By Canadian Press on December 18th, 2025
DALLAS (AP) — Cooper Flagg had 23 points and 10 rebounds, Anthony Davis added 15 points and the Dallas Mavericks recovered to beat the Detroit Pistons 116-114 in overtime Thursday night after blowing an 18-point third-quarter lead. Flagg, who will turn 19 on Sunday, is averaging 25.4 points over his last eight games. The Mavericks ... Read More »
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DENVER (AP) — Nikola Jokic had 23 points, 13 assists and 11 rebounds to become the career assists leader among centers, and the streaking Denver Nuggets beat the Orlando Magic 126-115 on Thursday night. Jokic, who has 13 triple-doubles this season, entered Thursday six assists behind Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, who had 5,660. Jokic passed him with ... Read More »
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CALGARY — Rasmus Andersson assisted on three goals for the Calgary Flames in a 4-2 win over the visiting Seattle Kraken on Thursday. Mikael Backlund scored twice, including an empty-netter, and Matt Coronato and Nazem Kadri also scored for Calgary (14-17-4). Goalie Dustin Wolf made 21 saves for the Flames, who improved to 6-1-1 at ... Read More »
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ADELAIDE, Australia (AP) — Travis Head scored an unbeaten half-century to guide Australia to 119 for two in its second innings Friday, a lead of 204 at tea on Day 3 of the third Ashes cricket test against England. The Australians went in to bat after dismissing England for 286 just before lunch on Day ... Read More »
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GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) — Eli King scored a game-winning 3-pointer with five seconds remaining and scored 25 points in North Dakota’s 90-88 victory over Winthrop on Thursday. After Daylen Berry hit a 3-pointer with 13 seconds left to give Winthrop the lead, King responded with a 3 of his own, giving the Fightin’ Hawks ... Read More »
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Aaron Nkrumah had 23 points in Tennessee State’s 78-71 victory against UT Martin on Thursday night in an Ohio Valley Conference opener. Nkrumah also contributed three steals for the Tigers (7-4, 1-0). Travis Harper II scored 16 points while going 5 of 10 (4 for 6 from 3-point range). Dante Harris ... Read More »
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HATTIESBURG, Miss. (AP) — Israel Hart had 17 points in Southern Miss’ 62-54 victory over Louisiana-Lafayette on Thursday night in a Sun Belt Conference opener. Hart had five rebounds for the Golden Eagles (7-5, 1-0). Tylik Weeks added 11 points and seven rebounds. Chiante’ Tramble finished with 11 points. Dorian Finister led the Ragin’ Cajuns ... Read More »
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TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (AP) — Alex Huibregtse scored 21 points, Timoty van der Knaap added seven in the third overtime and Bradley beat Indiana State 108-99 on Thursday night in a Missouri Valley Conference opener. Jo Van Buggenhout’s 61-foot 3-pointer for Indiana State made it 74-all at the end of regulation. Huibregtse shot 7 for ... Read More »
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BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Buffalo Sabres coach Lindy Ruff said defenseman Conor Timmins is expected to miss between six to eight weeks after breaking his left leg in the third period of a 5-3 win over the Philadelphia Flyers on Thursday night. Timmins was hurt with 5:20 left in regulation in what appeared to be ... Read More »
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Saddiq Bey scored 21 of his season-high 29 points after halftime, and the New Orleans Pelicans overcame a 25-point, third-quarter deficit to beat the Houston Rockets 133-128 in overtime on Thursday night. Trey Murphy scored 27 points and Herb Jones had 18 points and a career-high eight steals before fouling out ... Read More »
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ST. LOUIS (AP) — J.T. Miller scored 2:21 into overtime and the New York Rangers beat the St. Louis Blues 2-1 on Thursday night. Rookie Gabe Perrault scored his first NHL goal for the Rangers, and Igor Shesterkin had 26 saves. New York had lost two straight and five of six (1-3-2). Jonatan Berggren, claimed ... Read More »
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