Category: Wirenews
NEW YORK — Coach K reached 1K. Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski became the first Division 1 coach to win 1,000 games, guiding the No. 5 Duke Blue Devils to a 77-68 win over the St. John’s Red Storm on Sunday at Madison Square Garden. “We were so gritty in the last 10 minutes,” Krzyzewski said. […]
COLLEGE PARK, Md. — Two of the best freshmen in the Big Ten — a pair of cool-as-they come 6-foot-3 guards — put their versatile talent on display Sunday night at Xfinity Center. Maryland freshman point guard Melo Trimble outscored his Northwestern counterpart, Bryant McIntosh, 27-21. Even one of Trimble’s misses turned out in his […]
VILLANOVA, Pa. — For the second year in a row, the first five minutes of the Villanova-Creighton matchup in Philadelphia decided the game. Last year, it was the eight 3-pointers that the Creighton Bluejays made at the Wells Fargo Center before the first media timeout that propelled the visitors to a 28-point rout. This time […]
SALT LAKE CITY — Taking bad shots is simply not in Utah’s nature as a team. The Utes grade each shot with a simple 1 to 5 scale. Shots graded at 1 are considered poor shots. Shots graded at 5 are considered excellent. Creating a “5 shot” is the benchmark Utah aims for on each […]
LOS ANGELES — Blake Griffin played like the All-Star starter he was announced as earlier in the day, scoring 22 points by halftime as the Los Angeles Clippers steamrolled the Brooklyn Nets 123-84 at Staples Center on Thursday night. The 22-point first half was Griffin’s biggest output of the season, but he had plenty of […]
SPOKANE, Wash. — Point guard Kevin Pangos led a balanced Gonzaga offense with 14 points Thursday night as the third-ranked Bulldogs downed Saint Mary’s 68-47 to take sole possession of first place in the West Coast Conference. The Bulldogs (19-1, 8-0 WCC) earned their 12th consecutive win. Saint Mary’s (15-4, 7-1) saw its six-game winning […]
PORTLAND, Ore. — Guard Evan Turner’s 3-point shot with one second left gave the Boston Celtics a 90-89 victory over the Portland Trail Blazers on Thursday night at the Moda Center. Guard Avery Bradley scored 18 points, and forward Jared Sullinger had 17 points and nine rebounds for the Celtics, who snapped a three-game losing […]
Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry edged Cleveland Cavaliers forward LeBron James as the fans’ No. 1 choice in voting for the NBA All-Star Game, according to results announced by the NBA on Thursday. Thanks to a late surge that made up a deficit of 13,285 votes, Curry received 1,513,324 votes — more than the […]
Los Angeles Lakers guard Kobe Bryant sustained a torn rotator cuff during the second half of a 96-80 loss to the New Orleans Pelicans on Wednesday night in New Orleans. The Lakers announced Thursday that the findings were the result of a preliminary MRI taken in San Antonio. Bryant was return to Los Angeles on […]
MILWAUKEE — With forward Derek Favors unavailable Thursday night, Utah Jazz coach Quin Snyder tried something different, giving shooting guard Dante Exum his second career start. The No. 5 overall pick in last June’s draft answered the call, scoring 15 points on five 3-pointers, and the Jazz snapped a two-game losing streak by holding off […]
