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Golden State Warriors coach Steve Kerr blamed his new iPhone and lack of Twitter expertise for his since-deleted tweet about NBA officials. Replying to a tweet from the NBA's official account on Thursday that praised James Harden for "putting on a show", Kerr suggested the Houston Rockets guard should have been called for a travel before a made three-pointer. Kerr swears he thought he was sending a direct message, while he blamed his new iPhone X for his thoughts about the league's officiating being shared. Continue to Article

February 03, 2018 12:14:am EST

LOS ANGELES -- As LA Clippers head coach Doc Rivers considered his organization's woebegone history, he divided it neatly into two categories: pre- and post- Blake Griffin. "Before Blake got here, this wasn't a great franchise," Rivers said Tuesday before his team faced the Portland Trail Blazers at Staples Center. "Once Blake got here, and [ Chris Paul] followed and [ DeAndre Jordan] and all those guys, that's when this team was talked about." But with Griffin abruptly traded Monday to the Detroit Pistons in exchange for three players and two draft picks, the Clippers prepared for their first game of the post-Blake era, absent a five-time All-Star whom they drafted first overall in 2009 and Continue to Article

January 30, 2018 11:25:pm EST

James Harden scored a franchise-record 60 points while posting a triple-double, almost singlehandedly carrying the short-handed Houston Rockets to a 114-107 victory over the visiting Orlando Magic on Tuesday night at Toyota Center. With Houston missing three rotation players, Harden logged a season-high 46 minutes. Already missing Trevor Ariza (hamstring) and Chris Paul (groin), the Rockets lost guard Eric Gordon to lower back stiffness early in the second quarter. Continue to Article

January 30, 2018 10:34:pm EST

Oklahoma City Thunder's Paul George has replaced DeMarcus Cousins in Team LeBron James for the NBA All-Star game. New Orleans Pelicans center DeMarcus Cousins suffered a torn Achilles tendon in Friday's game against the Houston Rockets, ruling him out Continue to Article

January 27, 2018 10:36:pm EST

New Orleans Pelicans star forward DeMarcus Cousins will miss the rest of the season after rupturing his left Achilles tendon late on in Friday's victory over the Houston Rockets. New Orleans announced on Saturday that Cousins had undergone an MRI and will need surgery to correct the problem. "Pelicans director of medical services/head team physician Dr Misty Suri performed the initial examination and diagnosis," a Pelicans statement read. Continue to Article

January 27, 2018 4:59:pm EST