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SALT LAKE CITY — Coming into Friday night’s game, the Orlando Magic hadn’t beaten the Utah Jazz since 2010. The way the Jazz are playing, it almost seems like that was their last win. Orlando snapped a long losing streak against Utah with a 98-93 victory at EnergySolutions Arena. Forward Tobias Harris had 22 points […]
Junior forward Montrezl Harrell posted his third consecutive double-double, leading fifth-ranked Louisville to an 82-57 victory over Florida International on Friday night at KFC Yumi Center in Louisville, Ky. Harrell had 13 points and 12 rebounds for Louisville (7-0), which shot 57.1 percent from the field. Sophomore guard Anton Gill scored a team-high 15 points […]
Two struggling opponents squared off Friday night in Bridgeport, Conn., in their Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference opener and the Fairfield Stags picked up a 67-54 win over the Manhattan Jaspers. The Stags, who improved to 3-5 overall and 2-2 at home, jumped out to a 27-22 halftime lead and led the rest of the way. […]
Jordan Parks scored a game-high 20 points as the visiting North Carolina Central Eagles held off the Maryland-Eastern Shore Hawks 68-63 on Friday in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference opener for both teams at Hytche Arena in Princess Anne, Md. North Carolina Central (5-3) is the defending MEAC champion, but the Hawks stayed close throughout. The […]
The New Orleans Pelicans signed forward Dante Cunningham and he will be in uniform for Thursday night’s game against the Golden State Warriors. The Pelicans also could be adding point guard Gal Mekel, according to ESPN. Cunningham had gone unsigned after he was charged in April with felony domestic assault. He was accused by his […]
OAKLAND, Calif. — The Golden State Warriors held the New Orleans Pelicans to 12 second-quarter points while building a 13-point lead, then gradually pulled away in the second half for an 11th consecutive victory, 112-85 in a nationally televised game Thursday night. In beating the Pelicans for an eighth straight time, the Warriors (16-2) improved […]
PORTLAND, Ore. — Guard Damian Lillard scored 23 points, and the Portland Trail Blazers held off the Indiana Pacers for a 88-82 win Thursday night at the Moda Center. Forward LaMarcus Aldridge collected 18 points and 13 rebounds for the Trail Blazers (15-4), who won for the 12th time in the past 13 outings. Guard […]
NEW YORK — This time against the Knicks, LeBron James would not be denied of a win. The Cleveland Cavaliers forward scored five straight points late in the game, securing Cleveland’s 90-87 over New York Thursday at Madison Square Garden. James had eight turnovers when the Knicks ruined his first game back in Cleveland with […]
NEW YORK — Kyrie Irving scored a season-high 37 points to lift the Cleveland Cavaliers to a 90-87 win over the New York Knicks on Thursday at Madison Square Garden. Cleveland (10-7) won a season-best fifth game in a row. The Knicks (4-16) lost their sixth consecutive game and 15th of their past 17; they […]
Patricio Garino scored a game-high 23 points as the George Washington Colonials took command early and rolled to an 83-60 victory over the visiting Maryland-Baltimore County Retrievers on Thursday at the Smith Center in Washington. The Colonials jumped out to an early 22-9 lead and never trailed. But UMBC (0-7) rallied and cut the lead […]
