Category: Wirenews
CLEVELAND — Guard Danny Green scored 24 points to lead the San Antonio Spurs to a 122-101 victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers on Tuesday night at Quicken Loans Arena. Green, drafted by the Cavs in 2009, converted 7 of 12 shots from the field and 3 of 7 from behind the arc. The 6-foot-6 guard […]
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Sophomore guard Michael Frazier II scored a career-high 37 points, lifting the No. 1 Florida Gators to a 72-46 win over the South Carolina Gamecocks at Colonial Life Arena. Frazier made a school-record 11 3-pointers for the Gators, passing the previous school mark of nine 3-pointers of the game set by Joe […]
WACO, Texas — The Baylor Bears can sleep a little easier. Baylor, on the NCAA Tournament bubble, scored the game’s final 13 points and notched a 74-61 victory over the 16th-ranked Iowa State Cyclones on Tuesday night at the Ferrell Center. With just over two minutes remaining in a tie game, Baylor guard Brady Heslip […]
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Michigan clinched its first outright Big Ten regular-season championship since 1986 on Tuesday night with a dominant performance. Guard Nik Stauskas drilled seven 3-pointers and scored a game-high 24 points as the 12th-ranked Wolverines never trailed en route to an 84-53 blowout of Illinois at the State Farm Center. Guard Caris LeVert […]
WASHINGTON — Guard D’Vauntes Smith-Rivera had 18 points and 12 rebounds and a hot-shooting first half propelled the Georgetown Hoyas to a stunning 75-63 victory over No. 13 Creighton Bluejays on Tuesday night. Creighton forward Doug McDermott, the nation’s leading scorer, had 16 of his 22 points in the second half. The Bluejays (23-6, 13-4) […]
NEW YORK – Not only did the Brooklyn Nets stop a team that has had their number in recent years, but they also stopped one of the NBA’s hottest teams, defeating the Chicago Bulls 96-80 on Monday night. The loss ended a four-game winning streak by the Bulls, who entered Monday night with wins in […]
WASHINGTON — Few imagined Tayshaun Prince would serve as one of the Memphis Grizzlies’ primary interior scorers Monday, and that includes the veteran forward. Prince scored a season-high 21 points and guard Mike Conley added 20 as the Grizzlies ended the Washington Wizards’ six-game winning streak with a 110-104 victory Monday night. Forward Zach Randolph […]
MIAMI – The only person who had a legitimate shot at stopping Miami Heat forward LeBron James Monday night was his coach, Erik Spoelstra. And when Spoelstra resisted his impulse to remove James from the game after he had scored 49 points in three quarters, the Charlotte Bobcats were at James’ mercy. James finished with […]
DENVER — Forward Kevin Love had 33 points and 19 rebounds, guard Kevin Martin added 22 points and the surging Minnesota Timberwolves beat the Denver Nuggets 132-128 Monday night. Minnesota outscored Denver 52-16 from the foul line while winning for the sixth time in seven games. Martin was 16-for-17 from the line, compensating for his […]
MILWAUKEE – One night after fighting the NBA’s best team down to the wire, the Utah Jazz learned a valuable lesson against the NBA’s worst team. “We can’t show up and just expect to win games,” said Jazz coach Tyrone Corbin. “We have to play a certain way. Last night, we played well and we […]
