Articles by Jeff Hawkins (9881)
ATLANTA — New Orleans forward Anthony Davis returned from a one-game absence with another big performance, lifting the Pelicans to a 111-105 win over the Atlanta Hawks on Friday at Philips Arena. Davis, who missed Wednesday’s game with an upper respiratory infection, scored 34 points and grabbed 11 rebounds to help snap the Hawks’ five-game […]
SALT LAKE CITY — Center Derrick Favors and forwards Marvin Williams and Jeremy Evans all tallied double-doubles, and the Utah Jazz took advantage of a short-handed Sacramento Kings squad en route to earn a 106-99 victory Monday night at EnergySolutions Arena. The outcome pushed the Jazz’s record to 16-29 and dropped the Kings to 15-29, […]
OKLAHOMA CITY — The San Antonio Spurs came into their matchup with the Oklahoma City Thunder trying to prove a couple of things. First, that the Thunder did not have the Spurs number and that their 19-game winning streak was for real. Unfortunately for the Spurs, they were unable to do either as they fell […]
The first few games of the NBA season has taught us a lot, but which teams need to panic and which can feel a sense of excitement?
With Ben Simmons out for an extended period, the Philadelphia 76ers will need to rely on a committee of potential ball-handlers to fill those minutes. Quinn Davis looks at one of those candidates and why he should get the bulk of that responsibility.
DALLAS — The Dallas Mavericks got an important rebound victory Friday night over a team that has been a thorn in their side. Guard Monta Ellis scored 14 of his game-high 26 points in the fourth quarter as Dallas beat the Denver Nuggets for the first time in four tries this season, 122-106 at the […]
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Melvin Ejim backed up his newly minted Big 12 Player of the Year trophy, leading his Iowa State Cyclones to a 91-85 victory over Kansas State in a Big 12 tournament quarterfinal Thursday at Sprint Center. Ejim netted 24 points and pulled down 10 rebounds to power Iowa State into the […]
Basketball Insiders’ examination of the 2020 draft class continues with a look at the small forwards.
OKLAHOMA CITY — NBA games in late January are supposed to be tedious. With the All-Star break around the corner, many players and teams don’t put much stock into them. Oklahoma City Thunder forward Kevin Durant is not one of them. On a night he described as emotional, the MVP candidate scored 41 points and […]
OAKLAND, Calif. — Center Jermaine O’Neal’s two free throws broke a tie with 1:23 to play and point guard Stephen Curry banked in a back-breaking 3-pointer with 37.2 seconds left as the Golden State Warriors held off the Brooklyn Nets 93-86 on Saturday night. In getting some revenge after losing 102-98 in Brooklyn on Jan. […]