Articles by Jeff Hawkins (9881)
TORONTO — Forward Kevin Durant scored a game-high 51 points and the Oklahoma City Thunder stretched their winning streak to three games with a 119-118 double-overtime victory over the Toronto Raptors on Friday night. Durant hit a deep 3-pointer with 1.7 seconds remaining in the second overtime to seal the victory. The Thunder star went […]
WASHINGTON — Guard John Wall scored 27 points and forward Trevor Ariza had 22 as the Washington Wizards downed the Orlando Magic 115-106 on Tuesday night for their season-high fourth straight victory. Playing without injured forward Nene, the Wizards (29-28) had four starters score at least 21 points, including center Marcin Gortat, who had 21 […]
Newcomer Ariel Pacheco discusses the Eastern Conference’s top pairings heading into the 2020-21 NBA season.
BUFFALO, N.Y. — Guard Trevor Cooney scored 18 points, making 4-of-8 shots from 3-point range, as third-seeded Syracuse pummeled 14th-seeded Western Michigan, 77-53, on Thursday in the NCAA Tournament second round at First Niagara Center. The Orange (28-5) advance to a third-round game on Saturday against 11th-seeded Dayton, which upset sixth-seeded, Ohio State, 60-59 in […]
Even if LeBron James returns, the HEAT may be in trouble when it’s time to fill out their roster due to the market.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. — Forward Paul George scored 20 points and guard George Hill added 14, leading the Indiana Pacers to a 118-98 victory Tuesday night over the Los Angeles Lakers at Bankers Life Fieldhouse. The victory was the first for the Pacers (43-13) over the Lakers at home since 2008 and it was their NBA-best […]
Previewing the first round match up between Oklahoma and North Dakota State in the first round of the 2014 NCAA Tournament.
MILWAUKEE — It was a happy homecoming for Elgin Cook, who scored a season-high 23 points as Oregon beat BYU 87-68 on Thursday afternoon in an NCAA Tournament second-round West Regional game at the BMO Harris Bradley Center. Cook, a Milwaukee native who was a City Conference player of the year as a junior at […]
The Lakers are no longer the power team in the city of Los Angeles, but are you selling the franchise short next season?
ESPN’s Fran Fraschilla has seen Dante Exum play against strong competition, and he compared the PG to a young Michael Jordan