Category: Wirenews
CLEVELAND — Milwaukee Bucks guard Brandon Knight scored 26 points to beat the beleaguered Cleveland Cavaliers 96-80 on Wednesday night. The Cavs were playing without forwards LeBron James, Kevin Love and Shawn Marion. They also recently lost center Anderson Varejao for the season to an Achilles tendon injury. With 41 points per game missing between […]
LOS ANGELES — Guard J.J. Redick scored 20 points and the Los Angeles Clippers romped past the woeful New York Knicks 99-78 on Wednesday at the Staples Center. Forward Blake Griffin had 13 points, 11 assists and seven rebounds as the Clippers (22-11) handed the Knicks (5-29) their ninth consecutive loss. They also beat New […]
INDIANAPOLIS — This time, the Indiana Pacers made it stick. After scoring 20 straight points in the second half but failing to finish the comeback in a 92-90 loss to the Chicago Bulls on Monday, the Pacers earned a 106-95 win over the Miami Heat on Wednesday at Bankers Life Fieldhouse. Indiana scored 15 in […]
LOS ANGELES — The year ended with what has become routine for the New York Knicks: another loss. Guard J.J. Redick scored 20 points and the Los Angeles Clippers romped past the Knicks 99-78 on Wednesday at the Staples Center. Forward Blake Griffin had 13 points, 11 assists and seven rebounds as the Clippers (22-11) […]
SAN ANTONIO — San Antonio needed overtime to pick up its first win against New Orleans this season. The Spurs defeated the Pelicans 95-93 on Wednesday night at the AT&T Center in the fifth overtime game for the Spurs in December. Guard Manu Ginobili hit a lay-up with just under 25 seconds remaining to turn […]
HOUSTON — James Harden paced a breakout third quarter as the Houston Rockets recorded their eighth consecutive victory over the Charlotte Hornets, 102-83, on Wednesday night at Toyota Center. Harden finished with 36 points on 12-for-19 shooting, his fifth consecutive game with at least 25 points while hitting better than half of his field-goal attempts. […]
Forward Christian Thomas scored 20 points and guard Devon Turk added 19 as Loyola (Ill.) ran its winning streak to seven with a 64-49 victory over Bradley in a Missouri Valley season opener for both on Wednesday at Gentile Arena in Chicago. Loyola (11-2, 1-0) has now surpassed its win total from 2013-14. Forward Auston […]
MADISON, Wis. — As bad as the Kohl Center has been for opposing teams during the Bo Ryan era at Wisconsin, nobody dislikes the trip to Madison more than the Penn State Nittany Lions. Penn State has never won in the facility, which opened in 1998, and the Nittany Lions’ streak of Kohl Center futility […]
NEWARK, N.J. — St. John’s coach Steve Lavin called the performance of Seton Hall’s Sterling Gibbs “as close to a masterpiece for a leader and a point guard that you can have.” Gibbs, a junior, had 25 points and eight assists and didn’t commit a turnover in Seton Hall’s 78-67 win over No. 15 St. […]
Lafayette will have a lot to celebrate on New Year’s Eve after picking up a 92-78 road win on Wednesday afternoon in its Patriot League opener at Army to close 2014 on a high note in West Point, N.Y. The Leopards (9-3, 1-0) handed the Black Knights (9-3, 0-1) just their second at home this […]
