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Bucks' Jrue Holiday selected as NBA teammate of year for 2nd consecutive season
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Milwaukee Bucks guard Jrue Holiday has been selected the NBA’s teammate of the year for the second straight year and third time in the last four seasons. The NBA announced on Thursday the voting results for the Twyman-Stokes Teammate of the Year Award, which...
Nets swept, but can build quickly after Durant, Irving deals
NEW YORK (AP) — The Brooklyn Nets finished the same way without Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving as they did with them. The Nets were swept out the playoffs, the first team sent home for the summer for the second straight year. The team that took the floor against the...
Embiid gets late block as Maxey, 76ers take 3-0 lead on Nets
NEW YORK (AP) — Laboring throughout the game and perhaps lucky to not have been ejected for kicking a Nets player in the groin area, Joel Embiid told himself he had to stay on the floor. Even if the Nets kept hitting him or trying to make him lose his cool, he needed to be there...
Harden scores 23 as 76ers cruise past Nets 121-101 in Game 1
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — James Harden feels more at home in Philly this postseason go-around than he did a year ago when he was still finding his footing after a trade. It helps that The Beard knows his role alongside Joel Embiid, has his health — and his signature step-back is back on point from...
Inside the NBA numbers: A look at the season's stats
Scoring was up in the NBA this season, to a level not seen in more than a half-century. NBA teams averaged 114.7 points per game. That’s the ninth-highest figure in the league’s 77 seasons and the most since teams averaged 116.7 per game in 1969-70. It represents a...
76ers beat Nets 134-105 before they meet in the playoffs
NEW YORK (AP) — Shake Milton couldn't wait for next weekend. Once Cam Thomas got hot, Milton started competing at a playoff level even in an otherwise meaningless finale. The 76ers guard scored 20 points and chased Thomas all over the floor in the fourth quarter to keep him at 46...
Nets' Bridges starts 83rd game, extends streak, then leaves
NEW YORK (AP) — Brooklyn's Mikal Bridges kept his ironman streak alive Sunday, starting his 83rd game of the season before committing a foul and immediately checking out of the game after four seconds. Bridges was the only starter to play for either team when the Nets hosted the...
Nets beat Magic 101-84, will be No. 6 seed in East playoffs
NEW YORK (AP) — The Brooklyn Nets made sure a season that started turbulently will end in the playoffs. Not only that, they did it with a better record and seeding than last season, even after trading Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving. “This group just endured,”...
Nets beat Pistons 123-108, close in on playoff berth
DETROIT (AP) — Mikal Bridges scored 26 points and the Brooklyn Nets moved to the verge of a playoff spot by beating the Detroit Pistons 123-108 on Wednesday night. “We just had to stay locked in down the stretch," Bridges said. “We knew they made a big run against Miami last...
Edwards, Towns help Wolves edge Nets 107-102, end skid at 3
NEW YORK (AP) — Anthony Edwards scored 23 points, Karl-Anthony Towns had 22 points, 14 rebounds and five assists, and the Minnesota Timberwolves beat the Brooklyn Nets 107-102 on Tuesday night to snap a three-game losing streak. “Right now every win feels like two, and every loss...
