Category: Wirenews
BERKELEY, Calif. — Guard Justin Cobbs scored Cal’s last 12 points, including the winning 17-foot jumper with 0.9 of a second left, as the Bears beat No. 1 Arizona 60-58 on Saturday night, handing the Wildcats their first loss of the season. “This is a big deal,” said Cobbs, who finished with 19 points and […]
LOS ANGELES — A third-quarter spark allowed the Los Angeles Clippers to coast past the Utah Jazz. Guard Jamal Crawford scored 17 of his 27 points in the second half and forward Blake Griffin added 25 points and 11 rebounds as the Clippers rolled to a 102-87 victory over the Jazz on Saturday night before […]
PORTLAND, Ore. — Portland guard Wesley Matthews scored 21 points, but it was his defensive work on the game’s final possession that keyed the Trail Blazers’ 106-103 victory over the Toronto Raptors on Saturday night at the Moda Center. Matthews twice thwarted Toronto guard DeMar DeRozan on drives to the basket, allowing the Blazers to […]
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — One day before the real thing, Duke and Syracuse played college basketball’s version of the Super Bowl. Saturday night’s game featured the two most successful coaches in Division I history (Duke’s Mike Krzyzewski and Syracuse’s Jim Boeheim), two of the nation’s top freshmen (Duke forward Jabari Parker and Syracuse guard Tyler Ennis), […]
NEW YORK — Miami forward LeBron James wanted to make sure there was no carry-over from one of the Heat’s worst losses of the season, so he took over the beginning and the end of a 106-91 win over the New York Knicks on Saturday night. James had 30 points, eight rebounds, seven assists and […]
PHOENIX — Phoenix guard Goran Dragic showed why he would be a capable Western Conference All-Star injury replacement in the Suns’ 105-95 win over the Charlotte Bobcats on Saturday night. Dragic scored 15 of the Suns’ first 23 points to get the Suns off and running. He finished with 25 points on 10-for-10 shooting from […]
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 […]
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 […]
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Just a few weeks ago, fans at the FedExForum booed Memphis Grizzlies rookie Nick Calathes. Not when he missed a shot or made a turnover. But when they saw him get up off the bench and head to the scorer’s table to check into the game. That was the low point. The […]
NEW ORLEANS — When Anthony Davis failed to be voted into the NBA All-Star Game on Thursday by the Western Conference coaches, no one could have blamed the second-year New Orleans Pelicans forward if he fell into a funk. Instead, Davis took out whatever frustration he might have been feeling on his hometown team, the […]
