Allen Iverson scored 23 points and Kenyon Martin had 20 points, 12 rebounds and five blocks to lead the Denver Nuggets to a 101-97 victory over the Sacramento Kings on Saturday night. John Salmons led the Kings with 25 points, and Beno Udrih added 24 for Sacramento, which lost for the second straight night.
Allen Iverson scored 23 points and Kenyon Martin had 20 points, 12 rebounds and five blocks to lead the Denver Nuggets to a 101-97 victory over the Sacramento Kings on Saturday night. John Salmons led the Kings with 25 points, and Beno Udrih added 24 for Sacramento, which lost for the second straight night.
Maybe the Phoenix Suns were a little tired after scoring all those points on this road trip. Maybe on the second game of a back-to-back, and the finale of a five-game trip, the NBA’s offensive juggernaut took the league’s worst team a little too lightly. Or maybe the frigid Minnesota winter chilled Steve Nash and…
LeBron James consistently hit jumpers. He looked good on drives to the basket and wowed the crowd with a couple of dunks. Too bad for the Cleveland Cavaliers that was before the game. When James shed his basketball gear for street clothes just before tipoff, he could only watch helplessly Saturday night as the reigning…
The Philadelphia 76ers finally have a winning streak — and the New York Knicks to thank for it. Willie Green scored 18 points, and the 76ers completed a home-and-home sweep of the Knicks with a 105-77 victory Saturday night. Andre Iguodala added 17 points and Reggie Evans had 14 rebounds for the 76ers, who beat…
Mike Woodson was appalled at how poorly the Atlanta Hawks played in the third quarter of their previous game. So, the coach of the NBA’s youngest team tinkered with his halftime routine. Less time sitting, more time moving. “We got them out of the locker room a little bit earlier than we have in the…
Wisconsin certainly was bigger. Dominic James said No. 11 Marquette was just tougher. “Toughness always prevails,” James said. “That’s what rebounding is all about.” Despite a profound size disadvantage, the Golden Eagles outrebounded and outmuscled their in-state rival on the way to an 81-76 victory on Saturday.
Scottie Wilson and Todd Brown both scored 10 points to lead Wright State to a 43-42 upset over No. 13 Butler on Saturday night, the Bulldogs’ first loss of the season. Butler (8-1, 1-1 Horizon League) had a last chance at the win, but A.J. Graves missed a 3-point attempt from the top of the…
The next time UCLA shows up in Anaheim could be in March for early round NCAA tournament games. The Bruins hope that visit won’t be nearly so worrisome. Luc Richard Mbah a Moute scored 21 points and the seventh-ranked Bruins made up an 18-point deficit to beat Davidson 75-63 in the John Wooden Classic on…
Jordan Crawford’s three-game suspension made him hungrier Saturday. He wanted to beat Kentucky, outdo his brother, Joe, and show his Indiana teammates what they had been missing since late November. With Indiana’s starting guards sitting out and his parents watching from behind the Indiana bench, Crawford delivered a masterpiece.
After watching a listless team in the first half, Michigan State coach Tom Izzo was worried he had a labor situation on his hands. His ninth-ranked Spartans trailed No. 20 Brigham Young by 10 points and didn’t seem all that concerned. “I told them at halftime, they must have gone on strike on me,” Izzo…
Nicklas Backstrom and Jeff Schultz scored a minute apart in the first period, and the Washington Capitals got two goals from Mike Green in a 6-3 victory over the Atlanta Thrashers on Saturday night. Alex Ovechkin had a goal and an assist for the Capitals, whose previous four games were decided by one goal.
The Milwaukee Brewers are working on a deal with free-agent reliever Eric Gagne, potentially giving the team another option at closer after losing Francisco Cordero to free agency. “We’re not there yet,” Brewers general manager Doug Melvin said Saturday night at the Marquette-Wisconsin basketball game.