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LOS ANGELES — Forward Blake Griffin scored 23 points and grabbed 16 rebounds, and the Los Angeles Clippers defeated the Houston Rockets 101-93 Wednesday night at Staples Center. The Clippers (40-20) beat the Rockets for the third straight time this season and made it five in a row over Houston in Los Angeles. The Rockets […]
SALT LAKE CITY — During the first three seasons of his NBA career, Utah Jazz shooting guard Gordon Hayward developed a great relationship with Jeff Hornacek. Hornacek is now the Phoenix Suns’ head coach, no longer a Jazz assistant, but his presence at EnergySolutions Arena on Wednesday coincided with one of Hayward’s best performances in […]
AUSTIN, Texas — After dropping two games on a rough road trip to Iowa State and Kansas last week, No. 24 Texas returned home to wrestle one away from pesky Baylor. The Longhorns saw an 18-point lead dissolve to one point, but Texas held on for a 74-69 victory over the Bears on Wednesday at […]
TUCSON, Ariz. –The Arizona Wildcats found their groove again after playing a series of tight games and falling from an eight-week run at No. 1. Getting 22 points, seven rebounds and five assists from guard Nick Johnson, the third-ranked Wildcats avenged their first loss of the season by beating the Cal Golden Bears 87-59 at […]
CHICAGO — The Chicago Bulls have earned a reputation as one of the NBA’s best defensive teams. So watching Golden State guard Stephen Curry torch them for 34 points in a Feb. 6 game in Oakland, Calif., must have left a sour feeling. In Wednesday night’s rematch at United Center, Curry tied a season low […]
SAN ANTONIO — Late in the first half of the Wednesday’s game, San Antonio Spurs guard Manu Ginobili fell to the ground, causing an anxious moment. Was Ginobili, who missed eight games this season with a hamstring injury, hurt again? As it turned out, the only damage was to the basketball shoe that blew out […]
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Numbers tell a story, but not always the story they appear to tell. The Memphis Grizzlies handed out 28 assists on 45 baskets Wednesday night on the way to defeating the Los Angeles Lakers 108-103 at FedExForum. The Grizzlies (32-24) tied their season high with their fourth straight home win and shot […]
OKLAHOMA CITY — Forward Kevin Durant knows what a slump feels like. His first year in Oklahoma City, the Thunder had one of the worst teams in the NBA. So when the Cleveland Cavaliers beat the Thunder 114-104 Wednesday at the Chesapeke Energy Arena and handed them a third straight defeat, Durant tried to find […]
DALLAS — Momentum and matchup were both in the Dallas Mavericks’ favor going into Wednesday night’s return home. Riding high off a three-game road sweep, the Mavericks beat New Orleans 108-89 at American Airlines Center for their seventh consecutive win over the Pelicans. Dallas guard Monta Ellis scored 23, forward Dirk Nowitzki added 18 and […]
BOSTON — Jerryd Bayless’ first start for the Celtics may have cleared some space for him in the lineup. Boston’s backup guard scored 21 of his season-high 29 points in the second half and the Celtics snapped a five-game losing streak with a 115-104 victory over the Atlanta Hawks on Wednesday night. “We think we […]
