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NO BYLINE PLEASE SAN ANTONIO — Saturday’s game between the Los Angeles Clippers and San Antonio Spurs was summed up in the final second of the first half. Los Angeles guard Chris Paul drained a 3-pointer with 0.6 of a second left in the half. Then Spurs forward Boris Diaw heaved a final shot across […]
NEW YORK — New York Knicks coach Derek Fisher utilized 26 various starting lineups this season with limited results. On Sunday, he went with the same starters for the sixth time — the most of any lineup in 48 games — and the result was a Knicks win for the fifth time in their last […]
BOSTON — There are things every coach can count on heading into a season. For Miami Heat coach Erik Spoelstra, he knew a long time ago he could count on feeling the pain of the loss of LeBron James and Ray Allen. What he couldn’t have even dreamed out, though, is Hassan Whiteside. Who? Hassan […]
In an interview on ESPN Radio Sunday night, NBA commissioner Adam Silver reflected on his eventful first year on the job and looked ahead to the future. “It’s my hope that I’ll be able to focus almost entirely on building the game of basketball in my second year,” Silver said on the show. “I think […]
Dallas Mavericks point guard Rajon Rondo reportedly will not play Monday night against the Minnesota Timberwolves due to a facial injury. League sources told ESPN that Rondo, who suffered the injury in the first quarter of Saturday night’s win in Orlando, was scheduled to be evaluated Sunday by the Mavericks’ medical staff to establish how […]
FORT COLLINS, Colo. – The Colorado State Rams fancy themselves as some of the nation’ s most rugged rebounders. On Saturday, they showed it. Behind a balanced attack and dominance in the paint, Colorado State pounded Fresno State 80-57 before 7,043 at Moby Arena. The Rams pushed the visitors around under the glass all afternoon, […]
Senior guard Deshawn Delaney scored 15 points to help New Mexico beat San Jose State 67-41 on Saturday evening at The Pit in Albuquerque, N.M. Freshman guard Sam Logwood had 10 points, four rebounds, three assists and two steals for New Mexico (14-7, 6-3 Mountain West), which shot 46.2 percent from the field and amassed […]
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — Playing a third road game in six days, fourth-ranked Duke was in danger of dropping its second straight to a top-eight team. Guard Malcolm Brogdon had just knocked down a 3-pointer to give Virginia a six-point lead with 3:41 to play, and John Paul Jones arena was going nuts. What followed was […]
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — Duke trailed Virginia 61-55 with 3:41 to play, but the fourth-ranked Blue Devils went on a furious 14-2 run that propelled Duke to a 69-63 upset win over previously undefeated and second-ranked Virginia on Saturday. Duke guard Quinn Cook hit two late-game 3-pointers, including one with1:19 to play, to give the Blue […]
STILLWATER, Okla. — Buddy Hield wouldn’t stay quiet. Not in Bedlam. The Oklahoma guard, after a scuffling first half, came alive after intermission to lead a surge by the 24th-ranked Sooners that provided them with a 64-56 road win over Oklahoma State before a near-capacity crowd at Gallagher-Iba Arena on Saturday. With his team trailing […]
