James Harden returns hamstring injury, Nets beat Spurs
By The Associated PressMay 13, 2021 GMT
NEW YORK (AP) James Harden had 18 points and 11 assists in his return from an 18-game absence to help the Brooklyn Nets beat the San Antonio Spurs 128-116 on Wednesday night.
Coming off the bench in an NBA game for the first time since he won the league’s Sixth Man award for Oklahoma City in 2011-12, Harden also had seven rebounds after the longest layoff of his career, missing more than a month because of a strained right hamstring.
Landry Shamet scored 21 points and Nicolas Claxton had a career-high 18 for the Nets. They won their third straight and pulled within 1 1/2 games of Philadelphia for the Eastern Conference lead.
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NBA roundup: Young rallies Hawks to playoff berth with 120-116 win over Wizards
Trae Young scores 33 points for Atlanta, which is going to the playoffs for the first time since 2017.
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Atlanta’s Trae Young puts up a shot against the Washington Wizards in the second half Wednesday night in Atlanta.
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ATLANTA Trae Young scored 33 points and John Collins hit a go-ahead 3-pointer with 24.4 seconds remaining Wednesday night, rallying Atlanta to a 120-116 victory over the Washington Wizards to clinch the Hawks’ first playoff berth since 2017.
Atlanta came into the night tied for fourth place in the Eastern Conference and looking to solidify home-court advantage in the opening round.
Hawks top Wizards, clinch playoff berth
Trae Young scored 33 points and John Collins hit a go-ahead 3-pointer with 24.4 seconds remaining Wednesday night, rallying Atlanta to a 120-116 victory over the Washington Wizards to clinch the Hawks first playoff berth since 2017.
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ATLANTA (AP) Trae Young scored 33 points and John Collins hit a go-ahead 3-pointer with 24.4 seconds remaining Wednesday night, rallying Atlanta to a 120-116 victory over the Washington Wizards to clinch the Hawks first playoff berth since 2017.
Atlanta came into the night tied for fourth place in the Eastern Conference and looking to solidify home-court advantage in the opening round.
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On Monday night, the Cavaliers play the second half of their final back-to-back of the season – welcoming the Pacers to town in the campaign’s penultimate home contest.
The Cavaliers dropped both halves of their recent home-and-home series with Mavericks, including Sunday’s lopsided defeat at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse. Luka Doncic got ejected early in the third quarter, hitting Collin Sexton below the belt positioning for a rebound, but Dallas rallied from there – closing the period on a 30-13 run after Sexton’s free throws and cruising home in the fourth. Three Cavalier reserves notched double-figures but Dallas shot 54 percent and nailed 15 threes to send Cleveland to its 10th straight loss.