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By Daniel Dullum
Sports Radio Service
Saturday, January 13, 2018
Daejon Davis returned to his hometown of Seattle, and came away with his first career double-double for the Stanford Cardinal’s 73-64 Pac-12 men’s basketball victory over the Washington Huskies at Hec Edmundson Pavilion Saturday night.
Davis finished with 16 points and 10 rebounds, and Reid Travis also had 16 points as the Cardinal (10-8 overall, 4-1 Pac-12) completed its first two-game road conference road sweep in eight years. Stanford had not recorded a Pac-12 road sweep since beating both Oregon schools in February 2010.
The Cardinal benefitted from a lengthy Huskies scoring drought in the second half to register their fourth straight win. Michael Humphrey contributed 13 points and nine rebounds, and Kezie Okpala added 10 points for Stanford.
Davis was a local prep star in the Seattle area who played at Garfield High School and originally committed to Washington. When Lorenzo Romar was fired as the Huskies’ coach last March, Davis de-committed and signed to play at Stanford.
Davis, who also finished with five assists, was booed periodically throughout the game. His only 3-pointer of the game put the Cardinal up 65-60 with 3:23 left.
The Cardinal led by 13 after Okpala’s dunk with 8:40 remaining in the second half. Washington responded with an 11-2 run, pulling within four (60-56) on a David Crisp basket with 6:09 to play.
Matisse Thybulle sank a pair of free throws with 3:52 to play, pulling the Huskies within two (62-60), but that was as close as Washington would get. After Davis’s 3 pushed Stanford’s lead back to five, a couple of empty possessions preceded a Dorian Pickens 3-pointer. With 2:25 remaining, the Cardinal built a 68-60 lead.
Jaylen Nowell led the Huskies (13-5, 3-2) with 20 points, and Crisp added 11 points. Stanford outrebounded Washington 48-28.
The Cardinal return home for a Wednesday game against Arizona State. Tip-off is at 8 pm PT.
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By Mary Walsh
SAN JOSE- The San Jose Sharks defeated the Arizona Coyotes 6-5 in overtime at SAP Center Saturday.
It was the Sharks’ first game back after their mid-season break that started last Monday. The Sharks’ goals came from Joe Thornton, Joe Pavelski, Logan Couture, Marc-Edouard Vlasic and two from Joonas Donskoi. The Coyotes’ goals came from Derek Stepan, Alex Goligoski, Christian Fischer, Oliver Ekman-Larsson and Josh Archibald. Sharks’ backup goaltender
Sharks’ backup goaltender Aaron Dell made 13 saves on 14 shots after coming in to relieve Martin Jones en route to a thrilling victory. Coyotes goaltender Scott Wedgewood made 38 saves on 44 shots in a losing effort.
After the game, Dell said: “It wasn’t too bad. We were playing pretty well, I think the bounces just weren’t really going our way. I guess they weren’t really going anyone’s was. Kind of a weird night all around.”
Sharks’ head coach Pete DeBoer said:
It looked like the first game back after a five day break. I thought we had great energy, great legs. We were making some really good plays, I thought a little loose in some situations defensively. But you know, we found away. It was one of those games where there were some strange bounces and the chances they got they ended up sticking in the net, so we had to show some resiliency and we did.
The first period exploded with six goals scored. Every time the Sharks took a lead, the Coyotes tied it up. Joe Thornton scored at 5:53, off a sneaky behind the net pass from Pavelski. Stepan scored a few minutes later, with a shot from the faceoff circle that touched Jones’ left sleeve and went in. Assists went to Brendan Perlini and Richard Panik.
Joe Pavelski scored a power play goal at 10:59. Pavelski’s shot initially seemed to go off of Tomas Hertl’s stick, but in fact, it went off of Coyotes defenseman Jason Demers’ stick. Assists went to Thornton and Brent Burns. 1:17 after that goal, Alex Goligoski scored off a faceoff win by Stepan.
Logan Couture answered that with a goal about a minute and a half later. The Coyotes were breaking out of their zone when Burns sent a pass back the other way. Donskoi caught it and fought his way to the net under pursuit. He managed to get a shot off and it rebounded gently to Couture as he came down on the other side of the ice. Scott Wedgewood could not get back across and Couture had an open net. Assists went to Burns and Donskoi.
