LOS ANGELES—Joel Embiid scored 41 points and the Philadelphia 76ers recovered after blowing a 14-point, first-half lead to beat the Los Angeles Clippers 120–110 on Tuesday night, Jan. 17, for their third straight win. Embiid had nine rebounds and made 15 of 18 free throws before leaving the game with 2:53 remaining. Philadelphia fans chanted…
4-Time WNBA Champion Maya Moore Officially Retires at 33
NEW YORK—Maya Moore knew it was time to officially end her basketball career—four years after stepping away. The Minnesota Lynx star left the WNBA in 2019 to help her now-husband Jonathan Irons win his release from prison by getting his 50-year sentence overturned in 2020. Irons married Moore soon after his release and the couple…
LeBron Hits 38K, but Embiid Leads 76ers Past Lakers 113–112
LOS ANGELES—LeBron James became the second player in NBA history to score 38,000 career points, but Joel Embiid had 35 points and 11 rebounds while the Philadelphia 76ers held off the Los Angeles Lakers 113–112 Sunday night for their seventh win in nine games. Russell Westbrook failed to get off a clean shot or a…
Mann, Leonard Lead Clippers Over Last-Place Rockets 121–100
LOS ANGELES—Terance Mann scored a career-high 31 points, Kawhi Leonard added 30, and the Los Angeles Clippers defeated Houston 121–100 on Sunday, extending the Rockets’ season-worst skid to 10 straight games. Both teams were shorthanded. Houston starters Jalen Green and Jae’Sean Tate served one-game suspensions for leaving the bench area during an on-court altercation in…
NBA Roundup: Joel Embiid, Sixers Sink Jazz in Final Seconds
Joel Embiid hit a game-winning shot with five seconds left and James Harden fired in 18 of his 31 points in the fourth quarter to lead the Philadelphia 76ers to a 118–117 win over the Utah Jazz on Saturday in Salt Lake City. Embiid finished with 30 points and seven rebounds, Tyrese Maxey scored 21…
NBA Updates All-Star Vote Numbers; LeBron, Durant Still Lead
NEW YORK—LeBron James of the Los Angeles Lakers is well on his way to catching Kareem Abdul-Jabbar on more than the NBA’s career scoring list. James is on pace to be an All-Star for the 19th time, after the NBA said Thursday he remains the overall leading vote-getter for the Feb. 19 game in Salt…
Ja Morant Gifts Gear to Young Fan Who Had Signed Ball Stolen
MEMPHIS, Tenn.—After a young Memphis Grizzlies fan had her prized basketball stolen, Ja Morant jumped in to ease the anguish. Ellie Hughes, an 11-year-old Grizzlies fan, was trying to get Morant’s attention for an autograph at Monday’s game against San Antonio when two people swiped her special ball. Hughes, of Forrest City, Arkansas, had collected…
Disney, NBA Execs ‘Have to Testify’ Before New House Panel on CCP Ties: Rep. Gallagher
January 12, 2023
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The new House Select Committee on Strategic Competition between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) will call on executives from the Walt Disney Company and the NBA to publicly testify and defend their ties to China’s communist regime. Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-Wisc.), who will chair the committee, made the announcement during a…
NBA Roundup: Bucks Survive Scare, Finally Solve Hawks
Jrue Holiday scored 27 points and Brook Lopez added 20 points and 12 rebounds to help the visiting Milwaukee Bucks hold off the Atlanta Hawks 114–105 on Wednesday. Atlanta came back from a 24-point, second-half deficit and took a 103–101 lead on a Bogdan Bogdanovic basket with 3:12 left. But Milwaukee responded with a 10–0…
Leonard, Clippers Hold Off Doncic, Mavs to Snap 6-game Skid
LOS ANGELES—Kawhi Leonard scored a season-high 33 points, Norman Powell added 27 and the Los Angeles Clippers snapped a six-game losing streak Tuesday night, Jan. 10, with a 113–101 victory over the Dallas Mavericks despite 43 points from Luka Doncic. It’s the fourth time in the past five games Leonard has scored at least 24…
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