Category: Wirenews
MINNEAPOLIS — The Golden State Warriors stretched their franchise-record winning streak to 13 games on Monday in a 102-86 defeat of the injury-depleted Minnesota Timberwolves. Guards Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson each scored 21 points as the Warriors added another mark to their historic stretch with their eight consecutive road victory. Minnesota, still without injured […]
INDIANAPOLIS — The Atlanta Hawks are as hot as they have been in five years. The Indiana Pacers, on the other hand, are experiencing a cold winter. The Hawks ran their winning streak to seven games — their longest since 2009 — with a 108-92 rout of the Pacers on Monday night at Bankers Life […]
Golden State Warriors owner Joe Lacob apologized to Mark Jackson after criticizing his former coach’s management skills last week. “I have a tremendous amount of respect for Mark Jackson and what he accomplished as our head coach,” Lacob wrote Sunday in an email to the Bay Area News Group. “He did a terrific job. I’ve […]
TORONTO — Playing overtime in the second of back-to-back games with a depleted lineup caught up to the Denver Nuggets on Monday in a 112-107 loss to the Toronto Raptors. “It wasn’t too bad until overtime that’s when I really felt it,” said Nuggets guard Ty Lawson who had 22 points and 12 assists in […]
NEW YORK — Six players, including Cavaliers star forward LeBron James, wore T-shirts that said “I Can’t Breathe” during pregame warmups before Cleveland played the Brooklyn Nets on Monday at the Barclays Center. The message was the players’ way of speaking out about the non-indictment in the Eric Garner case. Garner died in July when […]
NEW YORK — Dion Waiters admitted to sneaking a few peeks in the crowd to see Prince William and Duchess Kate Middleton. The looks that the reserve guard had at the basket were even more important for the surging Cleveland Cavaliers. Waiters scored a season-high 26 points, and the Cavaliers stretched their winning streak to […]
WASHINGTON — John Wall awoke Monday morning to the worst of news. Playing that night with a heavy heart, and then with tired legs in double overtime, the Washington Wizards’ point guard unleashed his latest starry performance in the wildest of games. Wall scored 26 points, including 10 in a row in the second extra […]
MINNEAPOLIS — Golden State was far from top form on Monday, but it was still enough to keep the NBA’s best team on its record-breaking roll. Overcoming a shaky first half, the Warriors stretched their franchise-best winning streak to 13 games in a 102-86 defeat of the injury-depleted Minnesota Timberwolves. “It was ugly, but at […]
Devin Martin scored 20 of his game-high 27 points in the second half to spark a rally as the Maryland-Eastern Shore Hawks defeated the visiting North Carolina A&T Aggies 69-58 in a Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference game on Monday night at the Hytche Athletic Center in Princess Anne, Md. North Carolina A&T came into the game […]
Senior forward Dan Trist sank the game-winning free throw with 0.4 seconds remaining, lifting Lafayette to an 82-81 nonconference win over Sacred Heart on Monday night in Easton, Pa. Five players scored in double figures for the Leopards (6-2). Trist led the way with 20 points, followed by guard Joey Ptasinski and forward Seth Hinrich […]