Christian Fischer tied it up a third time less than 30 seconds later. His backhand beat on a breakaway after a Sharks miscue at the Coyotes’ blue line. An assist went to Kevin Connauton.
That was the third goal given up on six shots for Jones. Dell came in to replace him.
The second period was predictably more sedate. Donskoi got lucky with a breakaway, set up by his goaltender and Mikkel Boedker. He was even luckier when, as Wedgewood came out to poke the puck away, his stick collided with Wedgewood and the puck popped out of the collision and then bounced over the goalie and into the net. Assists went to Boedker and Dell.
Going into the third period, the Sharks had taken over 50 attempted shots for their 4-3 lead, while the Coyotes had fewer than 30.
The Coyotes tied the game at four apiece when Oliver Ekman-Larsson’s shot from the blue line went off of Tim Heed in front of the net. The Coyotes took their first lead at 6:22. Archibald’s shot, again from up near the blue line, got through with the help of some traffic in front of Dell. DeBoer issued a challenge on the bass of goaltender interference. The goal stood up.
The Sharks pulled Dell with 2:17 left in regulation. They used almost every remaining second and Donskoi scored with just 15.8 seconds left. Burns had taken a shot from the blue line that was stopped by Demers’ skate. The puck trickled under Wedgewood and Donskoi was there to tuck it across the line. Assists went to Burns and Chris Tierney.
The Coyotes started overtime with possession, but a miscue at center ice gave Chris Tierney a breakaway. He took the shot, but was also able to get the puck back after the rebound. The Sharks held the puck almost exclusively after that until Pavelski’s shot caused some chaos at the Coyotes net. Marc-Edouard Vlasic followed Dvorak into the net. The puck went into the net off Dvorak’s skate, though, Vlasic’s stick seemed to touch it as well. The NHL situation room challenged it for goaltender interference, but the goal held up. Assists went to Joe Pavelski and Joe Thornton.
Up Next: The Sharks next play the Kings on Monday in Los Angeles at 1:00 pm PT.
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On the Stanford Cardinal Podcast with Matt Harrington:
With the Stanford Cardinal (10-8), who won their fourth straight game over Washington (13-5) 73-64 in Alaskan Airlines Arena tonight, the Cardinal’s leading scorer Reid Travis 16 points on Saturday night has held up even in the some of Stanford’s tougher moments earlier this season. Regardless of the circumstances that faced the Cardinal earlier this season Travis has come in prepared to throw down or throw up his game as he leads with 30.1 points per game.
Travis is one of two players who started all 27 games in his junior year in the Pac-12 that finished in the top six in scoring, rebounding, and field goal percentage. Travis has led Stanford in nine separate categories (470, 17.4 ppg), rebounding (239, 8.9), offensive rebounding (93, 3.4 orpg, defensive rebounding (146, 5.4 drgp), field goals made (176), field goal attempted (304), field goal percentage (.579), free throws made (118), free throws attempted (181).
Matt Harrington does the Stanford Cardinal podcasts each Saturday at http://www.sportsradioservice.com
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By: Ana Kieu
The Golden State Warriors continued their five-game road trip with a Canadian game against the Toronto Raptors at Air Canada Centre Saturday night.
Both teams were looking to pick up two wins in a row, but there could only be one winner in the Great White North. Before the game, the Warriors beat the Milwaukee Bucks 108-94 and the Raptors blew out the Cleveland Cavaliers 133-99.
The Warriors’ starting lineup consisted of Kevin Durant, Draymond Green, Zaza Pachulia, Klay Thompson and Stephen Curry.
The Warriors went on a 7-0 run and Curry apparently got his groove back in the first quarter. Golden State was up by eight (43-35) at the end of the first.
The Warriors started the second quarter with a 16-2 run. Green made a perfect lob to Durant. Golden State had 79 first half points, their season-high for any half (previously 78, done three times).
The Warriors carried a 81-54 lead to the locker room at the end of the first half.
Here are the Warriors’ halftime stats:
Durant made quite a few noteworthy shots in the third quarter. As expected, Curry continued to prove why he’s deserving of your NBA All-Star votes. The Warriors led the Raptors by 19 (108-89) at the end of the third.
