Avery Bradley

Lakers fail to make first and second NBA all-defensive teams

2013-05-13 13:46:00

The 2012 NBA all-defensive first team was announced Monday, with six players being named: Chris Paul, LeBron James, Serge Ibaka, Tony Allen and a tie at center between Tyson Chandler and Joakim Noah. Though winning the defensive player of the year...

Lakers knock off the Celtics, 113-99

2013-02-20 22:20:00

Lakers�113, Celtics 99 (final) Honoring the memory of late owner Dr. Jerry Buss, the Lakers played one of the best games of the season, beating the Boston Celtics, 113-99, on Wednesday night at Staples Center. After Kobe Bryant asked the Staples...

Preview: Lakers at Celtics

2013-02-07 08:00:00

With Pau Gasol out with a foot injury and Dwight Howard a question mark with his shoulder, the Lakers (23-26) will have a real challenge when they visit the Boston Celtics (25-23) on Thursday night. The Celtics have won their last five games,...

Malcolm Lee is leaving Las Vegas ... eventually

2011-07-23 21:33:48

Austin American-Statesman Kirk Bohls column

2013-05-19 06:14:02

Rick Barnes sees it for what it is. Because he swears he knows what it's not. And the longtime Texas basketball coach vehemently promises his 15-year program is not falling into disarray as it might appear from the outside. For everyone else, seeing...

He's still on guard

2013-05-19 01:34:01

In 2005, NBA writers voted Ben Wallace Defensive Player of the Year. Bruce Bowen, now an ESPN analyst, still sounds distressed by that. All the San Antonio guard could do at the time was attack the scorer in front of him. After guarding everyone from...

Celtics Hold Off Knicks In Game 5, Trail 3-2 In Series

2013-05-01 19:05:00

The Boston Celtics used a balanced scoring attack to turn back the New York Knicks 92-86 in Game 5 of the Eastern Conference quarterfinals Wednesday at Madison Square Garden. The Celtics, who trail the Knicks 3-2, placed five players in double figures...

Celtics Can't Match Pregame Heroics

2013-04-26 21:06:00

This Friday night began with such emotion, so much genuine emotion, it was a spitting shame to see what the home team had become. As they walked onto the court before the game, during timeouts, after the first quarter, the heroes — the real heroes...

Ray Allen warms to Heat bullpen

2013-04-26 13:11:00

�� It could have been an awkward moment. On one hand, Erik Spoelstra was in the process of recruiting Ray Allen as a free agent. On the other, he also was preparing to send him to the bullpen. � To say it was a delicate situation is an understatement....

Even Jay Leno is ripping Dwight Howard

2013-04-26 16:14:00

Running off at the typewriter… Where did Dwight Howard finish in the NBA Defensive Player of the Year voting? Well, let me put it this way: You need a deep-water SEAL rescue unit just to find his name. Dwight, who was the perennial Defensive...

Celtics loom as Heat playoff opener

2013-04-06 16:03:00

�� There is the path of less resistance, one that would take the Heat through the Milwaukee Bucks in the first round of the playoffs, the winner of an Atlanta Hawks-Brooklyn Nets series in the second, and then whoever is left standing between the New York...

LeBron Was Just Too Much For The Celtics

2013-03-18 21:19:00

— With Kevin Garnett out sick, Jeff Green was making the Miami Heat sick. Green drove it down the Heat's throats for 43 points. The Celtics not only went on a 17-0 run in the first half, they led by as many as 17. With the TD Garden reaching near...

Lakers point guard Steve Nash tries to drive around Celtics guard Avery Bradley in the first half Wednesday night.

2013-02-20 00:00:00

Clippers point guard Eric Bledsoe tries to cut off a drive by Celtics guard Avery Bradley in the first half Sunday.

2013-02-03 00:00:00

Clippers guard Mo Williams has the ball knocked away by Celtics guard Avery Bradley while driving to the basket in the first half Monday night at Staples Center .

2012-03-12 00:00:00