Rockets must find coach in wake of first-round ouster

Edit Austin American Statesman 30 Apr 2016
The Houston Rockets' season got off to a disappointing start ... The Rockets narrowly avoided missing the playoffs and barely put up a fight before their first-round elimination by Golden State in Game 5 wrapped up a tough season ... Their prize for eking into the playoffs was a date with Golden State, which won an NBA-record 73 games in the regular season led by reigning MVP Stephen Curry....

Season in Review 2015-16: Norris Cole (New Orleans Pelicans)

Edit Public Technologies 30 Apr 2016
Pelicans.com continues its look back at the 2015-16 season with player-by-player analysis of the team. ... 1 season debut. Health again interrupted Cole's season in March, causing him to miss each of the final 20 games due to a lower back injury ... Games played (out of a possible 312) by Cole over the first four seasons of his NBA career, or 96.8 percent ... http.//www.nba.com/pelicans/season-review-2015-16-norris-cole....

‘Steph Curry Heroin’ For Sale In Philadelphia

Edit Inquisitr 30 Apr 2016
First the face of the NBA suffered a knee sprain that will keep him out of the playoffs for at least two weeks ... While obviously not lending his likeness to illegal street drugs, Stephen Curry — who led his team to a record-breaking 73 regular season wins in the 2015-2016 NBA campaign — has endorsed various legitimate products, SportsRageous observed....

How David West improved as an NBA player and a person

Edit The Oklahoman 30 Apr 2016
That's not some sort of metaphor. The NBA veteran is a voracious reader, almost always carrying his latest book on a team plane or his electronic tablet into the locker room ... He could still be a Pacer; he had a player option to stay in Indianapolis and make $12 million this season ... Exactly 10 years ago, West finished second (incidentally to current teammate Boris Diaw) in the NBA's most-improved voting....

Durant-Leonard matchup highlights Thunder vs. Spurs

Edit Boston Herald 30 Apr 2016
Durant is a four-time scoring champion who averaged 28.2 points and a career-high 8.2 rebounds per game this season. Leonard is the two-time reigning defensive player of the year who was a first-time All-Star this season and led the Spurs in scoring ... His scoring average has increased from 12.8 points per game in 2013-14, to 16.5 last season, to 21.2 this season....

Thunder journal: Tampering? Drake name-drops Kevin Durant, Thunder on new album 'Views'

Edit The Oklahoman 30 Apr 2016
Will the NBA have anything to say about it? Drake acts as a global ambassador for the Toronto Raptors and has been seated courtside throughout the season, including their first-round playoff series against Indiana ... Earlier this season, Durant stood behind the comment, but praised the growth of Leonard ... Oklahoma City Blue center Dakari Johnson was named to the NBA D-League All-Rookie Team, as announced by the league on Friday....

Optimism high as Celtics enter a likely active offseason

Edit Boston Herald 30 Apr 2016
BOSTON — The emergence of an All-Star and lots of victories made the Celtics one of the biggest surprises in the NBA this season ... Under Stevens' defensive-minded approach Boston blossomed into one of the NBA's stingiest teams ... Meanwhile the contacts of Amir Johnson and Jonas Jerebko aren't fully guaranteed for next season if they are waived by July 3....

LeBron, Cavaliers refocus with Hawks waiting in playoffs

Edit Boston Herald 30 Apr 2016
Smith and Kyrie Irving and Iman Shumpert busting out dance moves, the Cavs refocused for the second round of the NBA playoffs ... During last year's Eastern finals, he averaged 30.3 points, 11 rebounds and 9.3 assists against the conference's top seed, becoming the first player in NBA history to average at least 30 points, 10 rebounds, and nine assists in a series....

Thunder: What's changed, remained the same in theThunder-Spurs series since 2012?

Edit The Oklahoman 30 Apr 2016
Two series, six wins for each team, both series ending in 4-2 with the winner advancing to the NBA Finals ... In the lockout-shortened season of 2012, the Spurs had six players shoot 41 percent or better from 3, not including Steven Jackson, who made 68 percent (17-of-25) of his 3-pointers in the Western Conference Finals. In 2012, the Spurs were second in the NBA playoffs in 3-point attempts per game (22.6)....

Miami Heat’s Dwyane Wade says officials reports on last two minutes ‘pointless’

Edit The Miami Herald 30 Apr 2016
Dwyane Wade wouldn’t mind seeing the NBA’s “Last Two Minute Reports” go away — and it has nothing to do with the when they didn’t call Cody Zeller or Courtney Lee for fouls on Wade in the final seconds of the Heat’s Game 5 loss to the Hornets ... Wade’s point is that the NBA needs to acknowledge that games are called differently late, something that he personally has no problem with....

‘Hot in Cleveland’ is now on DVD in a full-series box set

Edit Deseret News 30 Apr 2016
This is a funny, well-written, six-season program, but the genius was in casting four sitcom vets, each of whom knows her way around a one-liner, and each is given plenty of room to shine ...The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour Country Special” (Shout!, 1972) ... The Official First Season” (CBS/Paramount, 1962-63, b/w, five discs, 36 episodes, extended version of the pilot, sponsor openings/closings)....

Heat vs. Hornets Game 6 live stream online info, TV time & 2016 NBA Playoff odds

Edit The Examiner 30 Apr 2016
Hornets live stream online and televised coverage of Game 6 will feature Charlotte trying to advance past the first round of the 2016 NBA Playoffs ... Will "Buzz City" be hyped up enough to help inspire their team to the second round, or will Wade, Hassan Whiteside and company even it up? The 2016 NBA live streaming and televised playoffs coverage will arrive for fans to watch through ESPN networks Friday night....

2016 Cardinals Hall of Fame Induction Class announced (St Louis Cardinals)

Edit Public Technologies 30 Apr 2016
To be eligible, players must have played for the Cardinals for at least three seasons and must be retired as a player from Major League Baseball for at least three years ... Chris Carpenter played nine seasons with the Cardinals, won the 2005 Cy Young award and was selected as a National League All Star three times ... Joe Torre played six seasons with the Cardinals at catcher, first base and third base from 1969-74....
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