Basketball Page 847 - Sports News, Headlines & Highlights
Darko Rajakovic using food as Raptors' motivator
Toronto Raptors head coach Darko Rajakovic is getting creative to attempt to create a winning streak– by offering to buy the team dinner if they beat the Miami Heat on Wednesday night. ...
LeBron James wants to win the NBA Cup because Michael Jordan didn't
The NBA Cup/In-Season Tournament finally concludes in Las Vegas this week. LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers outlasted the Phoenix Suns in a scrappy game Tuesday night to advance to the semifinals. James put on a show against Kevin Durant and Devin Booker, scoring 31 points, dishing 11 dimes, ...
The NBA’s top 3 rookies are tough to watch (for reasons outside of their control)
The 2023 NBA Draft was supposedly a three-team draft. The main prize was Victor Wembanyama, with Brandon Miller and Scoot Henderson in the trail positions. Regardless of which guard, wing, or big you got, each could be a franchise cornerstone. The caveat is what exactly would they be holding up? ...
Selling the Mavs is a Faustian bargain for Mark Cuban
What do Donald Trump, casinos, the Holocaust, and the Dallas Mavericks have in common? The answer can be found in a comic book. In Art Spiegelman’s seminal tome on his family’s survival of the Holocaust, the graphic novel Maus, the underground comix writer analyzes the cyclical effect of trauma, not...
Tyrese Haliburton has the Pacers skipping the NBA waiting line
There are three tiers of NBA existence: Teams stuck in the mud, teams trying to fit through a championship window and future contenders waiting their turn. Prior to Tyrese Haliburton’s first full season as a Pacer, Indiana was rudderless and stuck on a road to nowhere. Aside from Haliburton, there w...
Refs defend controversial LeBron timeout call
Officials from last night’s Los Angeles Lakers-Phoenix Suns game have confirmed the controversial timeout call that helped punch L.A.’s ticket to the In-Season Tournament semifinal....
Top 25 roundup: No. 5 UConn tops No. 9 UNC in New York
Cam Spencer scored 23 points and No. 5 UConn used some hot shooting to defeat No. 9 North Carolina 87-76 on Tuesday night in the Jimmy V Classic in New York....
Jaxson Robinson, No. 14 BYU overpower Evansville
Jaxson Robinson paced a high-powered offense with 19 points off the bench and No. 14 BYU thrashed Evansville 96-55 on Tuesday in Provo, Utah....
No. 6 Baylor knocks off Seton Hall to stay unbeaten
RayJ Dennis scored 17 points and fab freshman Ja'Kobe Walter added 15 as No. 6 Baylor played its best over the final eight minutes in a 78-60 win over visiting Seton Hall on Tuesday in a Big East-Big 12 Battle game in Waco, Texas....
No. 19 Oklahoma pulls away for win over Providence
Javian McCollum scored 19 points as No. 19 Oklahoma beat Providence 72-51 on Tuesday in Norman, Okla., in a Big East-Big 12 Battle game....
Lakers edge Suns again, advance to tourney semifinal
LeBron James scored 31 points and dished out 11 assists, Anthony Davis added 27 points and 15 rebounds and the Los Angeles Lakers advanced to the semifinals of the NBA in-season tournament with a 106-103 victory over the visiting Phoenix Suns on Tuesday....
Franck Kepnang, Washington wallop Montana State
Senior center Franck Kepnang registered 16 points, 11 rebounds and three blocked shots while posting his second career double-double and helping Washington to a 85-61 drubbing of Montana State on Tuesday night at Seattle....
Bucks rout Knicks, advance to tournament semis
Giannis Antetokounmpo collected 35 points, 10 assists and eight rebounds to fuel the host Milwaukee Bucks to a 146-122 victory over the New York Knicks on Tuesday in the quarterfinals of the NBA in-season tournament....
Battle-tested UC Riverside visits Washington State
UC Riverside already has played a couple of Pac-12 opponents on the road this season, as well as North Carolina....
Arizona State faces SMU, sets sights on 4-game win streak
The Arizona State Sun Devils are on a three-game winning streak since getting the stuffing knocked out of them on Thanksgiving, and they look to keep the momentum rolling on Wednesday against SMU in Tempe, Ariz....
Pitt, West Virginia enter Backyard Brawl in slumps
In a bit of a slump after a strong start, Pitt packs up and heads just over 75 miles south for its first true road game of the season Wednesday....
Texas Tech takes lessons from OT loss, faces Omaha
After a busy stretch of action away from Lubbock, Texas Tech goes back to work at home Wednesday when Omaha comes to town....
Nebraska, Minnesota each seek to rebound in Big Ten clash
Nebraska will strive to bounce back from its first loss of the season when it visits Minnesota in its Big Ten Conference opener on Wednesday night in Minneapolis....
Grand Canyon beats No. 25 San Diego St. for first win over ranked team
Ray Harrison led a four-pronged scoring effort with 23 points to lead host Grand Canyon to its first victory over a ranked team in program history in the 79-73 win Tuesday night over No. 25 San Diego State at Phoenix....
Kel'el Ware, Indiana pull out victory at Michigan
Kel'el Ware scored on a right-handed hook with 53 seconds remaining, giving Indiana the lead for good in an 78-75 victory over Michigan on Tuesday in Ann Arbor, Mich....