Illness, leaky roof does not stop Wade in Heat win

NEW YORK — Miami Heat guard Dwyane Wade was so sick with a stomach flu Tuesday afternoon that all he managed to eat were three pieces of dry toast and two bananas. “I had to eat something bland, but that’s all I could eat,” Wade said. But with the Heat already without forward Chris Bosh […]

Jeff Hawkins  •  15 Oct 2021
Grizzlies end Warriors’ 16-game winning streak

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — To defeat the run-and-gun Golden State Warriors, the grind-it-out Memphis Grizzlies beat them at their own game — at least during a 20-0 run by their reserves at the start of the second quarter. “We came off the bench hot, pushing the pace,” back-up point guard Beno Udrih said after the Grizzlies […]

Jeff Hawkins  •  15 Oct 2021
Thunder 104, Kings 92

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Guard Russell Westbrook scored 32 points, and center Kevin Durant added 26 on a historic night, as the Oklahoma City Thunder spoiled the debut of Sacramento Kings interim coach Tyrone Corbin with a 104-92 victory Tuesday at Sleep Train Arena. Westbrook and Durant combined to lead an 11-2 Oklahoma City run over […]

Jeff Hawkins  •  15 Oct 2021
Davis takes over as Pelicans outlast Jazz

NEW ORLEANS — New Orleans Pelicans coach Monty Williams has treated All-Star forward Anthony Davis like a benevolent father during Davis’ stunning two-year-plus run through the NBA. But on Tuesday night against the Utah Jazz — with his prized pupil nursing sore ribs and playing with a flak jacket — Williams decided a little tough […]

Jeff Hawkins  •  15 Oct 2021
Illness, leaky roof don’t stop Wade in Heat win

NEW YORK — Miami Heat guard Dwyane Wade was so sick with a stomach flu Tuesday afternoon that all he managed to eat were three pieces of dry toast and two bananas. “I had to eat something bland, but that’s all I could eat,” Wade said. But with the Heat already without forward Chris Bosh […]

Jeff Hawkins  •  15 Oct 2021
Lafayette 91, Susquehanna 66

Meeting for the first time in four years, the red-hot Lafayette Leopards took down the Susquehanna University Crusaders on Tuesday night, 91-66, in Easton, Pa., for its fourth straight win. The game stayed close for the first 10 minutes, but Leopards used a 29-9 run during the final part of the first half and raced […]

Jeff Hawkins  •  15 Oct 2021
Morgan State 63, UC Irvine 62

Guard Donte Pretlow’s basket with three seconds left gave Morgan State a 63-62 nonconference victory over visiting UC Irvine Tuesday night. Forward Cedric Blossom scored 22 points for Morgan State, and Pretlow added 10 points for the Bears (2-8), who shot 23 of 48 (47.9 percent) from the field Guard Alex Young had 16 points […]

Jeff Hawkins  •  15 Oct 2021
Florida Atlantic 79, Stetson 69

Florida Atlantic jumped out to an early 22-point lead and led by 20 at the half, then nearly blew it in the second half before surviving for a 79-69 victory over Stetson on Tuesday night in Boca Raton, Fla. Guard Solomon Poole scored a team-high 23 points in his Florida Atlantic debut. A transfer from […]

Jeff Hawkins  •  15 Oct 2021
College basketball game roundup: Wichita State barely avoids upset

Darius Carter scored a game-high 16 points and added a dunk with 11.9 seconds left that put No. 11 Wichita State ahead to stay in the Shockers’ 53-52 victory over Alabama on Tuesday night in Wichita, Kansas. Wichita State (8-1) was behind by 11 points with 5:54 left, but the Shockers scored 11 straight points […]

Jeff Hawkins  •  15 Oct 2021