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Austin Reaves executed a perfect missed free throw before sinking the game-tying bucket to force overtime, and Luka Doncic drained the winning jumper in the extra frame to lift the Lakers past the Nuggets on Saturday night.
Victor Wembanyama made his mark in every facet of Saturday's game against the Hornets, posting 32 points, 12 boards, eight assists, four blocks and two steals as the Spurs improved to 17-2 since Feb. 1.
The NBA ruled that Spencer Jones had a clean strip of Austin Reaves with 9.2 seconds remaining in regulation of Saturday's Nuggets-Lakers game and that Reaves should not have gone to the free throw line.
Wes Enis scored 19 points on Sunday to help top-seeded South Florida beat No. 2 seed Wichita State 70-55 to win the American Athletic Conference Tournament and clinch a berth in the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2012.
LeBron James praises the 'generational' talent of team-mate Luka Doncic, who hit an overtime winner for the Los Angeles Lakers.
Austin Reaves and Luka Doncic shone in the Lakers' win over the Nuggets.
Max Strus scored 16 points in the first half against the Mavs. According to Elias, he is the first player since 1997-98 to score at least 15 points in the first half of a season debut after not playing in at least the first 60 games of the season.
The lights of State Farm Arena will be at full strength tomorrow night as Jalen Johnson and the Atlanta Hawks host Paolo Banchero and the Orlando Magic in a high-stakes Southeast Division battle with major Eastern Conference Play-In implications. The Atlanta Hawks (34-31) enter this contest as one of the East's most resilient squads, having won eight of their last nine home games. The Hawks are led by the triple-double threat Jalen Johnson , who is putting up a career-best 22.8 points, 10.5 r...
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Nyk Lewis finished with 17 points and 11 rebounds and No. 2 seed VCU beat fourth-seeded Dayton 70-62 on Sunday to win a second straight Atlantic 10 Conference Tournament and clinch a spot in the NCAA Tournament. VCU (27-7) will make its 21st March Madness appearance. The Rams made it all the way to the Final Four before losing in 2011. Lewis hit 4 of 5 shots from beyond the 3-point line but just 1 of 5 inside it for VCU. Reserves Terrence Hill Jr. and Michael Belle scored 14...
TJ Power scored an Ivy Madness-record 44 points and Cam Thrower hit five clutch points in overtime, lifting Pennsylvania to an 88-84 victory over Yale to win the Ivy Legue championship on Sunday. Thrower's 3-pointer with two minutes left in overtime gave the Quakers an 82-78 lead. After Yale answered with a 3, Thrower rebounded his own miss in the paint and followed up in traffic for an 84-81 lead.
No. 1 Duke defeated No. 10 Virginia on Saturday night for its second straight Atlantic Coast Conference tournament championship under coach Jon Scheyer and its third title in the past four years.
Arizona will head into the NCAA tournament with a nine-game winning streak after holding off Houston 79-74 in Saturday's Big 12 tournament final, avenging its loss to the Cougars in last season's conference title game.
Darius Acuff Jr. scored five of his 24 points in overtime and No. 17 Arkansas held off Mississippi 93-90 Saturday to reach the Southeastern Conference Tournament championship game for the eighth time and first since winning the 2020 title. The third-seeded Razorbacks (25-8) will play No. 22 Vanderbilt, which routed No. 4 Florida earlier Saturday. Acuff, the SEC’s scoring leader and league’s player and freshman of the year, also had seven assists.
Isaac Johnson scored 19 points and Harry Rouhliadeff added a double-double to propel Hawaii to a 78-63 victory over Cal State Fullerton on Friday night in a Big West Conference Tournament semifinal. No. 2 seed Hawaii (23-8) will play No. 1 seed UC Irvine in the championship game on Saturday with a berth in the NCAA Tournament on the line. Johnson made 6 of 15 shots with a 3-pointer and all six of his free throws for the Rainbow Warriors.
