News about Kyle Lowry

Kyle Lowry, the new Philadelphia 76ers' rookie, was more painful than the veteran's reencounter to his hometown team. Not only did the 76ers suffer a 110-96 loss to the New York Knicks as both teams returned to action for the first time since the All-Star break, but Lowry suffered a devastating blow to the head. When trying to regain control of New York's big guy for a rebound, Lowry took an elbow to the forehead from Knicks center Jericho Sims.

According to NBA's L2M Report, the Minnesota Timberwolves' game against the Charlotte Hornets on Monday night featured ten incorrect calls during the final two minutes. Despite Timberwolves forward Karl-Anthony Towns scoring a magnificent 62 points, the game wasn't decided until the final moments. Three of the missed calls favored the Timberwolves, while six others went for the vivacious Hornets. A foul was assessed to the wrong player on the Hornets instead of P.J. It was another missed call. Washington, D.C.

The Miami Heat have made a big leap ahead of the February 8 deadline by acquiring speed guard Terry Rozier from the Charlotte Hornets in exchange for veteran Kyle Lowry and a first-round pick. The agreement, which has been reached in principle but has not been signed, was first reported by ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski. With the 37-year-old Lowry's signs of age, it's a major change for Miami, which has been in need of electricity in the backcourt.

As trade talks heat up (pun intended), Damian Lillard gave a cryptic message Thursday night. Lillard's request for a trade away from the Heat earlier this week, but the Portland native's Shams Charania reported that the best part of his life has been to play for the Miami Heat. However, Lillard has apparently disagreed with some of the articles out there about the trade negotiations.

'It's not known to the Blazers concerning the draft, free agency, or his future,' Damian Lillard and the Blazers haven't been in touch with them,' according to Bleacher Report's Chris Haynes after Thursday's NBA Draft. Following yet another poor showing from Portland this season, the star guard's career-best 32.2 points per game, Lillard has been the subject of raging trade rumors. Haynes' study will only raise hopes that Lillard, who was drafted by the team in 2012, will eventually ask out of Portland after the team selected Scoot Henderson with the No. 24. Overall, a 3rd pick.

With a 108-95 victory in Miami on Friday night, the Denver Nuggets extended their NBA Finals lead over the Heat to 3-1. Now the two teams are in Game 5 in Denver, where they split Games 1 and 2.

In Game 5 of the Eastern Conference Finals in Boston on Thursday night, the Miami Heat will be without starting point guard Gabe Vincent. When attempting to save a loose ball near the Heat bench late in Miami's Game 4 loss, Vincent became hurt. He was re-taped and returned to action, but the Heatdown caused Vincent to be disqualified for Game 5. Miami leads the series by a 3-1 advantage on Thursday. Kyle Lowry could be recalled for Miami's starting lineup; he has been on the bench since before, but Vincent has been starting.

Gratitude for Miami Heat guard Jimmy Butler's stellar play in Game 1 of the NBA's Eastern Conference Finals on Wednesday night, despite a 35 point effort to beat the Boston Celtics. After logging 43 minutes and missing 12 of 25 shots and nine of ten free throws, Butler was only under 50% for the night. His final stat line featured 35 points, five rebounds, and seven assists, as well as an eye-popping six steals.

Jimmy Butler had 27 points and 10 assists, Bam Adebayo had 23 points and 13 rebounds, and the Miami Heat won by 109-101 on Monday night, putting them one win away from their third trip to the Eastern Conference finals in the last four years. Max Strus scored 16 points, Kyle Lowry added 15, and Caleb Martin had 10 points for the Heat. The No. 1 in Miami is the No. 1. With Game 5 - and the first possible clincher - awaiting in New York on Wednesday night, 8 seed leads the East semifinal series 3-1. For fifth-seeded New York, Jalen Brunson had 32 points and 11 assists, RJ Barrett had 24 points, and Julius Randle had 20 for the Knicks before fouling out with about three minutes remaining.

In the first game of the Eastern Conference semifinals, New York roared first, but the heat inside stifled Madison Square Garden on Sunday. The road warriors in red put together a 58-point second half to put the Knicks to the sword, although they could only muster 46 points. Miami controlled the game down the stretch, but in truth, the second half was dominated by stout defense, a slew of Knicks turnovers, and 13 three-pointers.

As Giannis sat out of yet another playoff game on Saturday night, Butler, who sluggish the Bucks on social media after the Heat's Game 1 victory, made 12 of 19 shots, including all four of his 3-pointers. Duncan Robinson, the Heat guard, came off the bench to score 20 points in 23 minutes for Miami. In his cameo role, he received a +24 rating. Kyle Lowry also made a positive change off the bench, scoring 15 points in 28 minutes. When he was on the floor for Miami, he had a +27 rating.

The Miami Heat may not be delivering as they have been expected to in the past, but their troll fight is undefeated. The NBA has been fined $25,000 for refusing to release an accurate game availability status for several players' ahead of their 110-108 victory over the Oklahoma City Thunder on Wednesday. The NBA today reported that the Miami Heat has been fined $25,000 for violating league injury reporting guidelines.'

Miami Baham Adebayo had 30 points, two free throws, to put Miami up for good with 35 seconds left, and the Heats had a 13-point deficit in the fourth quarter to defeat the Phoenix Suns 113-112 on Monday night. Phoenix had three chances on its final possession - a missed layup by Cameron Payne, a Devin Booker jumper that Jimmy Butler blocked, and a Booker 3-pointer that fell short. For Miami, Butler had 16 points, 13 rebounds, and seven assists. Caleb Martin and Kyle Lowry each scored 15 points for Miami, which fell to.500 at 7-7.

Porter Jr.'s first season is the only one that is 100% guaranteed for $60.86 million, according to the breakdown of the current contract. Houston has 'protections' on the other three years in the case of a termination of Porter Jr. at any time. The 22-year-old has appeared in 87 games, beginning 84 of them, with a score of 15.6 points and 6.2 assists. After scoring 50 points and 11 assists against the Bucks in April 2021, he was the youngest player in NBA history to have 50+ points and 10+ assists in a game.