The Utah Jazz had a huge advantage before their game against the Sacramento Kings even started. The Kings lost yet another player when center Brad Miller didn’t dress because of a bruised thigh and the Jazz capitalized on it with a 117-93 win Monday night, but only after letting a 25-point lead slip to 10 with a sloppy third quarter.
The Utah Jazz had a huge advantage before their game against the Sacramento Kings even started. The Kings lost yet another player when center Brad Miller didn’t dress because of a bruised thigh and the Jazz capitalized on it with a 117-93 win Monday night, but only after letting a 25-point lead slip to 10…
Carmelo Anthony and LeBron James were the headliners, but Allen Iverson and J.R. Smith stole the show. Iverson scored a season-high 37 points and Smith added 29 to help the Denver Nuggets beat the Cleveland Cavaliers 122-100 on Monday night. “They didn’t steal my spotlight,” said Anthony, who had 22 points and nine rebounds.
Allen Iverson scored a season-high 37 points and J.R. Smith added 29 to help the Denver Nuggets beat the Cleveland Cavaliers 122-100 on Monday night.
Chris Paul made the tiebreaking layup with 2.6 seconds left and finished with a season-high 27 points, leading the New Orleans Hornets to an 84-82 victory over the New Jersey Nets on Monday night.
Nuggets guard J.R. Smith finishes the fast-break alley-oop on the nice feed from Allen Iverson. NBA Properties 2005
Curtis Strange and Hubert Green could be crusty and surly on the golf course, a fighting spirit that carried Strange to consecutive U.S. Open titles and Green to major victories in the U.S. Open and PGA Championship. They turned somber and reflective Monday night when they were inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame.
Two games against unranked opponents turned out to be surprisingly tough tests for No. 10 Marquette. Two days after struggling to win its season opener against IUPUI, the Golden Eagles needed a second-half surge to beat Utah Valley 66-55 on Monday night. While Marquette coach Tom Crean can take some solace in knowing that his…
Indiana fans welcomed Eric Gordon by chanting his name Monday night. The highly touted freshman responded with an opening act that lived up to the billing. Gordon finished with 33 points, the most ever by an Indiana player in his college debut, and it was his play at both ends of the court that eventually…
David Lighty almost doubled his career high with 21 points and Ohio State righted itself from a humiliating exhibition loss to beat Wisconsin-Green Bay 91-68 Monday night in the opening round of the NIT Season Tip-Off tournament at Value City Arena. The Buckeyes (1-0) advance to meet Columbia (1-0), which beat Delaware State 47-41 in…
Texas won its season opener but boy, did the Longhorns miss Kevin Durant. Last season’s freshman phenom and national player of the year is now in the NBA and his absence left a huge hole in the Texas offense as the 16th-ranked Longhorns scored their fewest points in a season-opening win in 25 years in…
Jon Scheyer is playing less and producing more. Duke’s one-time starting shooting guard came off the bench and scored 22 points to lead the 13th-ranked Blue Devils to an 86-61 rout of New Mexico State on Monday night. Scheyer, who as a freshman started 31 of 32 games and averaged about 34 minutes, is playing…
Guard Jonny Flynn scored 28 points, a Syracuse record for a freshman making his debut, and the Orange held off stubborn Siena 97-89 on Monday night in the first round of the NIT Season Tip-off. It was the season opener for the Orange, who will play either Fairleigh Dickinson or Saint Joseph’s on Tuesday night.