Julius Randle had 32 points and 10 rebounds and the Minnesota Timberwolves held off a late rally by the Washington Wizards for a 120-109 victory on Wednesday night. The Timberwolves, who have won six of their last seven games, were without forward Jaden McDaniels, who has a sprained left wrist and missed his first game in nearly two years. Naz Reid had 28 points off the bench.
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 33 points and the Oklahoma City Thunder won their seventh straight game to improve to 15-1, beating the Sacramento Kings 113-99 on Wednesday night. Chet Holmgren had 21 points and Lu Dort scored all 14 of his points in the second half, including 11 in the fourth quarter for the defending champion Thunder. Dennis Schroder scored 21 points and DeMar DeRozan added 17 for the Kings, who lost their seventh straight.
Just three days out from the event, a main card heavyweight matchup has been shaken up.
Nikola Jokic had 28 points, 12 assists and 11 rebounds, and the Denver Nuggets defeated the New Orleans Pelicans 125-118 on Wednesday night. Peyton Watson scored a career-high 32 points as Denver won for the eighth time in nine games. Jamal Murray had 14 points, including a pair of free throws with 31 seconds left.
Nick Nurse and the Philadelphia 76ers lament the turnovers and the tough third quarter in a home loss to the Toronto Raptors.
Nov. 19—MORGANTOWN — As it turns out, Honor Huff’s eight 3-pointers may not have been his biggest contribution of the night in leading the WVU men’s basketball team to an 81-59 victory against Lafayette. Rather it might have been as he was leaving the postgame press conference, walking behind teammate D.J. Thomas and turning to the media scrum. “You all got D.J. to say more words than he ever …
There a shuffle at the top next year.
Belmont held off a late Lipscomb rally and won 75-68 at Curb Event Center on Nov. 19.
The Illinois-Alabama game is delivering everything midway through the first-half at the United Center in Chicago Thursday night. The game could see the emergence of a future star.
Nov. 19—MORGANTOWN — West Virginia suffered another loss, in a close winnable game, and is officially knocked out of bowl contention. The hopes of playing any more games after Texas Tech are over. There’s nothing really to play for other than pride and finishing off on a high note. For the seniors, Texas Tech will be their last game at the college level, so winning the final game, against a …
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