Articles by Jeff Hawkins (9828)
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 […]
Ben Nadeau checks out the 2015 NBA Draft to find the hits, sleepers and misses.
DENVER — Forward Wilson Chandler scored a season-high 25 points, J.J. Hickson had 14 points and 13 rebounds and the Denver Nuggets beat the Indiana Pacers 109-96 on Saturday night. Guard Ty Lawson had 12 points and 10 assists for the Nuggets. Guard Lance Stephenson led the Pacers with 23 points and 10 rebounds and […]
BOSTON — Paul George found the range at just the right time on Saturday night. But that really should not come as much of a surprise from one of the NBA’s best. The Indiana forward, suffering through a tough shooting night, scored 10 points in the final 4:20 and the Pacers, the team with the […]
GREENSBORO, N.C. — Forward Talib Zanna’s 19 points and 21 rebounds boosted Pittsburgh to an 80-75 victory over No. 15-ranked North Carolina, which was unable to complete a late-game comeback in the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament quarterfinal Friday afternoon at the Greensboro Coliseum. Guard James Robinson added 19 points, forward Lamar Patterson had 12 points […]
SALT LAKE CITY — Center Enes Kanter scored 24 points off the bench and the Utah Jazz rallied to beat the Washington Wizards 104-101 Saturday night at EnergySolutions Arena. Jazz shooting guard Gordon Hayward scored 16 points, including a pair of free throws with 3.6 seconds remaining, to help Utah improve to 15-29. Center Derrick […]
ATLANTA – It took Florida more than a half to get going, but once the Gators did, they looked every bit like the No. 1 team in the country. Senior guard Scottie Wilbekin hit two of his five 3-pointers in a game-turning, 12-0 run midway in the second half and Florida defeated Missouri 72-49 in […]