Derrick Rose caps off a 15 point fourth quarter and a 21-point night with this game winning basket.
Read MoreDerrick Rose hits game winner against Pelicans
Day: December 9, 2019
Celebration Bowl tickets go on sale Tuesday
From Alcorn State Athletics: LORMAN, Miss. – Alcorn State University announced that ticket sales for the 2019 Celebration Bowl will begin Tuesday at 12 p.m. The game will be played at Mercedes-Benz Stadium, which is an electronic ticketing venue. All tickets will be emailed – there are no “hard” tickets printed. However, tickets can still be purchased at the Athletic Business Office and will be emailed. Phone orders are also accepted by calling 601-877-6818, 6822 and 6823. Office hours are 8:30 a.m. – 4 p.m. Tickets will be on sale from Tuesday,…
Read MoreFred Van Vleet out against Chicago
Toronto Raptors point guard Fred Van Vleet will miss the team’s game against the Chicago Bulls ( not that they need him to beat the abysmal Bulls) due to a knee contusion. Van Vleet suffered the injury against the Philadelphia 76ers. Murphy adds that a subsequent MRI came back clean but the team decided to er on the side of caution and hold him out of Monday night’s contest. Norman Powell will start in Van Vleet’s place.
Read MoreKawhi to miss Pacers game due to “knee maintenance”
As teams figure new ways to get players rest throughout the NBA season, the latest term a club is trying to get over with us “knee maintenance.” This is the reason the Los Angeles Clippers are using to explain for holding Kawhi Leonard out against the Indiana Pacers. This is the sixth game that Leonard will have missed this season, all of which had been due to injury/load management issues. Leonard is still averaging 25.1 points, 7.9 rebounds and 5.2 in the 18 games he has played in.
Read MoreJa Morant to play tonight against Golden State
Memphis Grizzlies rookie sensation Ja Morant will return to the lineup tonight when the team takes on the Golden State Warriors, according to Yahoo Sports’ Chris Haynes. Morant had missed the previous four games after suffering a sore back after a fall into the camera area on the baseline against the Indiana Pacers and has been diagnosed as week to week.
Read MoreDecember 8, 2019 NBA Recap
Top Performances pt rb ast Anthony DavisLAL vs. MIN 50 7 6 10-10 ft Nemanja BjelicaSAC @ DAL 30 7 4 Kawhi LeonardLAC @ WAS 34 11 5 LeBron JamesLAL vs. MIN 32 4 13 6-8 3-pt T. HardawayDAL vs. SAC 29 1 2 9-12 3-pt Paul GeorgeLAC @ WAS 27 6 6 4 stl Trae YoungATL @ CHO 30 6 9 Buddy HieldSAC @ DAL 26 4 5 5-6 3-pt PJ WashingtonCHO vs. ATL 20 8 3 12-13 ft OG AnunobyTOR @ PHI 19 10 2…
Read MoreSouthern falls 72-57 at Akron
from Southern University Media Relations: AKRON, OH – Senior transfer Amel Kuljuhovic had career and season-high of 18 points but wasn’t enough as Southern’s late charge falls short as Akron defeated SU 72-57 at James A. Rhodes Arena on Sunday afternoon. Montese Blake was the only other Jaguar in double figures contribuiting 13 points off the bench, Southern (3-6) was lead by Kuljuhovic with a team high six rebounds. Lamarcus Lee had five rebounds. Darius Williams had eight points and four rebounds. Damiree Burns had four points and four rebounds off the…
Read MoreNew Zealand gets 96-85 win over Brisbane
From nbl.com.au: Drama might continue to follow this New Zealand Breakers team but one thing they continue to do is play relatively well at Spark Arena, and that was again the case on Monday night as they disposed of the Brisbane Bullets 96-85. The Breakers haven’t enjoyed hitting the road so far in #NBL20 losing on all six attempts including in Cairns on Friday night, but they improved to 4-3 at home on the season following Monday’s win against a Bullets team far too reliant on superstar import Lamar Patterson.…
Read MoreLaMelo Ball will miss four weeks with foot injury
Youngest of the Ball brothers, current point guard for the NBL’s Illawarra Hawks and projected top-three pick in next year’s NBA draft, LaMelo Ball will be out about four weeks with a foot injury. According to an injury update from the NBL, Ball suffered a bruised foot in practice this week. A specialist Ball saw, prescribed him to rest the injury and that will have him on the shelf for the next few weeks. Ball with remain in Australia as he rehabs his injury. He is expected to make a…
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