Cumberland Times-News Basketball

Philadelphia forces Game 7

2012-05-24T00:18:03-04:00

Jrue Holiday scored 20 points, and Elton Brand had 13 points and 10 rebounds to lead the tough-and-determined Philadelphia 76ers past the Celtics, 82-75 on Wednesday night to send the Eastern Conference semifinals back to Boston for Game 7.

NBA suspends Haslem for one game, Pittman for three

2012-05-24T00:03:08-04:00

Udonis Haslem insists he meant no harm. The NBA deemed otherwise, and the Miami Heat will be without one of their co-captains when they try to close out the Indiana Pacers on Thursday night.

Boston takes series lead behind Bass’ 27-point outburst

2012-05-22T00:11:47-04:00

Brandon Bass scored 18 of his postseason career-high 27 points in the third quarter on Monday night as the Boston Celtics pulled away from the Philadelphia 76ers to win 101-85 and take a 3-2 lead in their Eastern Conference semifinal series.

76ers rally, knot series

2012-05-19T00:01:01-04:00

Andre Iguodala snapped a tie game with five straight points in the final 90 seconds to help the Philadelphia 76ers storm back from 15 points down and stun the Boston Celtics 92-83 on Friday night in Game 4 of the Eastern Conference semifinals.

Celtics top 76ers 107-91 in Game 3

2012-05-17T00:38:36-04:00

Kevin Garnett scored 27 points, grabbed 13 rebounds, and used a dominant second quarter to help the Boston Celtics beat the Philadelphia 76ers 107-91 on Wednesday night and take a 2-1 lead in the Eastern Conference semifinals.

76ers even series with Celtics, 82-81

2012-05-15T00:00:58-04:00

Evan Turner made the go-ahead layup with 40.4 seconds left and Philadelphia held off Boston the rest of the way with six straight free throws as the 76ers evened the second-round Eastern Conference series with an 82-81 victory Monday night.

James wins 3rd NBA MVP award

2012-05-11T23:39:32-04:00

Heat forward LeBron James is the NBA’s MVP for a third time, putting him alongside some of the game’s all-time greats.

Knicks’ postseason slide hits 12

2012-04-30T23:53:12-04:00

Dwyane Wade scored 25 points, Chris Bosh added 21 and Miami beat New York 104-94 on Monday night, sending the Knicks to an NBA-record-tying 12th straight postseason loss.

Ritchie voted player of year

2012-04-27T00:42:59-04:00

D.J. Ritchie, who did just about everything the last three seasons for Southern Garrett and capped his high school career with likely his finest performance, was voted the Cumberland Times-News Boys Basketball Player of the Year by area head coaches.

Wizards streak into offseason

2012-04-27T00:27:10-04:00

Playing without their Big Three, the Miami Heat suffered their worst defeat of the season with a 104-70 loss to the Washington Wizards in the regular-season finale Thursday night.