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Joel Embiid suffered a sinus fracture in the Philadelphia 76ers‘ loss to the Indiana Pacers on Friday night, the team has announced. Embiid will be further evaluated this weekend and his “status will be updated as appropriate,” according to PHLY Sports’ Derek Bodner, who detailed some pretty disheartening numbers with regard to the random bad…
The Huskers returned home Friday night following a massive 89-52 fall at Michigan State last Saturday. Nebraska faced off against another Big Ten foe, the Indiana Hoosiers. The Huskers bounced back from their loss, trampling the Hoosiers 85-68. Though Indiana trailed 68-67 entering the final seven minutes, Nebraska took off from there, going on a…
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Indiana men’s basketball recovered from a slow start to Friday’s game at Nebraska, and hung in with the Cornhuskers for most of the contest. The Hoosiers trailed by just one point with 6:51 remaining in Lincoln. But that just set the table for a total collapse, as Nebraska closed the game on a 17-1 run…
Adam Hagy/NBAE via Getty Images Having already sat out the last two games while being away from the Los Angeles Lakers, LeBron James’ return to the team is unclear at this moment. On the latest episode of his YouTube show (starts at 7:14 mark), The Athletic’s Jovan Buha said there is a “no clarity” at…
Historically, Indiana has typically gotten the better of Nebraska. The last four meetings have told a different story. Friday night was the latest chapter in Nebraska’s recent domination of the Hoosiers. The Huskers used a late 17-1 run to pull away in an 85-68 win at Pinnacle Bank Arena. Indiana had its chances throughout the…
If there was any doubt about how important LeBron James remains for the Los Angeles Lakers, Friday’s loss in Minnesota offered a stark reminder. Without their 39-year-old superstar, the Lakers posted their second-lowest point total of the season in a 97-87 loss to the Minnesota Timberwolves. Los Angeles dropped to 13-12 and 10th in the…
Mike Woodson gently corrected a reporter postgame, when asked about the run that ultimately buried his team in defeat in its first true road game of the season Friday night. The question referenced a roughly 6 ½ minute stretch to close the second half of Nebraska’s 85-68 win, a run which saw the Cornhuskers outscore…
Los Angeles Lakers coach JJ Redick says he does not know when LeBron James will return after he missed a second consecutive game. James, the NBA’s all-time leading scorer and a four-time NBA champion, sat out Sunday’s win over the Portland Trail Blazers because of a sore foot and missed practice this week for what…
Philadelphia 76ers star Joel Embiid fell to the floor in pain after he was hit in the face during a 121-107 loss to the Indiana Pacers on Friday night. Embiid had scored 12 points and had five assists and four rebounds in 17½ minutes before leaving in the second quarter. He did not return to…
