Basketball Page 38 - Sports News, Headlines & Highlights
Evan Mobley (34 points, 17 boards) powers Cavaliers past Jazz
Evan Mobley scored a season-high 34 points, collected a season-high 17 rebounds and blocked three shots to lead the Cleveland Cavaliers to a 122-113 victory over the Utah Jazz in Salt Lake City on Monday night.,Donovan Mitchell added 34 points to help Cleveland (47-28) win its fifth consecutive road...
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander pours in 47 to lead Thunder past Pistons in OT
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 47 points to lift the Oklahoma City Thunder to a 114-110 overtime win over the short-handed Detroit Pistons at home Monday.,The win was a critical one for the Thunder, who stayed 2 1/2 games ahead of San Antonio for the top spot in the Western Conference and reached th...
LeBron James' 125th triple-double takes Lakers past Wizards
LeBron James posted the 125th triple-double of his career while leading the Los Angeles Lakers to a comprehensive 120-101 win over the visiting Washington Wizards on Monday.,James compiled 21 points, 10 rebounds and 12 assists to become, at 41 years, 90 days, the oldest player to notch a triple-doub...
Evan Mobley powers Cavaliers past Jazz
Evan Mobley scored a season-high 34 points, collected 17 rebounds, and blocked three shots to lead the Cleveland Cavaliers to a 122-113 victory over the Utah Jazz in Salt Lake City on Monday night.,Donovan Mitchell added 34 points to help Cleveland (47-28) win its fifth consecutive road game. James ...
Wolves ride Ayo Dosunmu's triple-double to win over Mavs
Ayo Dosunmu recorded his second career triple-double, finishing with 18 points, a career-high 15 rebounds and 12 assists to lead the Minnesota Timberwolves to a 124-94 road rout of the Dallas Mavericks on Monday.,With All-NBA guard Anthony Edwards coming off the bench and limited to 22:37 of playing...
Clippers prep for two matchups with potential play-in foe Portland
The Los Angeles Clippers ride a five-game winning streak into a potential play-in round preview on Tuesday, as they welcome the Portland Trail Blazers to Inglewood, Calif., for the first of two late-season matchups between the teams.,Los Angeles (39-36) moved to the right side of .500 and within str...
Suns take control in 4th to roll over Grizzlies
Devin Booker scored 36 points in the first three quarters and Jalen Green added 21 points and six boards to lead the visiting Phoenix Suns to a 131-105 victory Monday night over the Memphis Grizzlies.,Booker made 16 of 24 shots and finished with five assists. Green was 9-of-18 shooting.,The Suns (42...
Victor Wembanyama goes for 41 as Spurs roll past Bulls
Victor Wembanyama continued his brilliant play by racking up 41 points and 16 rebounds while helping the host San Antonio Spurs to a 129-114 victory over the Chicago Bulls on Monday in a late season interconference clash.,The Spurs (57-18) won for a league-leading ninth straight outing and kept pace...
Hawks top Jayson Tatum-less Celtics, extend home win streak to 13
Jalen Johnson collected 20 points, 12 rebounds and five assists as the Atlanta Hawks extended their home winning streak to 13 games with a 112-102 victory over the Boston Celtics on Monday night.,Atlanta (43-33) received 20 points, 10 rebounds and three assists from Onyeka Okongwu, plus 18 points fr...
Heat use late 14-0 run to push past 76ers
Tyler Herro hit two key 3-pointers, Bam Adebayo recorded a 23-point, 16-rebound double-double in a head-to-head with Joel Embiid and the Miami Heat came on strong down the stretch to turn back the visiting Philadelphia 76ers 119-109 on Monday night.,Herro finished with a game-high 30 points and Pell...
Knicks face tough closing stretch, starting with Tari Eason-led Rockets
Houston Rockets fourth-year forward Tari Eason was somewhat reticent to admit that a team meeting called before a game at Memphis last Friday had as much to do with Eason as anything else.,Eason had been mired in an extended and miserable slump and had ceded his spot in the starting lineup to second...
Hornets looking to boost play-in seeding in matchup with Nets
Recent results provided a negative impact for the Charlotte Hornets' quest to get into the top-six of the Eastern Conference and avoid the play-in round.,The Hornets' attempt to avoid a third straight loss comes up Tuesday night when they visit the Brooklyn Nets.,Charlotte (39-36) is attempting to a...
Wolves' Jaden McDaniels (knee) week-to-week; Anthony Edwards available vs. Mavs
There was one upsetting development, but late good news for the Minnesota Timberwolves on Monday.,Early in the day, the team announced that forward Jaden McDaniels will be out week-to-week with a left knee injury -- patella tendinopathy and a bone bruise.,However, Anthony Edwards, the NBA's third-le...
Bulls waive Jaden Ivey after troubling social media messages
The Chicago Bulls waived fourth-year guard Jaden Ivey on Monday for "conduct detrimental to the team.",The Bulls' decision came shortly after Ivey, the fifth overall selection of the 2022 NBA Draft, published several videos on social media that expressed his disapproval of the league's Pride Month a...
NBA approves sale of Trail Blazers to Tom Dundon-led group
The NBA Board of Governors approved the sale of the Portland Trail Blazers from the estate of Paul Allen to a group led by Carolina Hurricanes owner Tom Dundon, the league announced Monday.,Valued at approximately $4.25 billion, the transaction will be a two-part deal, with 80.1% being bought this w...
Reports: Connecticut Sun to relocate, rebrand as Houston Comets in '27
The original queens of the WNBA are coming back to the court in 2027.,The Connecticut Sun will be rebranded as the Houston Comets once the sale to Houston Rockets owners Fertitta Entertainment is approved by the league's board of governors, according to multiple media reports.,Led by stars like Cynt...
Duke’s Collapse vs UConn Adds to Troubling March Pattern
Braylon Mullins’ buzzer-beater shocks Duke, but the bigger story is another Blue Devils collapse in March Madness....
Scuffling Wizards finish road trip against red-hot Lakers
The struggling Washington Wizards' challenging five-game road swing will finish with perhaps the most difficult assignment yet -- a matchup against the Los Angeles Lakers on Monday night.,The Wizards (17-57) enter the second leg of a back-to-back set on the heels of their 18th loss in the past 19 st...
Thunder pursue franchise record against short-handed Pistons
The last time the Detroit Pistons and Oklahoma City Thunder faced off, the Thunder were severely shorthanded.,The Thunder were without four of their starters -- Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Jalen Williams, Chet Holmgren and Isaiah Hartenstein -- plus key bench player Alex Caruso.,Heading into Monday nig...
Why Illinois Is the Most Dangerous Team in the Final Four
Illinois reaches its first Final Four in 21 years behind rebounding, defense and quiet confidence. Can the Illini win it all?...