Articles by Jeff Hawkins (9881)
MILWAUKEE – One night after fighting the NBA’s best team down to the wire, the Utah Jazz learned a valuable lesson against the NBA’s worst team. “We can’t show up and just expect to win games,” said Jazz coach Tyrone Corbin. “We have to play a certain way. Last night, we played well and we […]
Matt John revives Basketball Insiders’ classic 50 Predictions piece ahead of the 2020-21 season.
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — It was Senior Day for No. 20 Memphis on Saturday at FedExForum, but a rocky first half made the Tigers’ four senior guards look like nervous freshmen. Joe Jackson, Chris Crawford, Geron Johnson and Michael Dixon went a combined three for 17 in the first half and the Tigers were fortunate to […]
PORTLAND, Ore. — The Memphis Grizzlies led from start to finish Tuesday in a 98-81 pounding of the Portland Trail Blazers at the Moda Center. Forward Zach Randolph had 23 points and 10 rebounds, and guard Mike Conley contributed 19 points and seven assists for the Grizzlies (23-20). Memphis won for the eighth time in […]
Forward Lamar Odom’s season in Spain was cut short by a back injury. The Spanish team, Baskonia, said Saturday that Odom’s personal doctors in New York ruled him unfit to play for two months, putting an end to his present contract, according to the Associated Press. Odom, who won two NBA titles with the Los […]
NEW YORK — The Connecticut Huskies used clutch free throw shooting down the stretch, turning back the Iowa State Cyclones 81-76 in the semifinals of the NCAA East Regional on Friday night at Madison Square Garden. The Huskies (29-8), the seventh seed, were 11 of 12 from the line in the final 47 seconds of […]
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Center DeMarcus Cousins and forward Rudy Gay combined to score all but four of Sacramento’s 17 points in overtime, and the Kings stalled the Washington Wizards’ climb up the Eastern Conference standings with a 117-111 victory at Sleep Train Arena on Tuesday. Gay scored six of his 24 points in the extra […]
PORTLAND, Ore. — Guard Wesley Matthews scored 26 points, including a 3-pointer that put the Portland Trail Blazers ahead for good in a 120-115 overtime victory over the Milwaukee Bucks on Tuesday night at the Moda Center. Guard Mo Williams scored a season-high 23 points and forward Nicolas Batum collected 21 points, nine rebounds and […]
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 […]
MILWAUKEE — With a little less than two weeks to go in the regular season, the Toronto Raptors are hitting their stride. Toronto, playing short-handed for the second consecutive night, stayed tied with Chicago for the No. 3 seed in the Eastern Conference by holding off the Milwaukee Bucks down the stretch for a 102-98 […]