Basketball Page 426 - Sports News, Headlines & Highlights
Will the real Zion Williamson please stand up?
Zion Williamson’s tantalizing game made him a household name after one season at Duke where he established a new NCAA record for 2-point field goal percentage. Up until this juncture in his career, Williamson has been a gas-guzzling, flying tank in a league stacked with electric convertibles. As a r...
Lakers, facing Wizards, hope to build on comeback win
Mired in a 12-game losing streak, the Washington Wizards at least will have the advantage of a day of rest when they visit the Los Angeles Lakers on Thursday....
Heat square off with Nuggets in Finals rematch
When the Miami Heat and Denver Nuggets last met eight months ago, Denver clinched the league championship with a 4-1 victory in the NBA Finals....
Top 25 roundup: No. 4 Tennessee takes down No. 11 Auburn
Dalton Knecht scored 39 points on 12-for-21 shooting, and No. 4 Tennessee held on for a 92-84 win over No. 11 Auburn on Wednesday night in Knoxville, Tenn....
NBA roundup: Lakers' huge rally stuns Clippers
LeBron James scored 19 of his 34 points in the fourth quarter and Anthony Davis finished with 20 points and 12 rebounds as the visiting Los Angeles Lakers overcame a 21-point deficit in the final period to pull off a 116-112 victory over the short-handed Los Angeles Clippers on Wednesday....
LeBron James, Lakers stun Clippers with late rally
LeBron James scored 19 of his 34 points in the fourth quarter and Anthony Davis finished with 20 points and 12 rebounds as the visiting Los Angeles Lakers overcame a 21-point deficit in the final period to pull off a 116-112 victory over the short-handed Los Angeles Clippers on Wednesday....
Nikola Jokic's triple-double powers Nuggets past Kings
Nikola Jokic put up 14 points, 14 rebounds and 11 assists and the host Denver Nuggets used a dominating stretch in the second and third quarters to beat the short-handed Sacramento Kings 117-96 on Wednesday....
Bulls outlast Cavaliers in double-overtime thriller
DeMar DeRozan had 35 points and 10 rebounds, Nikola Vucevic added 24 points and 13 rebounds, and the Chicago Bulls outlasted the visiting Cleveland Cavaliers 132-123 in double-overtime on Wednesday....
Strong second half lifts Timberwolves over Grizzlies
Anthony Edwards scored 34 points on 11-for-21 shooting, and the Minnesota Timberwolves overcame a slow start to earn a 110-101 win over the Memphis Grizzlies on Wednesday night in Minneapolis....
Luka Doncic's triple-double carries Mavericks past Raptors
Luka Doncic had 30 points, 11 rebounds and 16 assists and the visiting Dallas Mavericks defeated the Toronto Raptors 136-125 Wednesday night....
Women's Top 25 roundup: No. 20 Oklahoma repeats as Big 12 champion
Lexy Keys sank a go-ahead 3-pointer with four seconds left as No. 20 Oklahoma posted a 71-70 win over No. 3 Texas on Wednesday in Norman, Okla., to clinch a second straight Big 12 regular-season championship....
Pacers' balanced attack too strong for Pelicans
Pascal Siakam, Tyrese Haliburton and Myles Turner had double-doubles and the host Indiana Pacers never trailed in defeating the New Orleans Pelicans 123-114 on Wednesday night....
Rockets try to right the ship in visit to Suns
The Houston Rockets and Phoenix Suns renew acquaintances for a two-game set that leads off Thursday night in Phoenix....
Streaking Thunder aim to keep Spurs buried
The Oklahoma City Thunder carry plenty of momentum as they barrel into San Antonio to square off with the struggling Spurs Thursday in a Western Conference duel between teams at the opposite ends of the standings....
Warriors heating up, take on short-handed Knicks
As January ended, the New York Knicks looked like they might be ready to compete for their first championship in more than 50 years while the Golden State Warriors' dynastic run appeared to be on fumes....
Hawks, minus Trae Young, try to keep momentum at Nets
The Atlanta Hawks survived nicely in their first game without Trae Young by providing plenty of offense and some of their best defense of the season....
Chris Paul and Dwyane Wade let the No. 3 keep them from teaming up in Miami
When an opportunity comes along in life, sometimes you just throw caution to the wind and go for it. That’s what Chris Paul should have done when he was approached about becoming part of the Heatles in Miami, alongside LeBron James and Dwyane Wade. It never came to pass, though, and all because Paul...
Another woman to pass: Caitlin Clark chasing Lynette Woodard's mark
Caitlin Clark holds the NCAA all-time scoring record but she still stands behind Hall of Famer Lynette Woodard on the major women's scoring list....
NBA denies Knicks’ game protest
The NBA on Wednesday denied the game protest lodged by the New York Knicks in the aftermath of their loss to the Houston Rockers earlier this month....
Here are increasingly radical solutions to combat the NBA’s overpowered offenses
Scoring in the NBA has ticked up at an exponential rate in the last decade. It doesn’t take Hercule Poirot to figure out what killed NBA defenses. This is a shooter’s league now....