Basketball Page 766 - Sports News, Headlines & Highlights
Illinois' Terrence Shannon Jr. will return, won't start vs. Rutgers
Terrence Shannon Jr. has returned to the Illinois basketball team, but he won't immediately retake his spot in the starting lineup....
Maryland to ride Jahmir Young’s hot hand vs. Michigan State
For most of the season, Maryland's offense has been a one-man show....
No. 10 Memphis, Tulane shoot to shake off losses
No. 10 Memphis is looking for more focus....
Blame Michael Jordan for Krause widow disgrace; Rudy Gobert trade finally paying off; Lakers need Zach LaVine
Michael Jordan won a widow getting booed. My colleague Stephen Knox covered this yesterday, the booing of Jerry Krause’s widow Thelma during the Chicago Bulls’ Ring of Honor ceremony on Friday, and he isn’t wrong. It’s another “feather” in the “cap” of Jerry Reinsdorf, though he wouldn’t have been i...
Hawks hope red-hot Dejounte Murray helps cool off Cavs
If the trade value for Atlanta Hawks guard Dejounte Murray wasn't high enough before this week, game-clinching jumpers in back-to-back games likely will give it a bump....
Spurs out to capitalize on Wizards' porous defense
The Washington Wizards, hoping to escape their slide, open a four-game homestand on Saturday against a San Antonio Spurs team on the second night of a back-to-back set....
Hornets face uphill battle against 76ers
The Charlotte Hornets had a rare taste of success to begin the weekend....
NBA roundup: After 20-0 home start, Celtics fall to Nuggets
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....
Blazers spoil Tyrese Haliburton's return, Pascal Siakam's Pacers debut
Jerami Grant poured in 37 points and the Portland Trail Blazers posted consecutive wins for the first time since late November after defeating the visiting Indiana Pacers 118-115 on Friday night....
Nets hammer Lakers, end four-game slide
Cam Thomas scored 33 points and Nic Claxton added 22 points and 14 rebounds as the visiting Brooklyn Nets ended a four-game losing streak with a convincing 130-112 victory over the Los Angeles Lakers on Friday....
Women's Top 25: No. 5 UCLA pushes past No. 3 Colorado
No. 5 UCLA pulled away from a fourth-quarter tie with a 16-5 run and emerged with a 76-68 win over No. 3 Colorado on Friday in Boulder, Colo....
Max Klesmit's big 2nd half lifts No. 11 Wisconsin past Indiana
Max Klesmit scored 20 straight second-half points for Wisconsin, finishing with a season-high 26, and the 11th-ranked Badgers bounced back from their first conference loss with a 91-79 victory over visiting Indiana on Friday night....
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....