Basketball Page 834 - Sports News, Headlines & Highlights
Victor Wembanyama has big night as Spurs beat Blazers
Victor Wembanyama collected 30 points, six rebounds, six assists and seven blocked shots and keyed an early run that stoked the San Antonio Spurs' 118-105 win over the short-handed host Portland Trail Blazers on Thursday....
UCLA ends skid, dumps Oregon State in Pac-12 opener
Five UCLA players scored in double figures Thursday and the Bruins used a 17-2, second-half run to end a four-game losing streak, stopping Oregon State 69-62 in each team's Pac-12 Conference opener in Corvallis, Ore....
NBA roundup: Celtics rally, hand Pistons 28th straight loss
The Boston Celtics overcame a 21-point deficit and raised their home record to 15-0 by beating the Detroit Pistons 128-122 in overtime Thursday night....
Oregon opens Pac-12 play with win over USC
Kwame Evans Jr. scored a career-high 22 points and grabbed eight rebounds, Jackson Shelstad added a career-high 21 points, and Oregon led nearly wire to wire en route to an 82-74 defeat of visiting Southern California in the Pac-12 Conference opener for both teams on Thursday in Eugene, Ore....
Nikola Jokic puts up triple-double as Nuggets roll past Grizzlies
Nikola Jokic had 26 points, 14 rebounds and 10 assists for his 11th triple-double of the season, Jamal Murray finished with 23 points and nine assists, and the host Denver Nuggets beat the Memphis Grizzlies 142-105 on Thursday night....
Uptempo game beckons when Indiana hosts Kennesaw State
At 70.4 possessions per game, Indiana ranks in the top third of Division I schools when it comes to fastest tempos, per kenpom.com....
Anthony Edwards puts up 44 as Wolves best Mavs
Anthony Edwards scored a season-high 44 points to lead the Minnesota Timberwolves to a 118-110 victory over the Dallas Mavericks on Thursday night in Minneapolis....
Tyrese Haliburton's 20 assists power Pacers past Bulls
Myles Turner scored 24 points and Tyrese Haliburton delivered 21 points and 20 assists to lift the visiting Indiana Pacers to a 120-104 win against the Chicago Bulls on Thursday night....
Down 21, Celtics rally to deal Pistons their 28th straight loss
The Boston Celtics overcame a 21-point deficit and raised their home record to 15-0 by beating the Detroit Pistons 128-122 in overtime Thursday night....
Pop Isaacs' career night lifts Texas Tech over Sam Houston
Pop Isaacs broke out of a season-long slump to score a career-high 28 points to key Texas Tech's 96-60 blowout against visiting Sam Houston State on Thursday....
Brandon Ingram, Pelicans hang on for win over Jazz
Brandon Ingram scored 26 points to lead three New Orleans players with 20-plus points as the host Pelicans held off the Utah Jazz 112-105 on Thursday night....
Arizona State, Stanford hope fortunes change in Pac-12 play
Arizona State and Stanford enter Friday's Pac-12 opener at Palo Alto, Calif., struggling with a combined 10 losses in the nonconference portion of their schedules....
Northwestern finishes nonconference play vs. Jackson St.
Northwestern has won back-to-back games since a stunning home loss to Chicago State on Dec. 13....
Colorado, Washington surge toward Pac-12 opener
Colorado coach Tad Boyle stresses the importance of getting better throughout the season....
Streaking Utah tips off Pac-12 play vs. Wazzu
Utah can keep its momentum going when it opens Pac-12 Conference play by hosting Washington State on Friday in Salt Lake City....
Top scorer Isaiah Stevens leads No. 15 Colorado State vs. Adams State
There is a new scoring king at Colorado State and Isaiah Stevens will wear his crown proudly when the Rams return home Friday to play host to Division II Adams State at Fort Collins, Colo....
No. 12 Oklahoma fends off pesky Central Arkansas
Javian McCollum scored a season-high 23 points to lead No. 12 Oklahoma to an 88-72 win over Central Arkansas on Thursday in Norman, Okla....
Short-handed Maryland rolls past Coppin State
Julian Reese scored a team-high 18 points to lead the Maryland Terrapins to a 75-53 victory over Coppin State on Thursday night in College Park, Md....
Grizzlies star Ja Morant (illness) scratched vs. Nuggets
Memphis Grizzlies guard Ja Morant will not play in Friday's game at the Denver Nuggets due to illness, the team said....
Injury issues lingering as 76ers face Rockets
As the NBA's leading scorer in pursuit of a third consecutive scoring title, Philadelphia 76ers center Joel Embiid is such a force that his absence causes reverberations throughout the team's rotation....