The Indiana Pacersare headed to the second round of the playoffs for the first time in 7 years. And it didn’t come without some suspense. The Orlando Magic came from 15 points down to take a 3-point lead in the 2nd half before the Indiana Pacers responded to pull off the 105-87 victory at Bankers [...]
Jared Sullinger recovered from first-half foul trouble to score 19 points and grab seven rebounds, helping Ohio State beat top-seeded Syracuse 77-70 on Saturday to advance to the Final Four in New Orleans. The second-seeded Buckeyes will play the winner of Sunday’s Midwest Regional final between North Carolina and Kansas. Near the end of Saturday [...]
Harrison Barnes will still be a top-three pick in June’s NBA draft. And his North Carolina Tar Heels hung on to survive a scare from upset-minded Ohio on Friday night and will be playing later this weekend for a chance to go to the Final Four. North Carolina needed overtime to defeat 13th-seeded Ohio 73-65 [...]
Although the Houston Rockets had 6 players score in double figures, it was a basket tipped in by an opposing player that helped them snap a 5-game losing streak. Luis Scola’s shot was inadvertently tipped by the Nets’ Gerald Green with 63 seconds to play, and the Rockets held New Jersey scoreless over the final [...]
Matt Gatens scored 20 points to help Iowa defeat Illinois 64-61 Thursday in the first round of the Big Ten tournament 2012 in what might have been the final game for Weber as coach of the Fighting Illini. Illinois closed the regular season having lost eight of nine, fueling speculation that Weber would be fired [...]
The Lakers had work to do Friday night against the Sacramento Kings before playing host to the Miami Heat on Sunday afternoon. It was a formidable task, but not because the Kings are a great team but because the Heat are one of the NBA’s best. The Lakers took a 115-107 victory from the Kings [...]
Forcing Lin into easily the worst game of his remarkable run as New York’s starting point guard by running streams of defenders at him, Miami topped the Knicks 102-88 on Thursday night — the eighth straight win for the NBA-leading Heat, all by at least 12 points. In a rare game in which megastars LeBron [...]
The streaking New York Knicks signed former Denver Nugget J.R. Smith on Friday, giving point guard sensation Jeremy Lin a new backcourt mate. J.R. Smith is set to sign a 1-year, $2.5 million contract, with a second-year player option, according to a person involved in the deal. Some details were still being worked out Friday afternoon, [...]
With it being Friday night, let’s keep this short, sweet and to the point. Mike, even with your current franchise the poster child for all things laughable in the NBA, your wardrobe often times allowing USPA to come off as Armani 2.0 and you “allegedly” were a large part of the reason the lockout almost [...]
Passed over for the NBA All-Star game, Pau Gasol ties the game in the closing seconds of regulation before making a big block in overtime to preserve the win over the Lakers’ longtime rivals. Pau Gasol came up big for the Los Angeles Lakers as they beat the red-hot Boston Celtics 88-87 in overtime for a [...]