Basketball Page 499 - Sports News, Headlines & Highlights
Are the Minnesota Timberwolves for real or <em>American Fiction</em>?
It’s Oscars Week, which feels like as good a time as any to draw up the NBA storylines and characters which could double as Oscar nominees.The Minnesota Timberwolves’ deceptive season has been one of the hottest topics in the West so let’s start there....
William & Mary fires coach Dane Fischer
William & Mary fired men's basketball coach Dane Fischer on Sunday after a 10-23 season....
Draymond Green passed <i>who</i> on the NBA's made threes list?
The explosion in three-point shooting ushered in by Stephen Curry, alongside fellow splash bro Klay Thompson, has literally changed the game we all know and love over the past decade. Once Golden State proved that you could win a championship playing largely on the perimeter offensively, the entire ...
'Consistently dominant' Jarrett Allen, Cavs aim to topple Nets
Cleveland's Jarrett Allen did not back down when tasked with a matchup against Rudy Gobert and the Minnesota Timberwolves' stout defense on Friday night....
Top-4 teams Clippers, Bucks to clash in L.A.
The Los Angeles Clippers will look to avenge their recent loss in Milwaukee as they host the visiting Bucks on Sunday afternoon....
Top 25 roundup: No. 7 North Carolina beats No. 9 Duke, wins ACC title
Cormac Ryan scored a career-high 31 points and No. 7 North Carolina withstood rallies from No. 9 Duke for an 84-79 road victory, clinching outright possession of the Atlantic Coast Conference championship Saturday night at Durham, N.C....
Fousseyni Traore's 19 points lead No. 20 BYU past Oklahoma State
Fousseyni Traore scored 19 points on 8-of-11 shooting to help No. 20 BYU notch an 85-71 victory over Oklahoma State in Big 12 play on Saturday night at Provo, Utah....
No. 22 Utah State edges New Mexico, seals first MWC title
Darius Brown II hit a late game-winning 3-pointer, lifting No. 22 Utah State to its first outright Mountain West Conference regular-season championship with a thrilling 87-85 victory over visiting New Mexico in Logan, Utah....
No. 7 UNC tops No. 9 Duke, earns ACC regular-season crown
Cormac Ryan scored a career-high 31 points and No. 7 North Carolina withstood rallies from No. 9 Duke for an 84-79 road victory, clinching outright possession of the Atlantic Coast Conference championship Saturday night at Durham, N.C....
Denver Jones ignites No. 13 Auburn in win over Georgia
Denver Jones matched his career high of seven 3-pointers and scored a season-best 21 points and Johni Broome added 14 points as No. 13 Auburn built momentum for next week's SEC tournament with a 92-78 victory Saturday over visiting Georgia....
Tulsa ends No. 24 South Florida's 15-game win streak
PJ Haggerty's career-high 32 points helped spark Tulsa's second-half rally to knock off No. 24 South Florida 76-70, ending the nation's longest active men's basketball winning streak Saturday at Tulsa, Okla....
No. 17 South Carolina works overtime to get past Mississippi State
B.J. Mack scored seven of his 25 points in overtime and No. 17 South Carolina held off Mississippi State 93-89 on Saturday afternoon in Starkville, Miss....
Oregon overcomes late scoring drought, knocks off Utah
N'Faly Dante scored 19 points and Oregon held off Utah for a 66-65 victory on Saturday night in Eugene, Ore....
NBA roundup: Luka Doncic sets triple-double mark in win
Luka Doncic set an NBA record with his sixth consecutive 30-point triple-double as the Dallas Mavericks rolled past the host Detroit Pistons, 142-124, on Saturday night....
UCLA ends skid, takes down Jose Perez-less Arizona State
Arizona State suffered a 59-47 loss at UCLA in Los Angeles on Saturday night after the sudden departure of senior forward Jose Perez before the game, which was the last Pac-12 regular-season matchup in the conference's history....
Deandre Ayton powers Blazers past Raptors in OT
Deandre Ayton scored a season-best 30 points and collected 19 rebounds in his return from injury to lead the Portland Trail Blazers to a 128-118 overtime victory over the visiting Toronto Raptors on Saturday night....
USC leans on defense to suffocate No. 5 Arizona
Kobe Johnson scored 19 points and headlined a tenacious Southern California defense with six steals and the Trojans held No. 5 Arizona to a season-low point total in a 78-65 win on Saturday in Los Angeles....
Jamal Murray scores 37 as Nuggets roll past Jazz
Jamal Murray tied his season-high with 37 points, Nikola Jokic had 26 points and the host Denver Nuggets beat the Utah Jazz 142-121 on Saturday night....
Struggling Spurs stun Warriors
Keldon Johnson scored 22 points and grabbed 11 rebounds and Jeremy Sochan and Malaki Branham added 20 points each as the visiting San Antonio Spurs rolled to a 126-113 win over the Golden State Warriors on Saturday in San Francisco....
Hot-shooting Northwestern pulls away, routs Minnesota
Brooks Barnhizer scored 23 points on 7-for-14 shooting and Northwestern pulled away for a 90-66 win over Minnesota in a Big Ten Conference matchup Saturday night in Evanston, Ill....