PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — LaMarcus Aldridge had 18 points and 14 rebounds for his seventh double-double this season and the Portland Trail Blazers beat the slumping New York Knicks 102-91 on Monday night for their 11th straight victory.
Nicolas Batum had 23 points, seven rebounds and six assists for the Blazers, who are riding their longest winning streak since they won 13 straight in December 2007...
After missing the first 30 games of the season the Knicks and especially Knicks fans welcomed back oft injured forward Amar'e Stoudemire. Also returning to the lineup was Carmelo Anthony, who missed a few games with a knee injury and scored 45 points...
Damian Lillard has been sensational thus far for the Portland Trailblazers, averaging nearly 19 points per game to go with six rebounds and three assists in his rookie campaign. After yesterday, he can also say that he has a buzzer beater under his belt in his first year...
A mind boggling story in my opinion from Minnesota, where two so called civil rights leaders made a disgraceful claim about the Minnesota Timberwolves organization and the state, claiming that the team is racist since it has too many white players and only five black players...
Now this could be typical agent blabber or perhaps it is real. According to Jeremy Lin's agent the guard says it isn't 100% that he'll return to New York next year.