AP - Allen Iverson scored 38 points, including two big jumpers in the final two minutes, and Carmelo Anthony added 30, helping the Denver Nuggets hold on for a 110-104 victory over the Los Angeles Clippers on Friday night.
Home ice advantage in the playoffs is always a priority for the Anaheim Ducks, who clinched all four playoff series at Honda Center last season on the way to their first Stanley Cup title. The Ducks still hold down fourth place in the Western Conference following Friday night’s gritty 3-1 victory over Calgary, which increased their lead over the sixth-place Flames to six points and kept them three…
AP - Defensemen Mathieu Schneider and Scott Niedermayer each had a goal and an assist, Jean-Sebastien Giguere made 22 saves and the Anaheim Ducks beat the Calgary Flames 3-1 Friday night for their fifth straight victory.
Down two of their most experienced players after Tuesday’s trade deadline and trailing by two goals after 40 minutes in Vancouver, the Columbus Blue Jackets were supposed to fade away. Instead they rallied from both deficits, coming from behind to beat the Canucks 3-2 on Jason Chimera’s goal 1:07 into overtime to move within three points of a playoff spot despite trading away veterans Adam Foote…
One Washington player was ejected and others hung their heads, sulking. Then, the Wizards sprung to life and perhaps sucked away whatever the Chicago Bulls had left. Antawn Jamison, Roger Mason and Andray Blatche each scored 17 points, and the struggling Wizards used a third-quarter surge to overcome an 18-point deficit and beat Chicago 97-91 on Friday night.
The Houston Rockets didn’t lose in February. March is likely to be a lot more difficult. Tracy McGrady had 25 points and six assists, and the Rockets beat the Memphis Grizzlies 116-95 on Friday night to extend their winning streak to 14, the longest in the NBA this season. They are one shy of the longest winning streak in franchise history, reached twice, with the last time coming in their…
California coach Joanne Boyle was in no mood to celebrate her team tying the school record for victories. “We had 23 turnovers,” Boyle said after the Bears beat last place Washington State 61-47 on Friday night to keep pace with No. 7 Stanford in a race for their first Pacific-10 title. “I didn’t see the fire from my team that I need to see,” Boyle said.
JJ Hones came up with a quick way to silence coach Tara VanDerveer’s halftime speech about Stanford’s lack of rebounding. Don’t miss. “If we make shots we don’t need to rebound and we don’t get yelled at for not rebounding,” Hones said. Hones scored eight of her 16 points during Stanford’s 12-0 run to start the second half, star Candice Wiggins inched closer to the Pac-10 scoring record with 22…
AP - Chris Paul had 24 points and 16 assists, and the New Orleans Hornets held off the Utah Jazz 110-98 on Friday night.
Receiver Isaac Bruce formally signed his two-year contract with the San Francisco 49ers on Tuesday, four days after agreeing to continue his 14-year career with the St. Louis Rams’ longtime division rival. Bruce, who trails only Jerry Rice and Tim Brown in career receiving yardage, could be the 49ers’ No.
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