N.B.A. Roundup
Former Net Gerald Green Has 28 Points as Suns Top His Old Team
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Green came off the bench to score 28 points as the host Phoenix Suns erased a 19-point deficit to beat the Nets, 112-104, on Wednesday night.
The Knicks faced an Orlando team playing its second game in 27 hours but could not take advantage.
Green came off the bench to score 28 points as the host Phoenix Suns erased a 19-point deficit to beat the Nets, 112-104, on Wednesday night.
Women’s basketball players say the money is overseas, but the adjustment can be tough, especially if you’re not in a metropolis, say the first-timers Bria Hartley and Kayla McBride.
With the same players, save for a rookie, the Spurs are trying to recapture the form they displayed in June when they eviscerated the Heat to win their fifth N.B.A. championship.
Along with her son, the owner of a New Mexico company that holds the Nets.com domain name is behind pranks on the site that are intended to push the Nets to buy the domain.
James got help from Kyrie Irving, who scored 27 of his 32 points in the second half, and Kevin Love, who added 22 points, in a victory over the Pelicans.
The team’s president, Phil Jackson, who has tried to stay in the background, told his players to protect the ball and shed defenders, but that didn’t happen against the Hawks.
The Nets won with a tenacious defensive performance in the fourth quarter, but they stuck with an effective Kevin Garnett as Brook Lopez watched from the sidelines.
A leading Knicks player of the early 1950s, Vandeweghe was also the patriarch of a three-generation family of athletes that includes the current professional tennis player Coco Vandeweghe.
On Tuesday, the Kings, who went 28-54 last season but are off to a fast start, will face the Mavericks, a playoff team last season that is scoring a lot of points but giving up a lot, too.
No matter how long you have played, no matter how often you have been labeled a coach on the court, you are never prepared for the extent to which coaching can take over your life.
A handful of games in, most of them unsightly, discussion of the Knicks’ triangle offense is deflecting attention from a roster that is ill-suited for it.
The 76ers, who are winless and have a mostly anonymous roster, could take a step toward success by getting a high draft pick next year.
The Bucks have joined the list of professional sports teams that have sought public financing to build arenas or stadiums, even as Milwaukee’s schools and recreation centers face money problems.
Jim Cleamons, a current assistant and former Knicks player, has ties to Phil Jackson, the team president, and an awkward history with Walt Frazier, the TV analyst.
Shaquille O’Neal, the former N.B.A. All-Star, has earned millions by promoting a wide variety of products, such as jewelry and soda.
With the N.B.A. announcing $24 billion worth of television contract deals, James threw down the gauntlet on future collective bargaining negotiations.
Garnett, 38, the only player left in the N.B.A. from the 1995 draft class, is expected to be a part of the Nets’ starting lineup this season, which may or may not be his last.
The Nets’ Andrei Kirilenko, 33, and Sergey Karasev, 20, share a basketball connection that started years ago in Russia.