Category: Wirenews
MEMPHIS — If Memphis Grizzlies reserve forward Jon Leuer was feeling at less than full strength following a stomach virus that recently struck him and several teammates, his play Friday night against the Boston Celtics certainly didn’t reflect it. Leuer paced a productive Grizzlies’ bench with a season-high 19 points in 22 minutes to complement […]
OKLAHOMA CITY — Something had to give when Brooklyn and Oklahoma City faced off Friday. The Nets were mired in a five-game losing streak while the Thunder were on a four-game skid of their own. Using a fourth quarter comeback and clutch shooting by guard Jarrett Jack, the Nets prevailed 94-92 at the Chesapeake Energy […]
DALLAS — The Dallas Mavericks are operating at tremendous efficiency and the Los Angeles Lakers, who for the rare time this season were actually feeling decent about themselves, served as nothing more than the next overmatched opponent to get blown away. Led by Dirk Nowitzki’s 19-first half points, endless scoring options all whirring in high-scoring […]
DENVER — Guard Arron Afflalo and forward Kenneth Faried scored 19 points each, forward Wilson Chandler had 18 and the surging Denver Nuggets beat the New Orleans Pelicans 117-97 on Friday night. Forward Danilo Gallinari had a season-high 17 points and center JaVale McGee scored 14 for the Nuggets, who held Pelicans forward Anthony Davis […]
TORONTO — Reserve guard Lou Williams scored 22 points and the Toronto Raptors defeated the Milwaukee Bucks 124-83 on Friday night. The margin of victory was one short of the largest in Raptors franchise history. Toronto’s third victory in a row gave it a 6-1 record in the longest homestand in franchise history and a […]
WASHINGTON — This summer, LeBron James shed light on why he returned to the Cleveland Cavaliers with a rather public letter. Eleven games into the current season, the All-Star forward, his teammates and coach have little explanation why they’re so in the dark when it comes to scoring. The Cavaliers lost their third straight game […]
Dion Nesmith made a jumper from the lane with three seconds left to give the Hofstra Pride a 66-65 victory over the visiting Stony Brook Seawolves on Friday night at the Mack Sports Complex in Hempstead, N.Y. Nesmith, a senior guard, got the ball near the left sideline but quickly cut toward the lane. He […]
A bad start segued into an even worse ending for Loyola (Ill.) on Friday night at No. 19 Michigan State. Trailing 17-2 before the game was nine minutes old, the Ramblers never came close to threatening the Spartans, absorbing an 87-52 loss at the Breslin Center in East Lansing, Mich. Five players reached double figures […]
Playing for the first time since losing by 50 to Duke, the Fairfield Stags opened the home portion of their schedule on Friday night with a 54-36 loss to the Wofford Terriers at Webster Bank Arena in Bridgeport, Conn. The first half left plenty to be desired from both sides. Wofford (2-1) went to its […]
When Lehigh needed baskets down the stretch, Teddy Okereafor provided them. Okereafor scored a game-high 29 points and corralled six rebounds as Rider (2-1) held off Lehigh (0-3) 78-74 on Friday night in Lawrenceville, N.J. Leading by just four with 3:55 to play, Lehigh’s Okereafor converted eight free throws and added a layup to seal […]
