Category: Wirenews
MILWAUKEE — Sacramento guard Isaiah Thomas was ejected late in the game but scored 25 points to lead the Kings to a 116-102 victory over the Milwaukee Bucks on Wednesday night. Thomas got the boot after drawing a pair of technical fouls while tied up with Bucks forward Khris Middleton with 4:19 left but was […]
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The Charlotte Bobcats finished up the roughest stretch of their schedule with one of their most-impressive performances of the season Wednesday night. Center Al Jefferson scored 34 points, including 20 in the first half, and the Bobcats routed the Eastern Conference-leading Indiana Pacers 109-87. The win came after the Bobcats lost at […]
DENVER — Forward Wilson Chandler scored 21 points, guard Ty Lawson had 20 and the Denver Nuggets used a fast start and strong finish to beat the Dallas Mavericks 115-110 on Wednesday night. Forward J.J. Hickson had 12 of his 16 points in the fourth and also tied a career high with five blocks for […]
MINNEAPOLIS — Turns out Minnesota Timberwolves coach Rick Adelman had good reason to worry before Wednesday night’s 118-106 loss to the New York Knicks at Target Center. The Timberwolves had just won four of five games on the season’s longest road trip and six of their last seven overall before coming home to begin a […]
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Led by two seniors playing their final home game, No. 21 New Mexico obliterated Air Force 80-52 at The Pit on Wednesday night. Senior forward Cameron Bairstow had 21 points and seven rebounds for the Lobos (24-5, 15-2 Mountain West), while senior guard Kendall Williams chipped in 13 points, including three 3-pointers. […]
DALLAS — Louisville guard Russ Smith was a perfect 6-for-6 from 3-point range in an 84-71 win over No. 18 SMU on Wednesday night. Smith led a barrage of 3-pointers in the second half as Louisville (No. 11 AP/No. 9 USA Today) handed SMU its first loss at home this season. Smith scored 26 points, […]
STORRS, Conn. — After guard Shabazz Napier had his final glorious moment in a Connecticut home uniform, and after the No. 19 Huskies won for the seventh time in eight games, UConn coach Kevin Ollie grabbed a microphone and thanked the crowd at Gampel Pavilion. Ollie then went one step further, saying the Huskies would […]
NEW YORK — Guard Marcus Thornton came off the bench to score a game-high 20 points to lead the Brooklyn Nets to a 103-94 win over the Memphis Grizzlies on Wednesday night at Barclays Center. It was the seventh wire-to-wire victory of the season and second straight for the Nets, who became the first team […]
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — The Wake Forest Demon Deacons kept missing on chances to produce a breakthrough season. But they made their home finale count. Forward Tyler Cavanaugh scored six points during Wake Forest’s 17-0 run late in the game and the Demon Deacons shocked the No. 4 Duke Blue Devils 82-72 on Wednesday night at […]
LAWRENCE, Kan. — Texas Tech became the latest Big 12 team with the misfortune of getting scheduled for Senior Night at Kansas. The Jayhawks extended their string of consecutive Senior Night victories to 30 by drilling the Red Raiders 82-57 Wednesday in Allen Fieldhouse. No. 8 Kansas, which clinched the Big 12 title outright before […]
