Articles by Jeff Hawkins (9881)
With the 24th pick in the 2014 NBA Draft the Charlotte Hornets selected Shabazz Napier and traded him to the Miami HEAT.
TORONTO — Forward Joe Johnson scored 26 points — 13 in the fourth quarter — and the Brooklyn Nets held on to defeat the Toronto Raptors 104-103 on Sunday in Game 7 of their first-round Eastern Conference playoff series. The Nets who led by as many as 12 points had to withstand a Toronto rally […]
A new name forces his way into the top-five, as other candidates’ cases for NBA Defensive Player of the Year rise and fall based on small early-season sample sizes. Jack Winters revisits DPOY Watch in the first week of December.
NORMAN, Okla. — Oklahoma always seems to find an unlikely hero for Bedlam home games. So it was again Monday night, when reserve forward Tyler Neal pumped in a season-high 15 points, helping fuel the Sooners’ 88-76 win over rival Oklahoma State before a capacity crowd at Lloyd Noble Center. Forward Ryan Spangler dominated inside […]
PHILADELPHIA — Center/forward Tyler Zeller recorded a season-high 18 points and a career-high 15 rebounds Tuesday night, leading the Cleveland Cavaliers to a 114-85 rout of the Philadelphia 76ers. The Cavaliers, who earned their fifth consecutive victory, received a 14-point contribution from guard Kyrie Irving, the MVP of Sunday’s All-Star Game. Forward Luol Deng and […]
The Utah Jazz may have one of the league’s worst records, but that shouldn’t stop Jazz fans from feeling optimistic about the team’s future.
In the midst of a country-wide push for social justice reform, Basketball Insiders’ David Yapkowitz and the Atlanta Hawks’ Solomon Hill discuss education as the first step toward real change.
DALLAS — The Golden State Warriors are playing the stretch run short-handed, but they are showing just how strong they are. They rallied in regulation and then in overtime to take down the Dallas Mavericks in a crucial game in the Western Conference playoff picture. With 13 seconds left in overtime and the score tied […]
After missing the playoffs for eight consecutive seasons, the Kings are hoping that an infusion of young talent will turn things around in Sacramento.
Guard Malcolm Hawkins scored 16 points and guard Pendarvis Williams added 13 as Norfolk State rallied for a 56-49 victory over Savannah State on Monday night in a Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference game at Savannah, Ga. The Spartans (12-9, 6-2) knocked the Tigers (11-10, 5-2) out of the MEAC lead and won their fifth straight in […]