Basketball

Kentucky laid a proverbial egg against Ohio State. The box score featured a host of oddities, mostly bad, and provided the type of stat hunting that not even Corey Price finds fun. At one point in the second half, Kentucky had shot 13 3-pointers, of which they made two and air-balled four. They finished with…

Anthony Davis had a chance to ice the Los Angeles Lakers victory over the Sacramento Kings on Saturday evening. He went to the line up two with 12 seconds remaining. But he missed both free throws, which could have given the Kings a chance to tie or take the lead, until Rui Hachimura secured a…

“We are breaking camp after the game on December 21 — if we win.” Those were Mark Pope’s final words ahead of Kentucky’s trip to New York City for the CBS Sports Classic when asked about the team’s plans after the Ohio State game. Everybody could go home for the holidays, but only if they…

The Los Angeles Lakers secured another victory in the NBA regular season, but it was Anthony Davis‘s post-game comments that caught attention. Despite a strong overall performance, Davis struggled in the final quarter, prompting a candid message from his wife after the game. LeBron James once again led the Lakers with a dominant display, recording…

Warning: Story contains coarse language Minnesota Timberwolves star Anthony Edwards went on an expletive-filled rant directed at the officials Saturday night after Minnesota’s 113-103 loss to the Golden State Warriors. “They’re f—–g terrible. All of them, besides the woman, but the other two dudes: terrible,” Edwards said during his postgame interview, according to Dane Moore…

The Philadelphia 76ers were short-handed on Saturday when they paid a visit to the NBA-leading Cleveland Cavaliers. While the Sixers still had Tyrese Maxey and Paul George to lean on, it was not enough in a 126-99 loss to the Cavs on the road. Maxey had 27 points while George had 11 on 4-for-12 shooting…

The Warriors-Wolves game was a close one. That was until Stephen Curry decided to take over in the final minutes! With 13 clutch points and a dagger look-away three, he led his team to victory. And there was one play in particular that caught Steve Kerr’s attention as he highlighted it as ‘the blueprint’ for…

Dec 22, 2024, 02:08 AM ET SAN ANTONIO — Victor Wembanyama scored 30 points and tied a career high with 10 blocks as the San Antonio Spurs rolled to a 114-94 victory against the Portland Trail Blazers on Saturday night. Wembanyama added seven rebounds while playing just 30 minutes, sitting out the final 8½ minutes…

At this point, if Victor Wembanyama is playing you might as well just have the Statead tab open, because chances are you’re going to be checking some sort of historical stat line by the time the game is finished.  It happened again on Saturday, when Wembanyama became just the sixth player in history  — and,…

The Phoenix Suns were looking to build off a win over Portland, get some rest and return to full strength for the final two of a three-game homestand against two sub .500 teams. They instead lost Devin Booker to a groin injury and dropped a second consecutive game Saturday, 133-125, to the Detroit Pistons (12-17)…