Category: Wirenews
SALT LAKE CITY — Even though the Jazz are having a rough year, the Toronto Raptors left Utah with a big sense of satisfaction Monday night. All-Star guard DeMar DeRozan scored 23 points, and center Jonas Valanciunas added 18 points and nine rebounds as the Raptors earned a rare win at EnergySolutions Arena, beating the […]
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The return of center DeMarcus Cousins to the Sacramento lineup Monday was all the Kings hoped it would be. The collective defensive effort put forth by his teammates surpassed expectations. The Kings center finished with 25 points and 16 rebounds in his return from a left ankle injury, and Sacramento held the […]
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Sacramento Kings coach Michael Malone had a familiar message for his team before the opening tip Monday. He will be all too happy to repeat it over and over if the results turn out as they did after his latest refrain. “I’m starting to sound like a broken record, but we had […]
DENVER — Los Angeles Clippers forwards Matt Barnes and Blake Griffin huddled over a laptop computer in the locker room after the game to see the final seconds unfold again. They watched as Denver Nuggets guard Randy Foye took a pass, dribbled behind the top of the key and squared to the basket. He rose […]
OKLAHOMA CITY — When the Oklahoma City Thunder and Memphis Grizzlies face off, the games are never pretty. The winner is usually the team that finds a way to play through the pushing, shoving and hard fouls. It was the Thunder who turned out to be that team Monday with an 86-77 victory over the […]
NEW YORK — Like a pitcher on the verge of a no-hitter, Shaun Livingston doesn’t want to think about the streak he is on. Still, there is no denying the Brooklyn Nets guard is playing some of the best basketball of his career. On Monday night, he did a little bit of everything to help […]
STILLWATER, Okla. — Iowa State doesn’t win in Stillwater. Well, not this millennium. And not since well before current coach Fred Hoiberg was a Cyclones player in the mid-1990s. The program’s last win at Gallagher-Iba Arena — 1988. Until Monday night. But even then, it didn’t come easy, requiring three overtimes before the No. 16-ranked […]
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The No. 1 college basketball team in the country was a one-man show Monday. Hours after Syracuse ascended to the top ranking in the Associated Press poll, guard Trevor Cooney dropped in a career-high 33 points to carry the Orange past Notre Dame 61-55 in front of 25,850 fans in the Carrier […]
Arizona forward Brandon Ashley will miss the rest of the season as a result of a foot injury suffered in Saturday’s 60-58 loss to Cal, the school announced Sunday. “Last night, early in our Cal game, Brandon Ashley suffered a foot injury that will end his season,” Arizona head coach Sean Miller said in the […]
CINCINNATI — Senior guard Sean Kilpatrick scored 18 points and senior forward Justin Jackson added 15 points and three blocked shots, lifting No. 13 Cincinnati past upset-minded South Florida 50-45 Sunday. Freshman forward Chris Perry scored 13 points and senior forward Victor Rudd added 10 for the Bulls. Cincinnati (21-2, 10-0 American Athletic Conference) extended […]
