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SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Another day, another buzzer-beating finish for the No. 1-ranked Syracuse Orange. A goaltending call on North Carolina State’s Ralston Turner in the final seconds gave undefeated Syracuse a 56-55 victory over the Wolfpack on Saturday night in an Atlantic Coast League game before 31,572 fans — the fourth crowd of more than […]
Basketball Insider’s Eric Pincus hands out grades to every team involved in the 2014 NBA trade deadline.
AUBURN HILLS, Mich. — Jermaine O’Neal sees big things for the Golden State Warriors every time they win games the hard way. The Warriors held the Detroit Pistons to 13 fourth-quarter points and opened a six-game road trip with a 104-96 win Monday night at The Palace. “These are the ones I prefer for us […]
OAKLAND, Calif. — Reserve guard Steve Blake opened the fourth quarter with a 3-pointer and the Golden State Warriors held the Atlanta Hawks scoreless for the first 6:52 of the period en route to a runaway, 111-97 victory Friday night. The win was the Warriors’ eighth in 10 games since the All-Star break and allowed […]
Florida Gators freshman Chris Walker was cleared to play by the NCAA on Wednesday and will be eligible to make his collegiate debut next week at home against Missouri. The highly recruited 6-foot-10 power forward has been in limbo since being admitted to Florida in December. Walker has sat the last 12 games while the […]
DENVER – Ty Lawson was sidelined by a fractured rib, but he wasn’t idle. The Denver Nuggets guard studied his game while recovering for nearly a month, and it has paid dividends. Lawson had 30 points and tied a career high with 17 assists, forward Kenneth Faried scored a career-high 32 points and grabbed 13 […]
SPOKANE, Wash. — San Diego State’s overtime win over New Mexico State was not always a thing of beauty, but Aztecs coach Steve Fisher had little to complain about after his team advanced to the third round of the NCAA Tournament. “I told our players after the game, ‘It doesn’t matter how, it just matters, […]
SALT LAKE CITY — Backup guard Alec Burks scored 21 points, center Derrick Favors returned from his injury absence to score 20 points, and the Utah Jazz snapped a three-game losing streak by beating the Boston Celtics 110-98 Monday night. Favors hit eight of nine shots and blocked three shots while helping the Jazz hold […]
Matt John continues Basketball Insiders’ looking back series by examining the last decade’s worth of 10th overall picks.
NEW ORLEANS — The New Orleans Pelicans have struggled through so much adversity this season that they can be excused for celebrating even modest achievements. After forward Anthony Davis scored a game-high 29 points and grabbed 14 rebounds to lift the Pelicans to a 112-104 victory over the Milwaukee Bucks on Friday night — the […]