Articles by Jeff Hawkins (9881)
Los Angeles Lakers guard Kobe Bryant’s return to the court will not occur for at least three weeks, the team announced Tuesday night. Bryant recently said he would return from a knee injury by the All-Star Game on Feb. 16 but that he would allow someone more deserving to play for the Western Conference team […]
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 […]
Drew Maresca assesses the Miami HEAT’s early-season struggles and their statistical slide from the 2019-20 campaign.
NEW YORK — Make it two straight college basketball championships for a Pitino. Coach Richard Pitino guided the Minnesota Golden Gophers to a 65-63 win over Southern Methodist in the NIT title game Thursday, a year after his dad, Rick, led Louisville to the NCAA Championship. The 32-year-old Richard Pitino capped his first season at […]
SAN ANTONIO, Texas — Baylor’s interior defense and outside shooting trumped Creighton’s star and all of the Bluejays’ motivation. No. 6-seeded Baylor drained 11 3-pointers, clamped down on Creighton forward Doug McDermott and bumped the No. 3-seeded Bluejays from NCAA Tournament 85-55 on Sunday in a third-round West Region game at the AT&T Center. McDermott, […]
Penn State blew a 10-point, second-half lead but still managed to defeat Hampton 69-65 in the opening round of the College Basketball Invitational on Wednesday night at the Bryce Jordan Center in University Park, Pa. Junior guard D.J. Newbill led the Nittany Lions (16-17) with 19 points. Forward Brandon Taylor added 14 points and nine […]
PHILADELPHIA — The Philadelphia 76ers were in the game Wednesday night, but as it has been the case for nearly two months now, they once again came up on the losing end, dropping their 22nd straight. Guard/forward Jimmy Butler hit a tie-breaking 3-pointer with 6:49 left and reserves D.J. Augustin and Taj Gibson combined for […]
Following an epic NBA Trade Deadline, Matt John takes a look at which teams lost out when the bell struck at 3 p.m. on Feb. 6.
Spencer Davies looks at Collin Sexton’s recent trends since the Cleveland Cavaliers traded Jordan Clarkson and his progression over the team’s last five games, including a long road trip against strong competition.
From Neil Olshey’s top choice to replace Terry Stotts to whether they should trade CJ McCollum and who they might get for him, Bobby Krivitsky examines what’s next for the Portland Trail Blazers as they work to convince Damian Lillard to stay.