Basketball

SACRAMENTO, California, (Reuters) – The Oklahoma City  Thunder maintained their late bid to claim a higher Western  Conference playoff seeding with a 120-112 victory over the  Sacramento Kings on Monday.

SAN DIEGO, (Reuters) – Ten people, including two  former basketball players and a former assistant coach at the  University of San Diego, have been indicted in connection with a scheme to fix games since 2008, federal prosecutors said yesterday.

MIAMI, (Reuters) – LeBron James and the Miami Heat  took firm control of the Eastern Conference’s second seed with  a crushing 100-77 triumph over the Boston Celtics on Sunday.

The Georgetown Amateur Basketball Association (GABA) is currently focusing its attention on the formation of committees and the structuring of the administration of the clubs as well as re-registering clubs, among other matters.

Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Captain Eon Murray was elected to head the Linden Amateur Basketball Association (LABA) when the basketball sub-association finally held their Annual General Meeting (AGM) and elections Wednesday at the Mackenzie Sports Club (MSC) pavilion.

Following the conclusion of the inaugural Kevin Lawrence Memorial Basketball Tournament which was won by Dyna’s Ravens, the team began a charitable move to give back to the basketball fraternity in some schools.

CLEVELAND, Ohio, (Reuters)- LeBron James’s triple  double was not enough to help the Miami Heat overcome the lowly  Cleveland Cavaliers, who beat the playoff bound Heat 102-90 on  Tuesday.

The Guyana Basketball Officials Council (GBOC), which was recently established by the Guyana Amateur Basketball Federation (GABF), will officially begin operations today with a referees’ clinic at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall from 18:00 hours.

The Guyana Amateur Basketball Federation (GABF) launched its inaugural National Club Championships with the support of ANSA McAL and Digicel yesterday at the Waterchris Hotel.

Captain Eon Murray and the rest of his executive are expected to be installed into office today when the Linden Amateur Basketball Association (LABA) Annual General Meeting (AGM) and election of office bearers for the 2011/12 term takes place.

In an effort to pinpoint Guyana’s top basketball club and jump off competitive club basketball for the year, the Guyana Amateur Basketball Federation (GABF) has scheduled the commencement of its highly-anticipated GABF National Club Championships for April 2.

The Guyana Amateur Basketball Federation (GABF) will be revamping the current structure and training of basketball officials with the implementation of the Guyana Basketball Officials Council (GBOC).

More teams continue to chalk up wins in the University of Guyana (UG) Inter-Faculty Basketball Tournament, which continued yesterday with a game that saw the Faculty of Technology defeating UG’s staff team 56-53.

Two-time defending champions of the University of Guyana (UG) Inter-Faculty basketball tournament, the Faculty of Natural Sciences demolished the Faculty of Agriculture/Forestry 72-43 when the two teams met in this year’s edition of the competition yesterday afternoon at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.

ATLANTA,  (Reuters) – Joe Johnson dug himself out  of a shooting slump with 36 points to lead the Atlanta Hawks to  a 110-85 rout of the struggling Milwaukee Bucks on Tuesday.

The Annual General Meeting (AGM) and elections of the Linden Amateur Basketball Association (LABA) had to be postponed Sunday last but a new date has not yet been  scheduled.

The sixth Annual Victory Valley Royals Schools Basketball Championship is set to be officially launched on Friday in Linden at the LEND Building (formally LEAP).

MIAMI, (Reuters) – The Orlando Magic stunned the  Miami Heat with an inspired second-half comeback on Thursday,  overcoming a 24-point deficit with a flurry of three-pointers to  secure a thrilling 99-96 victory.

ORLANDO, Florida, (Reuters) – Orlando brought the  New York Knicks back to Earth with a bump on Tuesday with Dwight  Howard grabbing 30 points in the Magic’s 116-110 win.

The Youth Basketball Guyana (YBG) Challenge Series has been rescheduled to March 11-13 from its original February 25-27 date, according to a release from YBG  yesterday.