Category: Wirenews
NEW YORK — Rookie Mason Plumlee scored a career-high 22 points and grabbed 13 rebounds to help spark the Brooklyn Nets to a 93-81 win over the New Orleans Pelicans on Sunday night at the Barclays Center The 6-foot-11 forward/center out of Duke, whose previous high was 19 points against the Los Angeles Clippers on […]
ORLANDO, Fla. — Rookie guard Victor Oladipo scored 23 points and sparked a fourth-quarter turnaround, leading the Orlando Magic to a 93-92 victory over the Indiana Pacers on Sunday night. The Magic (16-37) erased a 17-point, third-quarter deficit in beating the Pacers, who have the best record in NBA. On Friday, Orlando also came from […]
CLEVELAND — Guard Kyrie Irving fired in a game-high 28 points, and the Cleveland Cavaliers earned a 91-83 overtime victory over the Memphis Grizzlies on Sunday at Quicken Loans Arena. Irving sealed the Cavaliers’ second consecutive win with four free throws in the last 30 seconds. Cleveland (18-33) outscored the Grizzlies 13-5 in overtime while […]
by Benjamin Standig WASHINGTON — Power forward Nene scored 18 points and guard Bradley Beal had 16 as the Washington Wizards snapped a two-game losing streak with a 93-84 victory over the Sacramento Kings on Sunday night. Beal made 4-of-5 attempts from 3-point range, including two in the fourth quarter, as the Wizards (25-25) thwarted […]
MILWAUKEE — There was nothing pretty about Houston’s 101-95 victory over the Milwaukee Bucks on Saturday night at the BMO Harris Bradley Center, but the surging Rockets — winners of five in a row — will take it. The Rockets could not put the Bucks away, giving up a double-digit lead in the fourth quarter […]
MINNEAPOLIS — For the Portland Trail Blazers, Saturday night was not just another game. Not after losing in overtime on Friday night. And not after it became clear exactly who was not going to be in uniform for the Minnesota Timberwolves. This was very much a game that the Blazers had to win. They needed […]
SALT LAKE CITY — Considering the limited amount of victories the Utah Jazz have, it is not surprising that their victory Saturday night ranked at the top of their best wins of the year. Likewise, their win was one of the bigger surprises of the 2013-14 season. Forward Marvin Williams tied his season high with […]
PHOENIX — With his infant son at a basketball game for the first time, Phoenix Suns guard Goran Dragic showed him that daddy does not need a lot of shots to score a lot of points. The red-hot Dragic continued his offensive eruptions with a career-high 34 points on 10-of-13 shooting from the field, including […]
An Arizona State student spat on Oregon staff members after the Ducks’ 74-72 loss on Saturday at Wells Fargo Arena in Tempe, Ariz., but assistant coach Brian Fish and athletic trainer Clay Jamieson decided not to press charges. The incident occurred as the Ducks were walking from the bench to the locker room up a […]
LUBBOCK, Texas — Oklahoma State guard Marcus Smart’s frustration over the Cowboys’ current four-game losing streak apparently boiled over on Saturday night when he pushed a Texas Tech fan. In the waning seconds of Texas Tech’s 65-61 victory over Oklahoma State, Smart fouled Red Raiders forward Jaye Crockett as Crockett was attempting a dunk. Smart […]