The Raptors challenged Durant’s jumper, but it was a good play. The Warriors were up by three with 21 seconds left in regulation.
The Warriors didn’t play much defense, but they still managed to pull off a 127-125 win over the Raptors in the second game of their five-game road trip.
Here are the Warriors’ final stats:
Notes
Warriors’ injury update: Stephen Curry (sprained right ankle) and Andre Iguodala (hip flexor strain) are available to play. Omri Casspi (low back soreness) is out.
Up Next
The Warriors take on the Cavs on Monday at 8 pm ET.
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By Pearl Allison Lo
LOS ANGELES — Despite their injuries, the Clippers worked back to an even-steven record in a towering 126-105 win over the Sacramento Kings at Staples Center Saturday.
The last time Los Angeles was at .500 was on November 7. Along with a four-game win streak, the Clippers completed a four-game sweep over Sacramento, sweeping the team for the first time since the 2013-14 regular season. This blowout continued a trend of close then blowout games between the teams.
Los Angeles was facing the Kings for the second game in a row. Thursday was when the Clippers’ DeAndre Jordan got injured, and to be safe, Jordan (ankle) missed his first career game due to injury in 10 years.
Willie Reed, who started instead of Jordan, got his first double-double of the season with 14 points and a game-tying 13 rebounds.
Los Angeles’ Lou Williams led all scorers with 26 points. Sacramento’s Willie Cauley-Stein had a double-double of 23 points and a game-tying 13 rebounds. Teammate De’Aaron Fox also had a double-double of 17 points and a game-high 10 assists.
Clippers’ forward Blake Griffin’s thoughts on them being a fun team to coach were, “…even with all the injuries and having to be on the sideline. This team really bonds with each other, really vibes well with each other. I think we just play hard…I agree with [Doc Rivers] that this is a really fun team and we have kind of a special bond.”
Los Angeles led ever since 9:39 left in the first when it was 5-4.
The Kings started off with a 4-0 run but then the Clippers surpassed them with a 10-0 run, initiated by Reed’s triple. Sacramento either missed or lost the ball, as they missed three 3-pointers. Griffin accounted for half of the 10 points, as he and Milos Teodosic both hit threes. Garrett Temple was able to score four points, but Williams was able to score three free throws from one of Sacramento’s fouls with 6:08 left.
The Kings could not connect on more than two possessions as Los Angeles went to the line four times. The Clippers shot 58.8% from the field while Sacramento shot 36.4%. Los Angeles’ Tyrone Wallace led all scorers with six points. Reed had five rebounds and two steals.
On the turnover troubles and taking care of the ball, Kings’ head coach Dave Joeger replied, “It’s just bad passes and bad ball-handling. It’s just individual work and guys just got to improve their individual skills.”
Fox mentioned, “…It happens, that’s the cost of playing fast. We’re still getting used to it and trying to cut down…”
In the second, the Kings never got closer than 13, but improved greatly in getting their biggest run so far at seven points, Cauley-Stein with four points and Vince Carter hitting a three with 6:07 left. Sacramento also went to the free throw line and scored from beyond the arc for the first time and shot 45.8% from the field. The Clippers reached their highest lead of the game at the time, 21 points with 19.3 seconds left, but Buddy Hield pulled up for a first half score of 64-45. Williams led in the second with 10 points and three steals, Fox had seven points and four assists and Cauley-Stein nabbed six rebounds.
Cauley-Stein pointed out, “Our energy didn’t really come until the second-half, so by then they already got us in a hole and you got to try to chip away. You can’t make any mistakes if you want to play like that.”
The Clippers’ dominance continued to hold as the Kings were held at least 14 points away. The Clippers’ lead reached a high of 23 points when Jawun Evans, after heading to the basket, dropped the ball back to Montrezl Harrell, who followed up with a jam into the net.
In the final quarter, Los Angeles’ lead grew to 25 and the closest Sacramento got was 15. This was the only time the Kings were able to outscore the Clippers, 37-35, when Sacramento shot 75% from the field.
