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Stephen Curry, Warriors stumble into matchup with Jazz
Stephen Curry looks to snap out of a shooting slump against an opponent that has given him trouble in the past when the Golden State Warriors host the Utah Jazz on Tuesday in San Francisco.,Curry missed all eight of his second-half shots, finished 4-for-17 and totaled 13 points when the Warriors wer...
Bucks' Damian Lillard makes second return to Portland
Damian Lillard's second trip back to Portland is nowhere near as big a deal as his first.,After Lillard made a much-anticipated return last season, the buzz is much lighter this time as he and the Milwaukee Bucks visit the Portland Trail Blazers on Tuesday night.,Lillard spent 11 seasons as the face...
Rockets, after three notable wins, face ailing Hawks
The Houston Rockets will look to extend an impressive run through the East when they visit the ailing Atlanta Hawks on Tuesday night.,The giant-killing Rockets followed back-to-back victories over the Eastern Conference-leading Cavaliers, the second of those contests in Cleveland, with a thrilling 1...
Injury-weakened 76ers aim to halt Lakers' win streak
Riding their longest winning streak since before Thanksgiving, the Los Angeles Lakers will take a four-game run of success into a road matchup against the Philadelphia 76ers on Tuesday.,The Lakers began the East Coast portion of a six-game road trip Monday with a 112-107 victory over the Charlotte H...
Klay Thompson turns back clock as Mavs blast Wizards
Klay Thompson drained seven 3-pointers in the first quarter on the way to a game-high 23 points and the Dallas Mavericks handed the visiting Washington Wizards a 14th straight loss with a 130-108 blowout on Monday. ,It was a rout from the start, as Dallas needed just 6:13 to open up a 24-5 lead befo...
Cooper Flagg, No. 2 Duke overpower NC State in 2nd half
Cooper Flagg scored 23 of his 28 points in the second half as No. 2 Duke rallied past North Carolina State to win 74-64 on Monday night in Durham, N.C.,Kon Knueppel's 19 points and Sion James' 13 points also boosted the Blue Devils (18-2, 10-0 Atlantic Coast Conference). Duke, which came back from a...
Cincinnati, Utah seek to ignite struggling offenses
Cincinnati travels to Salt Lake City on Tuesday to face Utah in a battle of Big 12 teams that share a lot in common.,The Bearcats (12-7, 2-6) have lost two straight and are coming off their worst game of the season, an 80-52 defeat at BYU on Saturday. The hosts shot 73.9 percent (17-of-23) in the se...
Wolves overcome De'Andre Hunter's 35 points to outlast Hawks
Anthony Edwards scored 23 points, Julius Randle added 20 points and the Minnesota Timberwolves held on for a 100-92 win over the Atlanta Hawks on Monday night in Minneapolis., ,Rudy Gobert paired 18 points with 10 rebounds for Minnesota, which won its third game in a row. Naz Reid contributed 15 poi...
Quick two-goal flurry sparks Flyers in win over Devils
Bobby Brink and Joel Farabee scored 28 seconds apart in the first period and the Philadelphia Flyers held on for a 4-2 win against the visiting New Jersey Devils on Monday night.,Scott Laughton had a goal and an assist, Garnet Hathaway also scored, Rasmus Ristolainen and Travis Konecny each had two ...
Cavs smack Pistons to snap 3-game skid
Darius Garland scored 22 points and Donovan Mitchell added 21 as the Cleveland Cavaliers snapped a season-worst three-game losing streak with a 110-91 win over the visiting Detroit Pistons on Monday.,Jarrett Allen recorded his 25th double-double of the season with 15 points and 11 rebounds for the E...
Stars expect another playoff-like clash at Golden Knights
The Vegas Golden Knights will try to win back-to-back games for the first time in three weeks when they host the Dallas Stars on Tuesday night in Las Vegas.,The Golden Knights come in off a 4-1 home victory over the defending Stanley Cup champion Florida Panthers on Sunday, just the team's third win...
Arizona State aims to deepen Colorado's Big 12 misery
Arizona State enjoyed a fast start to the season but has slowed down during Big 12 conference play. ,However, the Sun Devils (11-8, 2-6 Big 12) recently snapped a four-game conference skid and can secure their second win in three games when they visit a slumping Colorado team in Boulder, Colo., on T...
Michigan mounts late rally to stun Penn State
Tre Donaldson scored 21 points Monday night, including the last seven of a game-ending nine-point flurry that gave Michigan a 76-72 Big Ten Conference win over visiting Penn State in Ann Arbor, Mich.,The Nittany Lions (13-8, 3-7) were on the verge of one of their best wins of the season after Ace Ba...
BYU bids to extend home success vs. banged-up Baylor
There isn't much separation between Baylor and BYU -- at least on paper -- as the teams square off on Tuesday night in Provo, Utah. ,BYU has the fourth-best scoring offense (80.4) in the Big 12, while Baylor is right behind in fifth (79.9). BYU and Baylor check in at Nos. 7 and 8, respectively, in s...
Providence F Bryce Hopkins (knee) out for season again
Providence coach Kim English said Monday that Bryce Hopkins will miss the rest of the season with a knee injury, the second straight season the star forward has had cut short.,Hopkins suffered an ACL tear in his left knee on Jan. 3, 2024, and missed not only the end of the 2023-24 season, but also t...
Georgia Tech vying for second win over Notre Dame this season
A pair of Atlantic Coast Conference teams looking to form rare winning streaks will meet Tuesday when Georgia Tech visits Notre Dame in South Bend, Ind.,Notre Dame (9-10, 3-5 ACC) has won two of three games following a four-game losing streak. That skid began with an 86-75 loss at Georgia Tech on De...
North Carolina, Pitt eye resume-boosting win
Both coming off wins and needing more to boost their respective NCAA Tournament resumes, visiting North Carolina and Pitt will tangle on Tuesday night.,The Tar Heels (13-8, 6-3 ACC) and Panthers (13-6, 4-4) both ended losing streaks on Saturday. On its home floor, North Carolina squeaked out a six-p...
Capitals visit Flames as both teams brush aside snapped streaks
As disappointing as it was to lose in regulation time for the first time since the calendar flipped to 2025, the Washington Capitals are not fretting as they continue their road trip Tuesday against the Calgary Flames.,The East-leading Capitals arrive in Calgary after a 2-1 loss to the Vancouver Can...
Avalanche, Islanders aim to build on wild wins
The New York Islanders won a game Saturday night in which their top defenseman played 15 seconds, their newest defenseman played 25 minutes and their backup goalie exited with an injury before overtime began.,Fewer than 24 hours later and about 20 miles to the west, the Colorado Avalanche did their ...
New-look Hurricanes are rising Rangers' next test
The New York Rangers saw one part of a blockbuster trade on Sunday afternoon, when a point streak that lifted them back into the Eastern Conference playoff race was halted by Colorado in the final seconds.,On Tuesday, the Rangers will get another glance at the NHL's most recent significant trade whe...