Basketball Page 692 - Sports News, Headlines & Highlights

Dejounte Murray fuels Hawks past Heat
Dejounte Murray scored a team-high 22 points, including a game-winning 3-pointer with two seconds left, to help lead the visiting Atlanta Hawks to a 109-108 win over the Miami Heat on Friday....

Washington flying high ahead of tilt with Kanaan Carlyle, Stanford
Washington will look to ride the momentum of a buzzer-beating victory when it visits Stanford in Pac-12 play on Saturday night....

Devin Booker pours in 52 as Suns pound Pelicans
Devin Booker scored a season-high 52 points and the hot-shooting Phoenix Suns defeated the host New Orleans Pelicans 123-109 on Friday night....

Nuggets hand Celtics first home loss of season
Jamal Murray scored a game-high 35 points and Nikola Jokic added 34 to help the Denver Nuggets hand the Boston Celtics their first home loss of the season with a 102-100 victory on Friday night....

West-leading Timberwolves to clash with streaking Thunder
The Minnesota Timberwolves will try to win their fifth game in a row when they welcome the Oklahoma City Thunder on Saturday night in Minneapolis....

LaMelo Ball, Hornets fend off Spurs to halt 6-game skid
LaMelo Ball scored 28 points in his first home game in almost two months and the Charlotte Hornets beat the San Antonio Spurs 124-120 on Friday night, ending a six-game losing streak....

Reports: Bulls' Zach LaVine (ankle) to miss one to two weeks
Chicago Bulls star Zach LaVine is expected to miss one to two weeks due to a sprained right ankle, multiple outlets reported Friday night....

Joel Embiid, 76ers romp past Magic
Joel Embiid scored 28 of his 36 points in the first half and Tyrese Maxey added 32 points on Friday, lifting the visiting Philadelphia 76ers to a 124-109 victory over the Orlando Magic....

Court order allows Terrence Shannon Jr. to rejoin Illini
Terrence Shannon Jr., who faces a felony rape charge, received a temporary restraining order from a federal court on Friday that will allow him to rejoin the Illinois basketball team....

Late dunk helps Xavier sneak by Georgetown, 92-91
Quincy Olivari scored a team-high 27 points and added six rebounds to lead Xavier to a 92-91 win over visiting Georgetown on Friday night in a tense Big East battle in Cincinnati....

Jazz strive to continue season turnaround vs. Rockets
Over the past five weeks, the Utah Jazz have dramatically resuscitated their season....

Zach LaVine ailing as Bulls entertain pesky Grizzlies
The Chicago Bulls navigated a late charge from the Toronto Raptors on Thursday as well as an injury scare to Zach LaVine....

As Raptors visit Knicks, teams' trade may have been a win-win
RJ Barrett and Immanuel Quickley only had to wait three weeks to return to Madison Square Garden with the Toronto Raptors and get closure on their stints with the New York Knicks....

Florida hopes to relocate shooting stroke vs. Missouri
After getting stifled at No. 6 Tennessee Tuesday, Florida will try to get back in sync offensively when they play Missouri on Saturday in Columbia, Mo....

Oregon State seeks better road results at Colorado
Colorado and Oregon State are polar opposites in their home/road splits ahead of their clash Saturday in Boulder, Colo....

Overtime specialists Kansas State battle skidding Oklahoma State
Kansas State probably hopes its game against Oklahoma State on Saturday in Manhattan, Kan., goes to overtime....

Virginia working on 'process,' face Georgia Tech next
Virginia will try once again to solve its road woes when it takes on Georgia Tech on Saturday in Atlanta....

Tolu Smith III, Miss. State not taking lowly Vanderbilt lightly
Winless in the SEC, Vanderbilt has defeated only Alabama A&M and Dartmouth in losing 11 of its past 13 games and Lady Luck is proving elusive....

Pac-12 stars collide as Washington State, Cal meet
Cal might want to try to get a hand in the face of Myles Rice when they play host to Washington State on Saturday in Berkeley, Calif....

Texas A&M out for revenge on road against LSU
LSU gave a hint that it might be more competitive in the Southeastern Conference this season when it opened league play with a 68-53 victory at Texas A&M on Jan. 6....