Articles by Jeff Hawkins (9881)
CHICAGO — These Philadelphia 76ers are going to take residence in the record books, but the entry about their epic losing streak will not tell the full story. Once again, the 76ers put up a tough battle. But Chicago center Joakim Noah did more scoring than passing for a change and the Bulls handed Philadelphia […]
PORTLAND, Ore. — Guard Damian Lillard’s basket with 11.8 seconds remaining lifted the Portland Trail Blazers to a 106-103 victory over the Toronto Raptors on Saturday night at the Moda Center. The basket helped the Trail Blazers (34-13) stave off a torrid late rally by the Raptors, who trailed by 16 points in the fourth […]
In one of the Patriot League’s biggest upsets of the season, Lafayette — which came into Wednesday’s game with just four conference wins — toppled third-place Holy Cross 76-64 in Worcester, Mass. Lafayette’s Fran O’Hanlon set the all-time record for Patriot League coaching victories with 127, passing former Bucknell coach Pat Flannery. Guard Seth Hinrichs […]
CLEVELAND — Say what you want about the Phoenix Suns, but they are a resilient bunch. “We are a really hard-nosed team,” Suns guard Goran Dragic said. “It doesn’t matter if we are up or down 20 points. We are still going to battle until the end.” The Suns (25-18) battled back from a 20-point […]
NEW YORK — Providence Friars coach Ed Cooley had a gut feeling that playing zone against the best 3-point shooting team in the country might just work in the Big East Conference tournament championship. He was right. Providence worked the zone to near perfection, earning a 65-58 win over the No. 4 Creighton Bluejays at […]
PHILADELPHIA — Before its game against Massachusetts on Saturday, Saint Joseph’s honored the 2003-04 Hawks squad that went to the Elite 8 of the NCAA Tournament. Then the current group of Hawks went out and showed why they could be the best team seen on Hawk Hill since Jameer Nelson and Delonte West led the […]
BOSTON — Through all of their wins in Boston, none were as emotional for Paul Pierce and Kevin Garnett as Sunday night’s victory while playing for the Brooklyn Nets. Cornerstones of the Celtics’ 2008 NBA championship team who were traded last summer to Brooklyn, Pierce and Garnett had no chance to treat playing against their […]
Danny Granger could stand to make more money by playing with the Philadelphia 76ers… Kobe Bryant out three more weeks… Competition for Glen Davis increases.
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Guard Ty Lawson scored a game-high 27 points to lead six Nuggets in double figures, and Denver ran past the Sacramento Kings 125-117 Sunday at Sleep Train Arena. Lawson scored 20 points in the second half and combined with center Timofey Mozgov to score every Denver point during a 14-8 third-quarter run […]
SAN ANTONIO – One day after Miami Heat forward LeBron James said he did not believe that the San Antonio Spurs are too old to contend for another spot in the NBA Finals, the Spurs seemed to confirm that assessment. The oldest of the Spurs, 37-year-old forward Tim Duncan, produced 23 points and 11 rebounds […]