Category: Wirenews
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
DENVER — The Indiana Pacers have been nearly superhuman in the first half of the season, but the league has found their kryptonite. Just catch them on the second game of a back-to-back and you’ve got a chance. The Denver Nuggets made it work for them. Forward Wilson Chandler scored a season-high 25 points, J.J. […]
