Basketball Page 561 - Sports News, Headlines & Highlights

Jamal Murray scores 29 as Nuggets top Lakers
Jamal Murray scored 29 points, Michael Porter Jr. added 27 and the visiting Denver Nuggets opened a three-game road trip by holding on for a 114-106 victory over the Los Angeles Lakers on Thursday....

Jaylen Wells nets 24 as Washington State defeats Oregon State
Jaylen Wells set a season high in scoring for a second consecutive game, netting 24 points as Washington State defeated Oregon State 64-58 in a Pacific-12 Conference game Thursday night in Corvallis, Ore....

UAB pushes past No. 20 Florida Atlantic in overtime
Yaxel Lendeborg recorded 17 points and a career-high 21 rebounds to help UAB notch a 76-73 overtime upset of No. 20 Florida Atlantic on Thursday night in Birmingham, Ala....

Kevin Durant, Bradley Beal have big nights in Suns' win over Jazz
Kevin Durant scored 31 points and Bradley Beal added 30 as the host Phoenix Suns defeated the Utah Jazz 129-115 on Thursday night....

No. 8 Arizona hands Utah first home loss in triple overtime
Pelle Larsson scored a career-high 27 points, including six in the final overtime period, as No. 8 Arizona handed Utah its first home loss of the season by outlasting the Utes 105-99 in triple overtime on Thursday night in Salt Lake City....

Bulls hand Grizzlies 7th straight loss
DeMar DeRozan scored 30 points and grabbed eight rebounds, Andre Drummond recorded a 21-point, 13-rebound double-double off the bench, and the Chicago Bulls opened a four-game road swing by sending the host Memphis Grizzlies to a seventh consecutive loss with a 118-110 decision Thursday....

Anthony Edwards, hot-shooting Timberwolves top Bucks
Anthony Edwards scored 26 points and dished nine assists, and the Minnesota Timberwolves cruised to a 129-105 win over the host Milwaukee Bucks on Thursday night....

Luka Doncic, Mavs hold off undermanned Knicks
Luka Doncic tallied 39 points, 11 rebounds and eight assists as the visiting Dallas Mavericks held off a late charge to beat the short-handed New York Knicks 122-108 on Thursday....

Colorado handles ASU to stay unbeaten at home
J'Vonne Hadley amassed 19 points and 11 rebounds, KJ Simpson scored 17 points and Colorado beat Arizona State 82-70 on Thursday in Boulder, Colo....

Women's Top 25 roundup: No. 15 Louisville outlasts No. 12 Irish
Nyla Harris produced 19 points and 10 rebounds as host No. 15 Louisville toppled No. 12 Notre Dame 73-66 on Thursday night....

Cavaliers throttle Nets, stroll to 8th straight win
Thanks to a 21-0 run to start the second half, the Cleveland Cavaliers put the game out of reach and cruised to their eighth straight win, a 118-95 victory over the Brooklyn Nets on Thursday in New York....

Franz Wagner puts up 34 points as Magic dump Spurs
Franz Wagner racked up 34 points to help the hot-shooting Orlando Magic to an emphatic 127-111 win over the visiting San Antonio Spurs on Thursday....

Stephen Curry on target, Warriors rout Pacers
Stephen Curry hit his first seven 3-point attempts on a 42-point night, Jonathan Kuminga chipped in with 18 points and the Golden State Warriors closed out an impressive trip with a second win in two nights, thumping the Indiana Pacers 131-109 in Indianapolis on Thursday....

Ace Baldwin Jr. powers Penn State past Iowa
Ace Baldwin Jr. was electric down the stretch as part of a 22-point outing to lead Penn State to an 89-79 victory over Iowa in Big Ten play on Thursday night in University Park, Pa....

NBA trade deadline roundup: Knicks, Thunder make big additions
The ascending New York Knicks, Western Conference-leading Oklahoma City Thunder and defense-challenged Milwaukee Bucks made the biggest splashes of NBA trade deadline day on Thursday....

No. 15 South Carolina earning respect entering clash vs. Vanderbilt
No. 15 South Carolina began its season fighting for respect. With that earned around the Southeastern Conference, the Gamecocks enter the final eight games of the regular season playing for bigger stakes when they host Vanderbilt in Columbia, S.C., on Saturday....

Rockets, minus Fred VanVleet, visit new-look Raptors
Injury will prevent the Houston Rockets' Fred VanVleet from playing Friday night when his current team visits his former team, the Toronto Raptors....

Knicks F OG Anunoby has elbow surgery, out at least 3 weeks
New York Knicks forward OG Anunoby underwent surgery to remove a loose bone fragment from his right elbow, the team said Thursday....

Celtics cap long homestand against struggling Wizards
The Boston Celtics will wrap up a seven-game homestand when they face the Washington Wizards on Friday night....

Amid change, Sixers try to find footing vs. skidding Hawks
The Philadelphia 76ers continue to face the daunting challenge of trying to win games without reigning Most Valuable Player Joel Embiid....