Category: Wirenews
Taariq Cephas and Shomari Triggs each scored 15 points as Coppin State won its home opener beating Division II Goldey-Beacom 103-50 on Monday night. Arnold Fripp matched his season average with 14 points for the Eagles (1-4), who open the season with 13 of their first 16 games on the road. Coppin State was 34 […]
BOSTON — Gregg Popovich faces an interesting decision Monday in Philadelphia. The San Antonio Spurs coach, who likes to rest his aging stars, particularly on the back end of playing two straight nights, could provide some rest for his weary after the Spurs’ 111-89 victory over the Boston Celtics on Sunday. Then again, Popovich, who […]
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The Memphis Grizzlies’ lead, which grew as large as 21 points in the second quarter, was down to 79-76 with 6:27 left to play Sunday against the short-handed Sacramento Kings. Memphis, which entered the game with the NBA’s best record, was in danger of being upset by a Kings team that played […]
San Antonio Spurs coach Gregg Popovich was reflective after returning from a two-game absence because of an undisclosed minor medical procedure. Popovich, 65, said he was happy to be back before meeting the host Boston Celtics on Sunday. “Sure. I don’t know what else I would do,” he said. “It’s winter, you know, plants don’t […]
AUBURN HILLS, Mich. — Coach Steve Kerr expected the Golden State Warriors to make some early noise. He’s a little surprised by the way they have thumped opponents with regularity, though. Golden State won its ninth straight by pounding the hapless Detroit Pistons 104-93 on Sunday at The Palace. The Warriors (14-2), who are off […]
LOS ANGELES — Kobe Bryant recorded his 20th career triple-double, and the Los Angeles Lakers halted a four-game skid with a 129-122 overtime victory over the Toronto Raptors on Sunday at Staples Center. Bryant scored 31 points, dished out 12 assists and pulled down 11 rebounds as the Lakers (4-13) won for only the second […]
PHOENIX — The Orlando Magic were confident they would win more than four road games this season. Even so, getting the fifth before the end of November shows the forward progress the franchise is taking. Forward Tobias Harris led a balanced Orlando attack with 21 points, and the Magic held off a late rally from […]
NEW YORK — Dwyane Wade said it felt like 50 minutes instead of the 32 he played in his return to the Miami Heat in an 86-79 win over the New York Knicks Sunday at Madison Square Garden. The All-Star guard poured in a season-best 27 points in his first game back since suffering a […]
BOSTON — The San Antonio Spurs got their coach back on the bench and celebrated by rolling to their seventh straight win, a 111-89 victory over the floundering Boston Celtics on Sunday. Spurs coach Gregg Popovich, who missed two games for a minor medical procedure, saw his team blow a nine-point first-quarter lead and then […]
PORTLAND, Ore. — LaMarcus Aldridge was errant from the field of late — hitting 10 of 37 shots in the previous two games — and Portland’s All-Star forward didn’t have a good feeling entering Sunday’s matchup with the Minnesota Timberwolves. “I felt like I was fighting a cold,” Aldridge said. “I did not shoot well […]
