Articles by Jeff Hawkins (9824)
INDIANAPOLIS — Kentucky freshman guard Aaron Harrison had a harsh but correct assessment of his first half performance Sunday. “I wasn’t there for my team,” he said. That changed in the last four minutes and 19 seconds. Harrison drilled three critical 3-pointers, including the game winner over Michigan guard Caris LeVert with 2.6 seconds left, […]
OKLAHOMA CITY — With less than a month left in the NBA season, most teams know where they will be when the season ends. While Oklahoma City will be in the hunt for a championship, Sacramento will be at home watching. So when the two teams met, the game went as expected. The Thunder rolled […]
Shane Rhodes continues Basketball Insiders’ The Next All-Stars series, taking a look at the potential first-time All-Stars from the Southwest division.
ATLANTA — Power forward Mike Scott’s name had been missing lately on the Atlanta Hawks stat sheet. Over the previous four games, he had totaled only 16 points and was not much of a factor. That changed dramatically on Friday night. The second-year player from Virginia came off the bench to score 26 points and […]
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Memphis Grizzlies center Marc Gasol has seen it before, that moment when teammate and power forward Zach Randolph flips a switch and makes the game his own. That’s what happened in the Grizzlies’ 110-96 victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers on Saturday night at FedExForum. “He’s so hard to stop,” Gasol said. “Sometimes […]
CLEVELAND — The Cleveland Cavaliers didn’t just stand up to the powerful Indiana Pacers, they pounded them Sunday. Pulling within 2 1/2 games of the idle Atlanta Hawks for the final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference, Cleveland posted a 90-76 win Sunday before 17,147 at Quicken Loans Arena. The Cavaliers (30-45) have just seven […]
AUSTIN, Texas — After dropping two games on a rough road trip to Iowa State and Kansas last week, No. 24 Texas returned home to wrestle one away from pesky Baylor. The Longhorns saw an 18-point lead dissolve to one point, but Texas held on for a 74-69 victory over the Bears on Wednesday at […]
DALLAS — Desperate to remain relevant in the Western Conference playoff hunt, the Minnesota Timberwolves hung on for dear life in a 123-122 overtime victory over the Dallas Mavericks on Wednesday night at the American Airlines Center. Wolves forward Kevin Love finished with a game-high 35 points and hit the game-winner with 17.1 seconds left, […]
EAST LANSING, Mich. — Freshman guard Derrick Walton Jr. and sophomore guard Nik Stauskas scored 19 points apiece to lead No. 21 Michigan to an 80-75 upset of No. 3 Michigan State on Saturday night at the Breslin Center. Walton’s point total was a career high. Sophomore guard Caris LeVert supplied 17 points for Michigan […]
MILWAUKEE — At long last, the Nets are heading back to Brooklyn. Displaced for nearly two weeks by the circus’ visit to Brooklyn, the Nets wrapped up their six-game journey on a happy note with a 107-98 victory over the Milwaukee Bucks on Saturday night at the BMO Harris Bradley Center. “The last game is […]