Basketball

The Wind Jammer Inter-national Hotel along with former junior national player Carey Griffith made a contribution of $100,000 yesterday to Guyana’s National Basketball team now preparing for the 21st Caribbean Basketball Confederation (CBC) Championships in the Bahamas from July 23-29.

SHANGHAI, (Reuters) – China’s Yao Ming, who opened  up the world’s most populous country to the NBA and became an  Asian sporting icon, officially announced the end of his  basketball career yesterday.

SHANGHAI, (Reuters) – Yao Ming has made it possible  for young Chinese basketball players to chase their NBA dreams  and the country will produce more top quality players in the  coming years, All Star guard Kobe Bryant said yesterday.

VP Sports Update Inter Organisation Basketball League quarterfinal round bounces off tonight at the Burnham Court from 19:00 hrs.

Defending Champions, Kwakwani Secondary held off McKenzie High School on Saturday to make it into the finals of the 2011 National Schools’ Basketball Championships at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.

Sterling Products Limited last Saturday under their Igloo Ice Cream brand committed to sponsoring the 2011 National Schools Basketball Festival at the company’s head office at Providence, East Bank Demerara.

Dominic Vincente dropped 31 points to lead Trust College to a comeback win against Queen’s College in a semifinal playoff of the National Schools  Basketball Festival at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall yesterday.

New Amsterdam Multilateral overpowered Brickdam Secondary when the National Schools Basketball Festival continued on Wednesday at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.

NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – Frank Vogel was named head  coach of the Indiana Pacers on Wednesday, about five months  after he took over the struggling team on an interim basis and  led them to a playoff berth.

Linden Technical Institute (LTI) registered the highest team score last Monday when they dropped 106 points on President’s College (PC) in the Division One quarterfinal of the National Schools Basketball Festival at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall (CASH).

By Treiston Joseph Tutorial Academy walked away with every possible award after they defeated New Amsterdam Multilateral Secondary School yesterday in the final of the National Schools Basketball Festival, Berbice Conference.

Edward B. Beharry and Co. Ltd Champion brand yesterday renewed their support for the National Schools Basketball Festival organized by the Youth Basketball Guyana (YBG) and the National Sports Commission (NSC) at the company’s head office in Charlotte Street.

By Treston Joseph Neil Gordon single handedly lifted St. Stanislaus College over School of the Nations 79-70 to reach the final of the Youth Basketball Guyana (YGB) and National Sports Commission Schools’ Basketball Championships in the Georgetown Conference Sunday evening at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall (CASH).

OKLAHOMA CITY, (Reuters) – The Oklahoma City Thunder beat the Memphis Grizzlies  105-90 yesterday to seal their place in the National Basketball Association (NBA) Western  Conference finals.

BOSTON, (Reuters) – Doc Rivers has agreed to a fresh  five-year deal to remain head coach of the Boston Celtics and  take the franchise into a new era, the NBA team said yesterday.

NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – Most Valuable Player Derrick  Rose of the Chicago Bulls and LeBron James of the Miami Heat,  winner of the two previous MVP awards, were selected for this  season’s All-NBA team, the league said yesterday.

MIAMI,  (Reuters) – An inspired LeBron James delivered  the decisive blow with the last 10 points as the Miami Heat beat  the Boston Celtics 97-87 on Wednesday to book their place in the  Eastern Conference finals.

LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – Fatigue had been the biggest  reason for the premature exit from the playoffs by the NBA  champion Los Angeles Lakers, All-Star guard Kobe Bryant said yesterday.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Los Angeles Lakers center  Andrew Bynum has been suspended for the first five games of  next season for his flagrant foul on Dallas Mavericks guard  J.J.

BOSTON, (Reuters) – LeBron James muscled his way to a  35-point, 14-rebound performance as the Miami Heat pushed the  Boston Celtics to the brink of playoff elimination with a 98-90  overtime triumph Monday.