LOS ANGELES: Former Microsoft chief Steve Ballmer will buy the Los Angeles clippers basketball team for an NBA record $2 billion, he announced in a statement Thursday. The NBA is forcing the family of Donald Sterling to sell the team because of racist comments he made. Sterling’s wife said in a statement issued with Ballmer that she had agreed the sale. But Donald Sterling could still oppose the deal. The…
MIAMI: The Miami Heat fought back from eight points down in the final three minutes to beat the Brooklyn Nets 96-94 and secure a place in the NBA’s Eastern Conference finals for the fourth straight year. Reigning champions Miami claimed the series 4-1 but for a long time it looked as if they were going to suffer their first home loss of the postseason as Joe Johnson inspired the Nets…
NEW YORK: His opponent couldn’t stop him, and LeBron James didn’t quite know what to think when his coach tried. Erik Spoelstra asked James about taking a fourth-quarter rest, but the game was too important to sit. So the answer was no – just not said so politely. “He asked me and I didn’t know if he was serious or not, and what I told him I cannot say again,”…
SAN ANTONIO: Dwight Howard scored 22 points and pulled down 18 rebounds on Wednesday as the Houston Rockets stayed alive in the NBA playoffs with a 108-98 victory over Portland. Houston came into the contest trailing 3-1 in the tight series, in which three of the first four games went to overtime. Wednesday’s game was also close, but Houston closed it out with an 8-0 scoring run to narrow the…
MIAMI: LeBron James scored 38 points and Mario Chalmers added 15 as the Miami Heat survived a 3-point barrage from New York’s JR Smith on the way to dealing the Knicks’ playoff hopes a big blow with a 102-91 victory on Sunday. Chris Bosh added 14 points and Ray Allen had 12 for the Heat, who are a full game ahead of Indiana and two up in the loss column…