Regarding growing pains, Cauley-Stein suggested, “…it’s got to come from us holding each other accountable. Like enough is enough. I think coach is at that point where he’s not going to play you if you’re not doing the right thing and I think that’s how it should be. Kind of like a college team…we’re also young and a lot of us just came out of college too…”
Game notes: Los Angeles’ C.J. Williams continued his absence with a sprained right ankle.
Up next: Sacramento will finish their two-game road trip versus the Oklahoma City Thunder Monday at 5 pm PT.
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Sports Headlines with London Marq:
1 Stanford’s Dorian Pickens had a night on Thursday against the Washington State Cougars with 78 points and a winning three-pointer with 76 seconds left in the Cardinal’s 79-70 win
2 The Cardin have turned things around with three straight wins beating UCLA, USC, and WSU. They have improved their record to 9-8 and are over .500
3 Pickens three points are a big help for Stanford going 10-35 from three-point range and seven of 10 for three-pointers
4 Stanford got fired up when WSU’s Kwinton Husso hit Stanford’s Reid Travis with a hard foul both players had to be separated and Stanford got fired uo and went on a 21 point run over a 9:57 period
5 Stanford faces Washington at Alaskan Airlines Arena tonight at 5 pm London gives us his take on this upcoming game from Seattle
London Marq does the Sports Headlines and covers the Stanford Cardinal each week at http://www.sportsradioservice.com
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By Marko Ukalovic
SAN JOSE—The Rockford IceHogs (21-15-1-2) scored two goals in under five minutes in the second period and held on for a 4-2 victory over the San Jose Barracuda (16-15-0-2) at the SAP Center on Friday night. Rockford snapped San Jose’s four-game home winning streak.
Rockford skated out to a fast start as they tilted the ice in their favor in the first 10 minutes of the first period. Matheson Iacopelli led a 2-on-1 break and was able to snipe a shot past under the arm of Barracuda goalie Troy Grosenick (5-6-2) inside the left post at the 5:40 mark. The unassisted goal was his ninth goal of the season.
San Jose couldn’t generate much offense in the opening period as they were constantly going into the sin bin. With the help of a busy Grosenick, they were able to kill off all three power play opportunities for the IceHogs. Rockford dominated the shot clock by out shooting the Barracuda 14-4.
In the second period, Julius Bergman tied the game on the power play with his fourth goal of the season. Danny O’ Regan back handed a cross-ice pass to the defenseman who skated down the right wing and rifled a shot top shelf past Collin Delia (4-4-0) at the 5:36 mark.
Tyler Sikura got the momentum back for the IceHogs when was able to slam home his own rebound past Grosenick as a result of a 2-on-1 with Andreas Martinsen. His initial shot hit Grosenick in the mask before following up for his 10th goal of the season at the 9:10 mark of the second period.
Tanner Kero scored his third goal of the season into a wide-open net on the rebound when the IceHogs Anthony Louis’ shot from the point hit off of Grosenick and found a wide open Kero to tap it home for a 3-1 lead at the 14:02 mark. Rockford out shot San Jose 18-8 in the period.
San Jose wouldn’t go away quietly as they cut the deficit to 3-2 when Rudolfs Balcers banged home his team leading eighth goal of the season at 11:28 of the third period. Jacob Middleton’s shot from the point hit off Adam Clendening’s skate right over to Balcers who buried home the pack past Delia.
Kero finished off the scoring with an empty net, power play goal and his second of the game with just 39 seconds left in the game.
Delia earned the victory making 23 saves on 25 shots. Grosenick finished the evening with 39 saves on 42 shots in the defeat.
GAMES NOTES: It was the 500th career minor league hockey game for Barracuda forward Brandon Mashinter, who played last year for Rockford.
“Definitely wanted to be back for this one”, said Mashinter before the game. “Told the optometrist I am playing in this one.”
Mashinter returned to the lineup after suffering an upper body injury to his eye last weekend in San Diego.
Bergman’s power play goal snapped an 0-27 streak by the Barracuda that spanned six consecutive games.
Overall, San Jose was 1/3 on the power play, while Rockford was 1/6.
UP NEXT: The Barracuda take on the Bakersfield Condors on Monday afternoon (1/15) at 1:15 pm PT at the SAP Center.
