Category: Wirenews
Hofstra had five players score in double figures, led by 19 points from junior guard Juan’ya Green, in a 84-56 win over Central Connecticut State in a nonconference game on Wednesday afternoon in New Britain, Conn. Junior wing Ameen Tanksley added 15 points and a team-high seven rebounds. Also reaching double figures were senior center […]
NEWARK, N.J. — Seton Hall ended St. John’s seven-game winning streak, knocking off the 15th-ranked Red Storm 78-67 in the Big East opener at the Prudential Center on Wednesday. Junior guard Sterling Gibbs poured in 25 points and added eight assists to lead Seton Hall. Guard Jared Sina scored 14 points, forward Angel Delgado added […]
DALLAS — The Dallas Mavericks expected a challenge from one of the Eastern Conference’s top teams Tuesday night. Instead, the Washington Wizards were quickly run out of the American Airlines Center in a 114-87 Dallas cakewalk. The Mavs’ highly efficient offense didn’t get much from forward Dirk Nowitzki, but it continued to spread the wealth […]
MEMPHIS, Tennessee — Mike Conley carried Memphis early, then buried San Antonio late Tuesday in the Grizzlies’ 95-87 victory over the Spurs before a sellout crowd of 18,119 at FedExForum. Hoping to earn his first NBA All-Star nod this season, the Grizzlies’ veteran point guard scored a game-high 30 points and hit a key 3-pointer […]
NEW ORLEANS — Like a doting father, Kentucky coach John Calipari scarcely could contain his pride Tuesday night watching some of his finest young thoroughbreds show the strides they have made as NBA players. Calipari had just witnessed Tyreke Evans, his pedal-to-the-metal guard from his coaching days at Memphis, and forward Anthony Davis, his prized […]
CHICAGO — Brooklyn Nets center Brook Lopez received a pleasant surprise when he arrived to the United Center on Tuesday night. For the first time since Dec. 5, his name was in the starting lineup. “I didn’t know I was going to start tonight,” said Lopez, whose playing time was limited since he returned from […]
SALT LAKE CITY — After watching his team surrender 10 unanswered points to the Minnesota Timberwolves to open the fourth quarter, Utah Jazz coach Quin Snyder had seen enough. He quickly called timeout and his players came back to the bench expecting to get an earful. Snyder said nothing. He gave his team the silent […]
OAKLAND, Calif. — Shooting guard Klay Thompson scored 11 of his 14 points in the first quarter, and the Golden State Warriors built a double-digit lead within eight minutes en route to a 126-86 demolition of the Philadelphia 76ers on Tuesday night. A 10th consecutive win at Oracle Arena, their longest home streak in 25 […]
DENVER — Kobe Bryant recently conceded to time, but for one night, the aging star looked like the Bryant of old. The Lakers shooting guard had 23 points, 11 rebounds and 11 assists, and Los Angeles held on to beat the Denver Nuggets 111-103 Tuesday night. It was the second triple-double of the season for […]
ATLANTA — Forward Paul Milsap scored 10 of his 26 points in the fourth quarter to help the Atlanta Hawks to a 109-101 win over the LeBron James-less Cleveland Cavaliers on Tuesday. James missed the game with soreness in his left knee. That left guard Kyrie Irving to pick up the slack. Irving, who had […]
