Articles by Jeff Hawkins (9881)
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 […]
MILWAUKEE — After suffering a strained hamstring earlier in the week, the Atlanta Hawks were prepared to face the Milwaukee Bucks Saturday night without forward DeMarre Carroll. But with point guard and leading scorer Jeff Teague out with a sprained ankle and the Hawks needing a boost after a blowout loss Friday against San Antonio, […]
Six years after one of the most exciting draft classes of all-time, Matt John evaluates the best players that came out in 2014.
INDIANAPOLIS — Forward LaQuinton Ross collected 26 points and 13 rebounds as No. 24 Ohio State rallied from an 18-point second-half deficit to beat Nebraska 71-67 in a Big Ten tournament quarterfinal on Friday at Bankers Life Fieldhouse. After dominating the early stages and then going cold for long stretches, the No. 5 seed Buckeyes […]
A day after Indiana lost freshman forward Noah Vonleh to the NBA draft, three Hoosiers announced they are transferring out of the program Monday. Forwards Jeremy Hollowell and Austin Etherington, and walk-on guard Jonny Marlin, all plan to transfer. Vonleh, 6-foot-10, averaged 11.3 points and nine rebounds for the Hoosiers, who missed the NCAA Tournament […]
For NBA rookies, the start of the 2020-21 season was vastly different than in the past. The COVID-19 pandemic had caused the 2019-20 season to be put on temporary hiatus, and the league eventually resumed play in the bubble in Orlando, FL. The bubble played out long into October and as a result, the 2020 […]