Category: Wirenews
TORONTO — Guard Greivis Vasquez scored 25 points and guard Kyle Lowry added 24 as the Toronto Raptors set a team record with their 48th victory of the season in defeating the Milwaukee Bucks 110-100 on Monday night. Vasquez was filling in for regular shooting guard DeMar DeRozan, who was dressed but was rested by […]
WASHINGTON — Forward Trevor Ariza scored 25 points and the Washington Wizards took advantage of the Miami Heat playing without forward LeBron James and center Chris Bosh for a 114-93 victory on Monday night. Miami’s largest loss of the season locked up the Eastern Conference regular-season title for the idle Indiana Pacers. The Heat (54-27), […]
Michigan State sophomore guard Gary Harris will forego his final two seasons of college eligibility and enter the 2014 NBA Draft, the school announced Monday. A 2014 First-Team All-Big Ten honoree, Harris averaged 16.7 points, 4.0 rebounds and 2.7 assists as a sophomore. He earned USBWA and NABC All-District accolades and earned a spot on […]
Louisville forward Montrezl Harrell is returning to the school for his junior year. Harrell, who is 6-foot-8, averaged 14 points and 8.4 rebounds per game last season. Coach Rick Pitino said Monday he was “very excited to say the least” about Harrell’s decision to return, according to ESPN.com. “He and Wayne (Blackshear) will be co-captains […]
The Atlanta Hawks announced Sunday night that former Turner Entertainment Networks president Steve Koonin is joining the team’s ownership group as chief executive officer. Koonin will oversee all business operations and represent ownership at NBA functions. Koonin was with Turner for 14 years. In his most recent role, he led the division that included TNT, […]
LOS ANGELES — Point guard Mike Conley scored 24 points and handed out eight assists, and the Memphis Grizzlies used a second-half run to beat the Los Angeles Lakers 102-90 on Sunday at Staples Center. Conley connected on nine of 12 shots from the floor, including a pair of 3-pointers. Forward Marc Gasol scored 18 […]
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Sacramento Kings center DeMarcus Cousins may not have scored as many points as Minnesota Timberwolves counterpart Kevin Love on Sunday night, but he had the most important ones. Cousins and rookie guard Ben McLemore combined to make four free throws in the final 12 seconds, and Sacramento edged Minnesota 106-103 at Sleep […]
NEW YORK — For most of their disappointing season, the New York Knicks relied on forward Carmelo Anthony to do the bulk of their scoring, especially in crunch time. On Sunday, though, Anthony was an observer and not a scorer in the fourth quarter, nursing his sore shoulder from the bench as the Knicks ended […]
NEW YORK — The New York Knicks ended the Chicago Bulls’ seven-game winning streak with a 100-89 victory Sunday night at Madison Square Garden. The Bulls (47-33) wasted an opportunity to move ahead of the Toronto Raptors, who lost to Detroit on Sunday, for the third seed in the Eastern Conference playoffs. The two teams […]
NEW YORK — The mood inside the Brooklyn Nets’ locker room is one of excitement. Perhaps nobody is looking forward to the postseason more than forward Mirza Teletovic, who figures to receive more playing time this time than the one minute he played during last year’s first round. Teletovic’s action will be significant if he […]
