Articles by Alan Draper (11387)
AUBURN HILLS, Mich. — John Loyer gave the Detroit Pistons some energy along the sideline in his NBA head-coaching debut. The team responded with an upbeat performance after the abrupt firing of Mo Cheeks. Point guard Brandon Jennings led Detroit with 21 points and six assists, and the Pistons posted a 109-100 win over the […]
MINNEAPOLIS — With a poise befitting a team that appears to have found itself, the Houston Rockets shook off a shaky third quarter with a dominant fourth, cruising to a 107-89 victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves at Target Center on Monday night. It was a game matching two teams going in very different directions. With […]
OAKLAND, Calif. — Coming off a 45-point drubbing at the hands of the Los Angeles Clippers just 24 hours earlier, the last thing the Philadelphia 76ers needed Monday night was a surprise. Then they ran into the Golden State Warriors’ secret weapon, Marreese Speights, and the rest is unfavorable history. Getting additional playing time because […]
CHICAGO — Center Marc Gasol scored 18 points and the Memphis Grizzlies defense dominated down the stretch in an 85-77 victory over the Chicago Bulls on Friday night at the United Center. After forward Taj Gibson hit a jumper to make it 77-75, the Bulls managed just two more points over the final 5:54, hitting […]
TORONTO — Guard Terrence Ross showed no ill effects from a sprained left ankle that sidelined him for Sunday’s game, leading the Toronto Raptors to a 99-87 win over the Sacramento Kings on Friday night. Ross, who entered the game having gone 16 of 25 from 3-point range, finished 6 of 8 from beyond the […]
NEW YORK — The New York Knicks ran their winning streak to seven games, knocking off the Indiana Pacers 92-86 on Wednesday night at Madison Square Garden. It was the Knicks’ first game with Phil Jackson as team president. Jackson, who was named to the position Tuesday, received a standing ovation from the Garden crowd […]
DENVER — Guard Aaron Brooks scored a season-high 27 points and dished out a career-high 17 assists, and the Denver Nuggets overcame the absence of two starters to beat the struggling Detroit Pistons 118-109 on Wednesday night. Guard Randy Foye scored 22 for the Nuggets, who won four of their last five. The Pistons, in […]
NORFOLK, Va. — Third-seeded Morgan State guard Justin Black made his first six second-half shots as the Golden Bears blitzed the No. 6 Florida A&M Rattlers 81-68 Thursday night in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Association tournament quarterfinals Thursday night at the Scope Arena. The Bears (14-15) will meet No. 7 Coppin State in a “Battle of […]
INDIANAPOLIS — Ohio State does not do things the easy way. The defending Big Ten tournament champions survived another grinder on Thursday, escaping upset-minded Purdue for a 63-61 first-round tournament victory at Bankers Life Fieldhouse. Boilermakers guard Terone Johnson’s bid for a game-winning 3-pointer bounced off the rim as time expired and the No. 24 […]
DAYTON, Ohio — Senior guard Jordan McRae scored 20 points, and junior forward Jarnell Stokes added 18, lifting Tennessee to a 78-65 overtime win over Iowa in a first-round NCAA Tournament game between two No. 11 seeds on Wednesday night at University of Dayton Arena. The Volunteers (22-12) overcame a cold shooting start, then outscored […]