Articles by Jeff Hawkins (9824)
The Philadelphia 76ers’ losing streak is officially among the five longest ever, but which teams have topped them?… Isaiah Thomas thought he would be a Los Angeles Laker
INDIANAPOLIS — Goran Dragic and the Phoenix Suns don’t mind skeptics who wait for the clock to strike midnight on a Cinderella season. After their latest win, it’s getting more and more difficult to cast the Suns’ stunning success as a mirage. Left off the All-Star team, Dragic, a dynamic point guard playing the best […]
MINNEAPOLIS — For the Portland Trail Blazers, Saturday night was not just another game. Not after losing in overtime on Friday night. And not after it became clear exactly who was not going to be in uniform for the Minnesota Timberwolves. This was very much a game that the Blazers had to win. They needed […]
PHILADELPHIA — It was one of those games that neither team seemed to want to win. It included poor shooting by St. John’s, several turnovers by Villanova and loose balls and missed opportunities on both sides. It was the kind of game where it took a little luck to break things open. In this case, […]
INDIANAPOLIS — The Kentucky Wildcats trailed virtually all Friday night, but stormed from behind down the stretch to score a season sweep of commonwealth rivals the No. 4 Louisville Cardinals and make an unlikely appearance in the Midwest Region championship game. Guard Aaron Harrison nailed a 3-pointer with 39.1 seconds left to give the eighth-seeded […]
The Celtics need to make a move if they want to make a deep playoff run. Is Nikola Vucevic the answer? Or is it Harrison Barnes?
DES MOINES, Iowa — The No. 5 Wichita State Shockers faced another packed house and a frenzied student section hoping to see an upset when they took on the Drake Bulldogs at the Knapp Center on Saturday. And the Shockers sent another crowd home disappointed, handling Drake 78-61. Forward Cleanthony Early led the way with […]
DALLAS — The Dallas Mavericks have blown some big leads this season, but nothing would have compared with the feeling of coughing up a 30-point bulge to the visiting Portland Trail Blazers on Friday night. Fortunately for Dallas, they will not have deal with such angst after closing out a 103-98 victory when it looked […]
SALT LAKE CITY — Power forward Amar’e Stoudemire got an extra day of rest, but his New York Knicks teammates certainly didn’t take the night off in Utah. Forward Carmelo Anthony scored 34 points and the Knicks wrapped up their five-game Western Conference road trip Monday with a runaway 92-83 win over the Utah Jazz […]
OAKLAND, Calif. — Backup center Marreese Speights exploded for 17 of his career-best 32 points in the second quarter, and the Golden State Warriors eventually built a 49-point cushion en route to a 123-80 victory over the Philadelphia 76ers on Monday night. In recording their largest margin of the victory of the season, the Warriors […]