Articles by Jeff Hawkins (9828)
DALLAS — The Mavericks needed a 10-0 run late in the fourth quarter to avoid total disaster and escape Saturday night with a 103-100 win over the Sacramento Kings. Dallas needed Kings forward Travis Outlaw’s desperation 3-point attempt from the right wing as time expired to bounce off the backboard to finally celebrate. Or in […]
After a rough start to the season, the Boston Celtics traded for Evan Fournier – but is he the guy that will get the team back to the Eastern Conference Finals this year?
LEXINGTON, Ky. — Arkansas coach Mike Anderson said his team hasn’t been perfect this season, and it wasn’t perfect Thursday night. However, the Razorbacks knew what they needed to play do to well at Rupp Arena against No. 17 Kentucky: play defense and hit free throws. Arkansas went 16-for-16 from the foul line, making six […]
SAN ANTONIO, Texas — The Creighton Bluejays began scoring in threes just in time to scoot past Louisiana in the NCAA West Regional second round. Creighton All-American forward Doug McDermott scored 30 points and added 12 rebounds, and forward Ethan Wragge hit the big shots the Bluejays needed in the second half to dismiss the […]
SAN ANTONIO — San Antonio Spurs coach Gregg Popovich said Friday that losing a basketball game might not be the worst thing for his team as the NBA playoffs approach. He theorized that it might be the best way to get players to work on any deficiencies they might have developed while stockpiling some easy […]
Matt John continues Basketball Insiders’ “6 Situations” series by taking a look at issues that teams in the Central Division will have to confront in the near future.
After 46 players were moved at the 2021 NBA trade deadline, Tristan Tucker takes a look at 3 acquisitions that have flown under the radar.
DENVER — Toronto Raptors coach Dwane Casey was irritated and frustrated with his team, and he let them know it. Fortunately for the Raptors, they beat the Denver Nuggets on Friday night. Otherwise their coach might have really let loose. Guard DeMar DeRozan returned to the lineup to score 19 points and the Raptors beat […]
Tic Price, who replaced the fired Pat Knight at Lamar on an interim basis last month, was named head coach on Tuesday. Knight, the son of Hall of Fame coach Bob Knight, was let go in his third year at the school. The Cardinals struggled to a 7-54 record the past two seasons after Knight […]
RALEIGH, N.C. — Forward Jarnell Stokes scored 20 of his 26 points in the second half as 11th-seeded Tennessee blistered sixth-seeded Massachusetts, 86-67, in the NCAA Tournament’s Midwest Regional second round on Friday at PNC Arena. Guard Jordan McRae scored 21 points and guard Josh Richardson added 15 points for the Volunteers, who shot 53.6 […]