Category: Wirenews
After suffering a gruesome leg injury last summer, Indianapolis expected Paul George to miss the entire 2014-15 campaign. On Tuesday, team president Larry Bird wasn’t so definite that George wouldn’t play this season. George recently has participated in light practice and even has been able to dunk. Bird said he had no clue if George […]
NEW YORK — Soreness in his left thumb prevented Boston Celtics point guard Avery Bradley from dribbling effectively. Every time Bradley released a shot, he did his best not to think about the soreness on his non-shooting hand. It probably helped that most of his shots went in on Tuesday. Bradley made his first seven […]
PHILADELPHIA — Hollis Thompson was searching for his shooting stroke since missing three weeks of action due to illness. The Philadelphia 76ers swingman appears to have found it now. Thompson scored a career-high 23 points off the bench, as the Sixers held on to beat the struggling Denver Nuggets 105-98 Tuesday night. Thompson made his […]
AUBURN HILLS, Mich. — D.J. Augustin saw his playing time suddenly expand over the past two weeks. He is settling into his new role as the Detroit Pistons’ primary floor leader, as the Miami Heat discovered Tuesday. Augustin racked up 25 points and a season-high 13 assists without a turnover, and the Pistons overcame a […]
PORTLAND, Ore. — The Portland Trail Blazers got their starting center, and some of their old groove, back Tuesday night at Moda Center. Robin Lopez returned to the middle for Portland, after having missed 23 games with a broken right hand, and he had 11 points and six rebounds in 25 minutes to help the […]
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Guard Stephen Curry scored 23 points and the Golden State Warriors needed merely an ordinary performance from guard Klay Thompson to beat the Sacramento Kings 121-96 at Sleep Train Arena on Tuesday. Thompson scored 14 points on 6-for-12 shooting in his first contest against the Kings since scoring 52 points — including […]
LEXINGTON, Ky. — The No. 1-ranked Kentucky Wildcats, the lone unbeaten team in America, pushed their spotless record to 22-0 with a 69-58 victory over the Georgia Bulldogs on Tuesday at Rupp Arena. But it didn’t come easy, especially considering the Bulldogs (14-7, 5-4 SEC) were without three players, two reserves and leading scorer and […]
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. — It was business as usual for Northern Iowa. Coming off their biggest-regular season win in years, a 16-point decision Saturday that ended Wichita State’s 30-game winning streak against Missouri Valley Conference teams, the No. 14 Panthers had little trouble avoiding a letdown Tuesday night. With versatile senior forward Seth Tuttle stuffing […]
INDIANAPOLIS — It is becoming obvious that the Butler Bulldogs found their place in the Big East Conference, making the jump from the Atlantic-10 Conference two years ago after switching from the Horizon League to the A10 three years ago. The 22nd-ranked Bulldogs shot 56.4 percent from the field (31 of 55) and pulled away […]
LEXINGTON, Ky. — No. 1-ranked Kentucky, the lone unbeaten team in America, pushed its spotless record to 22-0 with a 69-58 victory over Georgia Tuesday at Rupp Arena. But it didn’t come easy, especially considering the Bulldogs (14-7, 5-4 SEC) were without three players, two reserves and leading scorer and rebounder Marcus Thornton. It was […]
