HOUSTON (AP) — Lonzo Ball had 27 points and a career-high eight 3-pointers, and the New Orleans Pelicans beat the Houston Rockets 122-115 on Sunday night to end a two-game
WE ARE now in the last month of the British Basketball League regular season and just when you think it can’t get any more competitive, it’s most certainly proving that it can.
Tuesday night saw Bristol Flyers travel to face top of the League Leicester Riders in what was a surprising victory for the away team. A solid performance by the Flyers saw the final score 80-54 to the men from Bristol.
London Lions bounced back from a disappointing loss against Worcester Wolves with three wins on the trot, including an overtime win against the Wolves on Sunday afternoon. Lions now sit fourth in the table.
SAN ANTONIO (AP) â Caris LeVert scored 26 points and the short-handed Indiana Pacers snapped a three-game losing streak with a 139-133 overtime victory over the San Antonio Spurs on Saturday night.
âWe just wanted to come out and try to just have fun with the game again,â LeVert said. âI feel like we were kind of letting the losses take away from the fact we get to play basketball for a living. I think today we got back to just having fun and it showed out there on the court.â
Indiana had a season-high point total even with injuries sidelining Domantas Sabonis, Malcolm Brogdon and Jeremy Lamb.
Gonzaga made miracles happen, winning on one of the greatest shots in NCAA Tournament history.
The showdown between Baylor and Gonzaga that was called off in December because of the pandemic is finally back on, with the biggest stakes of all: The two best teams all season will play for the national championship Monday night.
The wait was worth it.
The Bears opened the first Final Four in two years by overwhelming Houston, 78-59, cruising to their first national championship game since 1948.
Gonzaga s free-flowing offense was struck down in the nightcap by UCLA, who slogged the game down enough to get it to overtime. Freshman Jalen Suggs came to Bulldogs rescue, banking in a 3-pointer from just inside the half court line at the buzzer for a 93-90 win.
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UCLA has the early edge over No. 1 Gonzaga as Baylor awaits its opponent in the NCAA championship game.
The 11th-seeded Bruins are up 10-9 at the first media timeout. Jaime Jaquez Jr. put UCLA in front with a 3-pointer.
Joel Ayayi scored the first seven points for the Zags, heavy favorites against the Bruins as they try to get within a victory of being the first undefeated national champion since Indiana 45 years ago.
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Baylor has cruised into the NCAA championship game and will wait to see if No. 1 Gonzaga can provide the much-anticipated final.
Jared Butler didn t score in the second half, but the second-ranked Bears didn t need any more points from their All-American guard after he scored 17 to help them take a 25-point halftime lead in a 78-59 victory over Houston.