ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Desmond Bane had a 3-pointer and two free throws in the final 17.4 seconds to cap a 35-point night and help the Orlando Magic hold off the Cleveland Cavaliers 128-122 on Wednesday for their fifth straight victory. Paolo Banchero added 25 points, eight rebounds and seven ...
The Associated Press national player of the week in women's basketball for Week 18 of the season: Madison Booker, Texas The junior wing led No. 3 Texas to its first Southeastern Conference Tournament championship. In the title game win over South Carolina, Booker had 18 points, going 8 of 15 ...
BYU guard AJ Dybantsa, the national scoring leader in his first college season, was named The Associated Press Big 12 player of the year and the conference's top freshman on Tuesday. Dybantsa is averaging 24.5 points per game for the Cougars going into this week's Big 12 tournament in Kansas ...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — AJ Dybantsa had 27 points in another brilliant Big 12 Tournament performance, Kennard Davis Jr. added 20 points, and No. 10 seed BYU beat seventh-seeded West Virginia 68-48 on Wednesday night to advance to the quarterfinal round. Robert Wright III also had 11 points ...
By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Luka Doncic had 31 points, 11 assists and 11 rebounds in his seventh triple-double of the season, and the Los Angeles Lakers overcame LeBron James' latest injury absence to sweep their season series with the Minnesota Timberwolves with a ...
By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer MIAMI (AP) — A look inside the numbers from Bam Adebayo's 83-point game for the Miami Heat on Tuesday night, the second-highest total in NBA history: 83 points Start with the obvious one. Only Wilt Chamberlain with his 100-point game is now ahead of ...
The Associated Press Kyle Teel, Sam Antonacci and Jac Caglianone homered as Italy built a big lead and held on to stun the United States 8-6 Tuesday night in the World Baseball Classic. The U.S. is done with pool play at Houston's Daikin Park and needs the Italians to beat Mexico Wednesday ...
By RAUL DOMINGUEZ Associated Press SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Victor Wembanyama matched a career-high with eight 3-pointers, scoring 39 points and grabbing 11 rebounds and the San Antonio Spurs beat Boston 125-116 on Tuesday night to sweep a contentious two-game season series with the ...
By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer MIAMI (AP) — It's Wilt, then Bam. Bam Adebayo had a night for all time on Tuesday, with a point total second to only Wilt Chamberlain in the NBA record books. Adebayo scored 83 points, setting league marks for free throws made and attempted in a game ...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Anthony Roy scored 24 points, Christian Coleman had 17 points and 14 rebounds, and No. 14 seed Oklahoma State held on down the stretch for a 92-83 victory over No. 11 seed Colorado in the first round of the Big 12 Tournament on Tuesday night. Jaylen Curry added 15 ...
By PAUL NEWBERRY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — After a season of jarring change and inconsistent play, the Atlanta Hawks appear to be coming together at just the right time. The Hawks won their seventh straight game — the team's longest streak since the 2021-22 season and best ...
By TYLER MASON Associated Press ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Kirill Kaprizov scored his 37th goal of the season, Matt Boldy notched his 36th, and Filip Gustavsson earned his fourth shutout of the season as the Minnesota Wild defeated the Utah Mammoth 5-0 on Tuesday night. Bobby Brink scored ...
By ADRY TORRES Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Jalen Duren scored 26 points, Cade Cunningham had 21 points and 15 assists, and the Detroit Pistons snapped a season-worst four-game skid, beating the Brooklyn Nets 138-100 on Tuesday night. Duren shot 9 of 10 from the field and Cunningham ...
By MARK ANDERSON, NOAH TRISTER and ROB MAADDI AP Sports Writers The blockbuster trade sending star pash rusher Maxx Crosby to the Baltimore Ravens is off — and the fallout from that reversal could have a ripple effect throughout the NFL on the eve of the new league year. The Las Vegas ...
By BOB SUTTON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Jackson Blake converted on the decisive shootout goal and the Carolina Hurricanes recovered after relinquishing a two-goal lead late in regulation to beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 5-4 on Tuesday night. Mark Jankowski and Seth Jarvis ...
By ERIK ERLENDSSON Associated Press TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Conor Garland scored two goals for the second consecutive game and the Columbus Blue Jackets defeated the Tampa Bay Lightning 5-2 on Tuesday night. Kiril Marchenko, Dante Fabbro and Ivan Provorov also scored for Columbus, who ...
SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Carter Verhaeghe scored two goals in the final 90 seconds to rally the Florida Panthers to a 4-3 victory over the Detroit Red Wings on Tuesday night. With Florida goalie Daniil Tarasov on the bench, Verhaeghe scored with 1:30 remaining to make it 3-all. Then, with 15 ...
By DAVE SKRETTA AP Basketball Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — BYU forward AJ Dybantsa, Duke standout Cameron Boozer and fellow freshman Darryn Peterson of Kansas have made it pretty clear this college basketball season that they intend to be the first three players selected in the NBA ...
NEW YORK (AP) — Rangers forward Alexis Lafreniere got his second career hat trick and Jonathan Quick stopped 21 shots as the New York Rangers defeated the Calgary Flames 4-0 on Tuesday night. Conor Sheary scored his second goal of the season. Mika Zibanejad and Gabe Perreault added two ...
By DAVE SKRETTA AP Basketball Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Big 12 Commissioner Brett Yormark called his meeting with President Donald Trump and other high-level officials from the NCAA, its member institutions and the CEO of the U.S. Olympic team "very constructive," and underscored ...