Lin faced LeBron James and the suffocating defense of the Miami Heat. The best team in the league came prepared to