Cooper Flagg scored 27 points, Naji Marshall added 25 and the Dallas Mavericks bounced back from a 33-point loss to Cleveland two days ago to defeat the Cavaliers 130-120 on Sunday afternoon. The Mavericks, who were routed 138-105 on Friday night, pulled away in the second half to snap a seven-game losing streak against the Cavaliers. P.J. Washington had 20 points and 11 rebounds for Dallas, which won for just the second time in 11 games.
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Giannis Antetokounmpo scored 31 points and pulled down 14 rebounds, and the Milwaukee Bucks beat the Indiana Pacers 134-123 on Sunday. Antetokounmpo also had eight assists while Bobby Portis scored 29 points and added 10 rebounds. Ryan Rollins shot 8 for 12, including 3 for 5 from beyond the 3-point line, to finish with 20 points, seven assists and three steals. Aaron Nesmith led the Pacers with 32 points. Indiana also got 16 points and two blocks from Jay Huff. The Bucks tra...
Oklahoma City Thunder superstar Shai Gilgeous-Alexander made history recently, breaking Wilt Chamberlain’s streak of consecutive games scoring at least 20 points. The next game after breaking the record, the incredible streak found itself ins serious danger. The reigning NBA MVP was well below the 20-point mark deep into the fourth quarter of Sunday’s clash with […] The post Thunder star Shai Gilgeous-Alexander barely pushes 20-point streak to 128 games appeared first on ClutchPoints .
The Sixers squandered a 28-point lead but ultimately snagged a win Saturday over the Nets.
Oscar Cluff scored 21 points as Purdue, which lost four of its last six regular-season games, topped No. 3 Michigan to win its first Big Ten tournament since 2023.
A tenacious defensive performance carried No. 13 St. John's to its second straight Big East tournament championship Saturday night with a 72-52 blowout of sixth-ranked UConn at Madison Square Garden.
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander barely extended his record streak of games with at least 20 points to 128 during Sunday's win over the Timberwolves.
Brandon Ingram had a game-high 34 points and the Toronto Raptors defeated the Detroit Pistons 119-108 on Sunday. RJ Barrett added 27 points and six rebounds for Toronto, which has won back-to-back games. The win helped the Raptors hang on to sixth in the Eastern Conference.
Paolo Banchero scored 27 points, Desmond Bane added 21 and the Orlando Magic beat the Miami Heat 121-117 on Saturday night, becoming the second team in the last 30 years to beat the same opponent five times in one season. Wendell Carter Jr. scored 15 for the Magic, who won their seventh straight and snapped Miami's season-best, seven-game winning streak. Orlando led by as many as 22, before Miami twice got within two in the final 18.5 seconds.
CJ McCollum scored 30 points, Jalen Johnson had his 12th triple-double of the season and the Atlanta Hawks beat the Milwaukee Bucks 122-99 on Saturday for their ninth straight victory. Johnson finished with 23 points, 12 assists and 10 rebounds as Atlanta extended the longest current winning streak in the NBA.
Both elite Western Conference clubs are looking for their 42nd win.
Yaxel Lendeborg made a tiebreaking 3-pointer with 0.4 seconds remaining, giving No. 3 Michigan a 68-65 win over No. 23 Wisconsin to advance to the Big Ten tournament championship.
The Hospital Sixers face a much stiffer test Sunday against the Portland Trail Blazers.
Random dribbles following the Cavaliers’ stinker of a 130-120 home loss to the Dallas Mavericks on Sunday. 1. Well, at least Max Strus really brought it. Not one else really did. 2. Apparently, the Cavs figured Cooper Flagg and the Mavericks would just roll over and play dead after getting smashed in Dallas the other […] The post Dribbles: Cavs Spoil Max Strus’ Electric Return With Flat Performance appeared first on Hoops Wire .
Darius Acuff Jr. had 30 points as No. 17 Arkansas beat No. 22 Vanderbilt to win its first SEC tournament crown and first automatic NCAA tournament berth since 2000.
Thanks to a Marcus Smart 3-pointer late, the Lakers finally passed the test the Nuggets presented.
