CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Paul George scored 29 points, Tyrese Maxey had eight of his 21 points in the final 30 seconds and the Philadelphia 76ers won back-to-back games for the first time this season with a 110-104 victory over the Charlotte Hornets on Tuesday night. Jared McCain added 17 points off the bench and Kelly Oubre scored 14 for Philadelphia, …
Follow live coverage of South Carolina, NC State and Iowa, UConn in women’s Final Four today The South Regional of the 2024 NCAA Tournament features a number of top seeds that have been among the most successful programs in the sport the last several years. —Rob Dauster Team in 16 words: Shaka Smart hasn’t made the second weekend of the …
DURHAM, N.C. — Duke coach Jon Scheyer didn’t want to say too much to Tyrese Proctor before the guard headed to the line with 1 second left and the 12th-ranked Blue Devils down a point to Clemson. Proctor hit both free throws to help Duke hang on for Saturday’s 72-71 win, barely averting the program’s first home loss to the …
Just as expected, the Kings-Warriors first-round pairing has become the NBA’s must-see-series, and Monday’s Game 2 only added to the intrigue, drama and stakes surrounding this matchup. Sacramento staved off a late comeback to take a 2-0 series lead, a deficit the Warriors haven’t found themselves in since 2007 — before the Stephen Curry and Steve Kerr era began its …
SACRAMENTO — When the Sacramento Kings last made the NBA playoffs in 2006, their current general manager, Monte McNair, was finishing a humble football career at Princeton while nearing completion of his computer science degree. And given the fact that the drafting of Tyrese Haliburton and Davion Mitchell have represented McNair’s most impactful additions to date, it was quite fitting …
