Category: Wirenews
TUCSON, Ariz. — Top-ranked Arizona is built on balance, but when the Wildcats absolutely have to have a basket, they turn to junior guard Nick Johnson. Johnson scored a team-high 22 points, including making multiple key baskets during a game-defining run, as Arizona finally put away Utah 65-56 Sunday night to set a […]
Basketball Hall of Famer Tom Gola, the leading rebounder in NCAA history, died Sunday at age 81. According to numerous media reports, he was in ill health since a fall more than 10 years ago, and he died at a care facility in Meadowbrook, Pa., a Philadelphia suburb. Gola was a Philadelphia legend from his […]
NEW ORLEANS — Anthony Davis will find out officially Thursday if NBA coaches voted him into his first All-Star Game. The way his coach, Monty Williams, sees it, the league should launch a criminal investigation if the vote doesn’t go in favor of the New Orleans Pelicans’ second-year forward. The young superstar poured in 22 […]
OAKLAND, Calif. — Golden State Warriors All-Star Stephen Curry says there is nothing worse than grabbing the box score after a game and seeing he scored 38 points … in a loss. Thus, it wasn’t his impressive point total that caught the guard’s eye after the Warriors’ 103-88 victory over the Portland Trail Blazers on […]
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — For the Denver Nuggets, the objective is the same every night: Increase the throttle on a high-speed attack and don’t let up. “We always want to push it in the early going, and then keep on pushing it,” guard Ty Lawson said after leading Denver’s high-octane attack to a 125-117 victory over […]
DALLAS — Mavericks forward Dirk Nowitzki scored 28 and Dallas extended its dominance over the Detroit Pistons by separating late for a 116-106 victory Sunday night. The Mavericks (26-20) snapped a two-game losing streak with their sixth consecutive win over Detroit at American Airlines Center and 11th in the last 13 games in the series […]
NEW YORK — The New York Knicks didn’t need a virtuoso performance from small forward Carmelo Anthony this time, but he still gave them enough to stave off the Los Angeles Lakers 110-103. Anthony, who tallied a Knicks-record 62 points in the team’s Friday night win over the Charlotte Bobcats, registered a game-high 35 points […]
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The Memphis Tigers had suffered through some awful shooting games from 3-point range this season. But even after the worst of those times, including two games in which they were 2-for-17, they vowed they were better than that and would show it. For a day, No. 23 Memphis made good on that […]
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — For a day, the No. 23-ranked Memphis Tigers literally shot down their reputation as a poor 3-point shooting team. The Tigers made a season-high 10 3-pointers Sunday afternoon at the FedExForum and defeated the South Florida Bulls 80-58 in an American Athletic Conference game. Coming into the game, Memphis ranked ninth in […]
LOGAN, Utah — Xavier Thames did exactly what great players do in hostile arenas. The San Diego State senior point guard made plays at the right time. The Aztecs know they can count on their leading scorer to deliver the goods when one or two possessions stand between a win and a loss. That was […]
