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Braden Smith goes off for 31 points, lifts No. 7 Purdue over Iowa
Braden Smith scored 31 points on 11-for-15 shooting and No. 7 Purdue held on for a 90-81 win over Iowa in a Big Ten Conference battle on Tuesday night in Iowa City, Iowa.,Trey Kaufman-Renn added 25 points on 10-for-18 shooting for Purdue (18-5, 10-2 Big Ten), which won for the 10th time in its past ...
No. 12 St. John's dumps No. 11 Marquette, extends win streak
Kadary Richmond collected 18 points, 11 rebounds and eight assists to fuel No. 12 St. John's to a 70-64 victory over No. 11 Marquette on Tuesday in New York.,Richmond made 8 of 14 attempts from the floor just three days after sinking 10 of 14 shots to highlight his season-high 24-point performance i...
Tundra, Gaimin Gladiators win groups at $1M BLAST Slam II
Tundra Esports and Gaimin Gladiators won their groups and earned all-important byes into the playoff semifinals at the BLAST Slam II on Tuesday in Copenhagen.,The $1 million event began Tuesday with two groups of five teams. They played a round robin of best-of-one matches in their group to determin...
Vitality, Natus Vincere win groups as IEM Katowice playoffs finalized
Team Vitality and Natus Vincere won their respective groups Tuesday and clinched byes into the playoff semifinals of the Intel Extreme Master Katowice event in Poland.,On the final day of the group stage, Vitality swept Virtus.pro 2-0 in the Group A upper-bracket final and Natus Vincere defeated The...
Raptors hope to avert 2nd straight season sweep by Knicks
The Raptors will look to continue on their roll and avoid being swept in their season series with the New York Knicks on Tuesday night in Toronto.,The Knicks have won the first three contests of the four games between the teams this season and have defeated the Raptors in seven straight meetings ove...
NaVi, MongolZ qualify for IEM Katowice playoffs
Natus Vincere and The MongolZ clinched playoff spots at the Intel Extreme Masters Katowice by winning Group B upper-bracket semifinal matches on Monday in Poland.,NaVi eked out a 2-1 win over Team Sports, while The MongolZ dumped GamerLegion 2-0.,In other Group B action on Monday, Astralis edged FUR...
Deandre Ayton gets revenge vs. Suns, carries Blazers to OT win
Deandre Ayton scored 25 points and collected a season-best 20 rebounds against his former team to help the Portland Trail Blazers notch a 121-119 overtime victory over the visiting Phoenix Suns on Monday night.,Deni Avdija recorded 24 points, eight rebounds and five assists before fouling out as Por...
Warriors survive back-and-forth battle with Magic
Moses Moody capped a 17-point performance off the bench with a late 3-pointer, Andrew Wiggins had a team-high 25 points and the Golden State Warriors outlasted the Orlando Magic 104-99 on Monday night in San Francisco.,Stephen Curry overcame a slow start to score 24 points for the Warriors, who won ...
Pacers extend win streak by mounting comeback over Jazz
Pascal Siakam scored 22 points to lead the visiting Indiana Pacers to their fourth straight victory, a come-from-behind 112-111 win over the Utah Jazz in Salt Lake City on Monday night.,Siakam made 8 of 14 shots, including a game-clinching dunk in the final seconds, and Tyrese Haliburton added 18 po...
Nuggets finally finish off pesky Pelicans
Michael Porter Jr. scored a season-high 36 points, Nikola Jokic had 27 points, 14 rebounds and 10 assists, and the host Denver Nuggets beat the New Orleans Pelicans 125-113 on Monday night.,Jamal Murray finished with 20 points and eight assists, Julian Strawther contributed 15 points and Christian B...
Jaren Jackson Jr., Grizzlies race to win over Spurs
Jaren Jackson Jr. scored 31 points, GG Jackson added a season-high 27 and Ja Morant had 25 points to lead the host Memphis Grizzlies past San Antonio Spurs 128-109 on Monday.,Morant, who missed the previous two games with a right shoulder injury, shot 9-for-18 -- including 4-for-6 from beyond the 3-...
No. 16 Kansas leaves No. 8 Iowa State in dust, 69-52
Zeke Mayo scored 17 points and grabbed eight rebounds, and No. 16 Kansas cruised to a 69-52 win over No. 8 Iowa State in a Big 12 Conference showdown on Monday night in Lawrence, Kan.,Hunter Dickinson finished with 14 points, nine rebounds and four blocks for Kansas (16-6, 7-4 Big 12), which bounced...
Senators knock off Predators for fifth straight win
Adam Gaudette and David Perron each had a goal and an assist, Shane Pinto scored the tiebreaker early in the third period, and Ottawa defeated host Nashville 5-2 on Monday night for its fifth straight win.,Jake Sanderson scored in his third consecutive game, Brady Tkachuk and Artem Zub each had two ...
Kings stave off Timberwolves in close second half
DeMar DeRozan scored 33 points on 14-for-25 shooting, and the Sacramento Kings held on for a 116-114 win over the Minnesota Timberwolves on Monday night in Minneapolis.,Malik Monk added 26 points and eight rebounds for Sacramento, which won for only the second time in the past six games. Keegan Murr...
Jalen Brunson guides Knicks to comeback win over Rockets
Jalen Brunson scored 11 of the final 13 points Monday night for the New York Knicks, who overcame an 11-point fourth-quarter deficit to top the visiting Houston Rockets 124-118.,Brunson finished with 42 points, 10 assists and six rebounds for the Knicks, who went 4-1 on their now-concluded homestand...
Thunder finish off Bucks in matchup of short-handed teams
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 34 points to lead the Oklahoma City Thunder to a 125-96 home win over the Milwaukee Bucks on Monday in a battle of short-handed teams.,Playing on the second night of a back-to-back, the Bucks were without Giannis Antetokounmpo, Damian Lillard, Khris Middleton, Brook Lo...
Hawks eke out win over Pistons, end 8-game skid
Trae Young scored the winning basket with 1.6 seconds left as the visiting Atlanta Hawks snapped an eight-game losing streak with a 132-130 victory over Detroit on Monday night.,Young led Atlanta with 34 points and nine assists. De'Andre Hunter had 20 points, and Dyson Daniels supplied 19 points, se...
Wizards down Hornets for rare winning streak
Bilal Coulibaly pumped in 26 points and reserve Corey Kispert racked up 25 points as the visiting Washington Wizards defeated the Charlotte Hornets 124-114 on Monday night, winning back-to-back games for just the second time this season.,Kyle Kuzma provided 22 points for the Wizards, who ended a 16-...
No. 14 NC State rallies for victory over No. 10 Duke
Aziaha James poured in a career-high 36 points and No. 14 North Carolina State overcame a 13-point deficit in the second half to beat No. 10 Duke 89-83 on Monday in Raleigh, N.C.,The host Wolfpack (18-4, 10-1 Atlantic Coast Conference) earned their seventh consecutive victory overall and their 18th ...
Early 17-0 burst sends Virginia hurtling past Pitt
Dai Dai Ames scored a career-high 27 points and visiting Virginia pounded Pittsburgh 73-57 on Monday night in an Atlantic Coast Conference upset.,The Cavaliers (11-12, 4-8 ACC) cruised after an early 17-0 run. They shot 56.0 percent from the field, including 45.5 percent (10 of 22) from 3-point dist...