Category: Wirenews
BOSTON — Paul George found the range at just the right time on Saturday night. But that really should not come as much of a surprise from one of the NBA’s best. The Indiana forward, suffering through a tough shooting night, scored 10 points in the final 4:20 and the Pacers, the team with the […]
MILWAUKEE — Forward Marcus Thornton scored 25 points off the bench to lead the Brooklyn Nets to a 107-98 victory over the Milwaukee Bucks on Saturday night at the BMO Harris Bradley Center. Thornton hit 8 of 13 shots from the field in 23 minutes and connected on 4 of 7 3-pointers, including a 26-footer […]
MIAMI — LeBron James is the top shooting forward in the NBA at 57.9 percent. Dwyane Wade is the top shooting guard in the league at 55.1 percent from the field. And Chris Bosh is a center with 3-point range who is among the top 15 overall in field-goal percentage at 53.0, regardless of position. […]
BOSTON — Paul George found the range at just the right time on Saturday night. The Indiana forward, suffering through a tough shooting night, scored 10 points over the final 4:20 and the Pacers, the team with the best record in the NBA, fought off a game effort by the Celtics and trimmed Boston 102-97. […]
HOUSTON — Guard James Harden posted a double-double and all five Houston starters scored in double figures in the Rockets’ wire-to-wire, 118-110 win over the Detroit Pistons on Saturday night at the Toyota Center. Harden finished with 20 points and 12 assists as Houston (40-19) improved to 12-0 at home this season against Eastern Conference […]
MANHATTAN, Kan. — “Next man up” is more than a slogan for Kansas State. On Saturday night, it was the recipe for success. The Wildcats used a 38-2 advantage in bench scoring to defeat No. 15 Iowa State 80-73 at Bramlage Coliseum and forge a four-way tie for second place in the Big 12 Conference. […]
MIAMI — Forward LeBron James wore a new, clear mask to protect his broken nose, but it did not change much of anything as the two-time defending NBA champion Miami Heat defeated the Orlando Magic 112-98 on Saturday night at AmericanAirlines Arena. It was the seventh win in a row for the Heat (42-14), who […]
COLUMBIA, S.C. — No lead is safe in college basketball, and that was almost proven in the final seconds of the South Carolina Gamecocks’ upset over the No. 17 Kentucky Wildcats on Saturday. Instead, South Carolina coach Frank Martin snared the best win of his two-year tenure with the Gamecocks, holding off Kentucky in the […]
PHILADELPHIA — It was Allen Iverson’s night, but Trevor Ariza made part of it his own. The Philadelphia 76ers retired the No. 3 once worn by Iverson at halftime of Saturday night’s game against the Washington Wizards, but Ariza, a journeyman forward, scored a career-high 40 points — 24 in the first quarter — to […]
RICHMOND — If No. 10 Saint Louis needed any reminder of the identity of Virginia Commonwealth, all it had to do was scan the sellout crowd at the Stuart C. Siegel Center. With nearly all 7,741 fans adorned in gold T-shirts reading “Havoc,” there was little doubt about the Rams’ intent against the first-place team […]
