Articles by Jeff Hawkins (9881)
Los Angeles Clippers All-Star forward Blake Griffin did not play Monday against the Minnesota Timberwolves and is likely to remain idle all week to rest his ailing back for the playoffs. Griffin was hurt in Saturday’s game against the Houston Rockets. He felt back spasms strong enough that he removed himself from the game. He […]
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Michigan State sophomore guard Gary Harris led the 13th-ranked Spartans’ 3-point shooting barrage Thursday night in a 94-79 victory against the Purdue Boilermakers. Harris made a career-best six 3-pointers — his previous best was five last season against the Boilermakers — and he finished with 25 points on a night when […]
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The Sacramento Kings hardly ever play an entire fourth quarter of garbage time with the lead. Then again, they hardly ever face a team as awful as the Milwaukee Bucks. Center DeMarcus Cousins scored 32 points and pulled 12 rebounds, guard Isaiah Thomas added 30 points and forward Rudy Gay had 24, […]
The Jazz have the right mix of draft assets, expiring contracts and future cap room to be players at trade deadline.
Uncertainty abound as fans of the L.A. Lakers search for answers. Which direction should the Lakers go in from here?
COLUMBIA, Mo. — Kentucky coach John Calipari’s team confounds him. The No. 11 Wildcats capped off a week of two road games Saturday with an 84-79 win over Missouri on Saturday, just a few days after Kentucky lost Tuesday to LSU and cast several questions about its ability and fight. Those questions were not there […]
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — Guard Marcus Paige scored two baskets down the stretch and two clinching free throws as North Carolina overcame a double-digit deficit in the second half to knock off No. 5 Duke 74-66 Thursday night at the Smith Center. Guard Leslie McDonald scored 21 points for North Carolina (19-7, 9-4 Atlantic Coast […]
ST. LOUIS — Kentucky center Willie Cauley-Stein looked in the air, his heart having climbed to his throat, as Wichita State guard Fred VanVleet’s clean look at a potential game-winning 3-pointer headed for the bucket. “That guy’s so smooth,” Cauley-Stein said. “His face never changes expression. I just knew if he got a clean look […]
ATLANTA — San Antonio fans expect a steady diet of double-doubles from center Tim Duncan and now they’re starting to see a new outside scoring threat emerge in Australian Patty Mills. The Spurs used the suddenly potent combination of Duncan and Mills to prey on the injury-depleted Atlanta Hawks and claim a 105-79 win on […]
SAN ANTONIO — Iowa State is beaten up, but the Cyclones aren’t going away. Guard DeAndre Kane went into the lane and threw in a floater off the glass for the game-winning basket with 1.6 seconds left, sending third-seeded Iowa State past sixth-seeded North Carolina 85-83 Sunday in the third round of the NCAA Tournament […]