The game between the San Antonio Spurs and Minnesota Timberwolves was postponed Wednesday night because of smoky conditions inside the Mexico City arena.
Basketball
Foothill looked like a different boys basketball team in the second half on Tuesday night. That’s because it was.
Clark boys basketball coach Chad Beeten didn’t have to scream at senior forward Diontae Jones after a subpar first half Monday night. The coach was pretty sure Jones would provide all the motivation himself.
Do you remember June 27, when the Cavaliers made Anthony Bennett the top overall pick in the NBA Draft?
Sports apparel giant Adidas might have to find a backup plan after building its multimillion-dollar NBA marketing campaign around the Chicago Bulls’ Derrick Rose, whose injured right knee will cost him the rest of the 2013-14 season.
Chris Collins knew that his calling in basketball probably would be as a coach. So when Northwestern selected Collins to replace Bill Carmody in March, no one should have been surprised.
Legacy’s girls basketball team seemed destined to lose on the first day of the season Friday.
Some freshmen move in baby steps or need training wheels. Others get a redshirt year. But Kendall Smith was not interested in kidding around.
The NBA fined Jason Kidd, the Brooklyn Nets coach, $50,000 on Thursday, saying he intentionally spilled his drink on the court as an unusual stall tactic.
Rashad Vaughn is exaggerating a bit when he says he couldn’t dribble as a freshman. But the other part is true. All he could do was dunk.
Jordan Adams was back in town Thursday, leading the 19th-ranked UCLA Bruins to an easy 105-84 win over UNR in the third round of the Las Vegas Invitational at Orleans Arena.
Deonte Burton, the 6-foot-1-inch UNR point guard, spent last spring and all summer working on his game. He knew the 2013-14 season would be his final chance to help the Wolf Pack reach the NCAAs.
Shaquile Carr spent the end of his junior season in street clothes on the bench watching his team play in the postseason.
Before Mike Moulchin was hired as Clark’s girls basketball coach four years ago, he was informed of the Chargers’ record in the previous five seasons: 5-75.
UNLV lost its third basketball game of a young season Tuesday night because in the most critical of moments, it became sloppy defensively. It exhibited poor technique. It was Cal in the NCAA Tournament all over again.
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