Ball, No. 4 UConn push winning streak to 10 games with 73-57 win over visiting Marquette
Solo Ball scored 11 of his 17 points in the second half and Tarris Reed Jr. finished with 13 points and nine rebounds as No. 4 UConn rolled to a 73-57 win over visiting Marquette on Sunday to extend its winning streak to 10 games.
Michael Porter Jr. leads Nets to impressive 127-115 win over Nuggets
NEW YORK (AP) — Michael Porter Jr. had 27 points, 11 rebounds and five assists in his first game against his former team, and the Brooklyn Nets beat the Denver Nuggets 127-115 on Sunday to snap a three-game losing streak.
The Nuggets got Aaron Gordon and Christian Braun back from lengthy injury absences and a huge game from Jamal Murray, but fell to 1-2 since Nikola Jokic was lost for perhaps a month with a hyperextended left knee.
Murray finished with 27 points, a career-high 16 assists and six rebounds. Gordon had 20 points off the bench after missing 19 games with a strained right hamstring, while Braun started and scored four points after he sat out 23 games with a sprained left ankle.
Noah Clowney added 22 points for the Nets, while Cam Thomas and Day’Ron Sharpe each had 17. Sharpe started at center with Nic Claxton out for personal reasons.
Porter played six seasons for the Nuggets after being taken with the No. 14 pick in the 2018 draft and was a starter on their 2023 NBA championship team. He was traded to Brooklyn in the offseason for Cam Johnson and came in averaging a career-high 25.8 points.
He scored nine points in the second quarter and Brooklyn led 59-52 at halftime after Murray’s jumper with 0.2 seconds to play.
The Nets quickly opened it up again in the third quarter. Brooklyn was 7 for 9 from three-point range in the period, scoring 41 points and taking a 100-84 advantage to the fourth.
Tim Hardaway Jr. had two three-pointers to open the fourth and cut it to 10, but Thomas had the last seven points of a 12-0 spurt that blew it open at 112-90.
Hardaway scored 26 but Denver fell to 1-4 on its seven-game East Coast trip. Johnson sat out with a knee injury.
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Nuggets: Visit Philadelphia on Monday.
Nets: Host Orlando on Tuesday.
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Keegan Murray's future status uncertain after ankle injury in Kings vs. Bucks
Keegan Murray's future status uncertain after ankle injury in Kings vs. Bucks originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area
Keegan Murray’s injury status remains unknown after the Kings’ tough 115-98 loss to the Milwaukee Bucks on Sunday night at Golden 1 Center.
The 25-year-old was ruled out with a left ankle sprain in the third quarter and was helped to the locker room after an awkward landing due to mid-air contact with Bucks center Myles Turner.
Sacramento coach Doug Christie couldn’t share much about Murray’s status with reporters postgame.
“I don’t know yet,” Christie said. “So, it’s not even for me to speculate. Obviously, we’ll get everything, and you guys will know as soon as we do.”
Murray had just recovered from a two-game absence due to a calf injury and returned to the Kings’ starting lineup in Tuesday’s blowout loss to the Clippers.
He was off to a strong start against the Bucks, posting 12 points on 6-of-13 shooting with two blocks, one steal and three rebounds over 27 minutes.
Murray’s mobility particularly was on display, as he made a pair of coast-to-coast highlights in the first quarter after intercepting a Giannis Antetokounmpo pass and later stuffing Bobby Portis Jr.
The last thing Sacramento needed after its record worsened to 8-28 following the loss to Milwaukee was another injury to deal with.
But after Zach LaVine returned to action on Sunday upon recovering from a left ankle injury that had sidelined him for nine games, Christie now has to wait and see — and work with — a potentially hobbled or sidelined Murray.
The injury bug truly is decimating the Kings.
“It’s hard, man,” Christie said. “You feel for your kids, first and foremost … It’s just difficult … yeah.”
Sacramento has lost five games in a row.
Next up, the Kings have an 8 p.m. matchup with the Dallas Mavericks on Tuesday at American Airlines Center, and it’s to be determined if Murray will be available.
Elijah Fisher, Najai Hines rally Seton Hall to 56-54 victory over Creighton
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Raven Johnson, Edwards lead the way as No. 3 South Carolina holds off Florida 74-63
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Watford ‘did not agree to postponement’ of Hull match 18 minutes before kick-off
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The referee, Anthony Backhouse, called the game off due to safety concerns over areas surrounding the pitch while the players were already warming up. The MKM Stadium clash was one of three second-tier fixtures to fall by the wayside due to frozen pitches, while 14 games across Leagues One and Two were also postponed.
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Patrick Kane Admits Disappointment After Being Left Off Team USA Olympic Roster
Detroit Red Wings team captain Dylan Larkin was one of a handful of players selected to represent his country in the 2026 Winter Olympics, marking the first time in over a decade that the NHL will be sending their players to international Olympic competition.
Along with Larkin, Moritz Seider (Germany) and Lucas Raymond (Sweden) were also selected.
However, Patrick Kane, arguably the greatest U.S.-born player to suit up in the National Hockey League, was ultimately not selected.
Neither was his longtime teammate in both Chicago and Detroit, Alex DeBrincat, who leads the club in goals with 22.
Following Sunday's practice at Little Caesars Arena, Kane admitted that he was feeling some disappointment over being left off the Team USA roster.
"Of course, it was disappointing," Kane said. "I thought that when Todd came in last year, from that time to the end of the season, I gave myself a chance to be considered. This year, I thought I had a good start, but I got into some injury trouble."
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Kane has missed a total of 15 games this season. He was sidelined for nine games after suffering an upper-body injury during a 2–1 overtime victory over the Tampa Bay Lightning on Oct. 17, then missed six games in December after being injured against the Blackhawks in the same game in which he scored his 498th career goal.
"You can make all the excuses in the world, but at the end of the day, I didn't make it, and it's disappointing for sure," Kane continued. "Just have to move on."
Kane has represented the United States in Olympic competition twice before, starting with the in 2010 in Vancouver, where he and his teammates won the silver medal, and again in 2014 in Sochi, which resulted in a fourth-place finish.
He's an American hockey icon, and currently trails Mike Modano by only seven points for the most in NHL history by a U.S.-born player. In the 28 games that Kane has played so far this season, he's tallied six goals with 18 assists, just short of a point-per-game pace.
Modano, who spent the final season of his NHL career with the Red Wings, has expressed support for Kane and also said he would like to be in attendance if possible for the occasion.
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