Articles by Jeff Hawkins (9828)
PHOENIX — The Los Angeles Clippers are waving goodbye to the rest of the Pacific Division. The Clippers won their fifth straight game, downing the Phoenix Suns 104-96 on Tuesday night. With 20 games to play, Los Angeles is 42-20, five games ahead of Golden State and six games ahead of the fading Suns, losers […]
HOUSTON — Guard James Harden had 39 points, nine rebounds and seven assists and helped salt away the Houston Rockets’ first win over the Oklahoma City Thunder this season, a 111-107 victory on Friday night at the Toyota Center than enabled Houston to clinch a postseason berth. The Rockets (50-25) seemed to take control with […]
MINNEAPOLIS — It was a prizefight kind of game. Contact, pushing, shoving, elbows. So tough that Wolves forward Kevin Love struggled to even run during the final two quarters after turning his right ankle and physical enough that injured Memphis point guard Mike Conley watched the final six minutes from the bench. Memphis was the […]
COLLEGE PARK, Md. — Playing in its last home game as a member of the ACC, Maryland upset No. 5 Virginia 75-69 in overtime Saturday afternoon at Comcast Center. After Virginia forward Anthony Gill tied the game with 0.5 seconds left in regulation, Maryland outscored the Cavaliers 11-5 in the extra session to come away […]
The trade deadline saw a lot of deals made. Ariel Pacheco takes a look at which teams came out as losers.
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — Guard D.J. Newbill scored 17 of his 23 points in the second half, and Penn State knocked off No. 22 Ohio State for the second time this season, winning 65-63 Thursday in the Bryce Jordan Center. Guard Tim Frazier added 16 points for the Nittany Lions, including a free throw with […]
CHICAGO — Center Joakim Noah did more scoring than passing for a change and the Chicago Bulls handed the Philadelphia 76ers their 24th consecutive loss with a 91-81 victory Saturday night at the United Center. With the loss, Philadelphia moved into sole possession of second place on the list of longest losing streaks within a […]
HOUSTON — The moment called for a modest amount of celebration, for the Los Angeles Clippers to laud their maturity and the collective strides they made during their lengthy, arduous process of roster cohesion. Hamstrung by the loss of All-Star forward Blake Griffin and facing a 15-point deficit, the Clippers did not blink. Instead they […]
DALLAS — The hard-luck and short-handed Sacramento Kings could not hold onto a 14-point fourth-quarter lead and lost their sixth game in a row, 107-103 to the Dallas Mavericks on Friday night at the American Airlines Center. Dallas forward Dirk Nowitzki, selected for his 12th All-Star Game on Thursday, led the Mavs’ comeback with 34 […]
HOUSTON — Three Houston starters recorded double-doubles and the Rockets survived a last-second 3-point attempt from Miami forward LeBron James to defeat the Heat 106-103 on Tuesday night at Toyota Center. Houston center Dwight Howard (22 points, 16 rebounds) provided the defense on James as the clock wound down, forcing an errant shot than enabled […]