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By: Ana Kieu
The Golden State Warriors kicked off a five-game road trip with a game against the Milwaukee Bucks at BMO Harris Bradley Center Friday night.
Prior to tonight’s game, the Warriors got blown out by the Los Angeles Clippers 125-106 at Oracle Arena Wednesday night, while the Bucks escaped with a 110-103 win over the Orlando Magic at home the same night.
The Warriors entered the Bucks’ building and were ready to shoot some Friday night hoops. Kevin Durant made back-to-back buckets early in the first quarter. Draymond Green then made the perfect lob pass to Durant, who proceeded to put his team ahead. Nick Young added a three to end the first in style.
The Warriors led the Bucks 36-27 at the end of the first.
Durant continued to do work in the second quarter. Green ended the first half in a dramatic fashion.
The Warriors carried a 63-49 lead to the locker room at halftime.
Here are the Warriors’ halftime stats:
The famous question “Money like Draymond Green?” was easily answered with a “yup” in the third quarter as Green made a plethora of shots to make it a game.
However, the Warriors trailed the Bucks 82-80 at the end of the third.
Andre Iguodala made things happen in the fourth quarter. Iguodala set up a simple two for David West, who put it in the basket to tie the game late in the fourth. Durant and Green had a mini party of three-pointers too.
The Warriors got back in the win column with a 108-94 victory over the Bucks. With the win, Golden State won their 11th straight road game.
Here are the Warriors’ final stats:
Notes
Warriors’ starters: Kevin Durant, Draymond Green, Zaza Pachulia, Klay Thompson, and Patrick McCaw.
Up Next
The Warriors head to Toronto to take on the Raptors Saturday at 7:30 pm ET.
By Morris Phillips
SEATTLE–Every basketball collective wants their game to sing, as if it were an operatic ballet, hoovering effortlessly three feet above the hardwood.
Cal and Coach Wyking Jones want that. Unfortunately, Pac-12 conference play is upon them, and they’re not there yet.
Thursday night in blustery Seattle, the Bears started fast, suffered a mental gaffe right before the half, surrendered the first couple of baskets after the break, and fell to Washington, 66-56 at Alaska Airlines Arena. Cal dropped its third in a row after winning at Stanford in the conference opener, scoring a season-low 56 points. While spotty offense was the headline for what ailed the Bears, it was just part of the story along with the visitors’ issues at the foul line, and the sudden disqualification of leading scorer Don Coleman with more than 12 minutes remaining.
Even Jones, succinct as they come, missed a key issue or two in giving his summary of the loss.
“We didn’t take advantage of the free throw line. We went through stretches where we couldn’t score. We wanted to start off agressive, which we did,” Jones recounted.
“Then Crisp got going, and that really ignited them.”
David Crisp, UW’s accomplished, junior point guard scored all 10 of his points in the second half, including a pair of 3-pointers 41 seconds apart as the Huskies effectively put this one away seven minutes before the final horn, given Cal’s struggles scoring the ball and Coleman’s ejection. Ironically, Crisp–from a purely personnel standpoint–represents what sets the Bears and Huskies–a pair of young teams with first-year coaches–apart: a confident ball handler that can corral youthful teammates, whose play can run the gamut from erratic to even chaotic at times, even if only for key stretches of a 40-minute ballgame.
Even with Crisp on the floor for 34 of those minutes Thursday, both teams threw the ball around carelessly. The Bears had 10 turnovers in the first half, and 18 for the game. The Huskies had nine in the first half, and a season-high 20 for the game. Knowing that the Huskies love point blank scoring opportunities, the Bears built a wall in front of the hoop early, drawing two UW charging foul calls in the game’s first three minutes, and limiting them to 41 percent shooting before the break.
“Cal missed fouls shots. Our offense in stretches wasn’t good,” said UW coach Mike Hopkins, the former, long term assistant to Jim Boeheim at Syracuse. “It reminded me of an early-season game. It didn’t feel like there was a flow.”
With Marcus Lee in foul trouble, Cal played the final seven plus minutes of the opening half with four freshman and Kingsley Okoroh on the floor. Cal’s defense alone during that stretch was good enough too keep them even on the scoreboard at the break. But a poor decision by Darius McNeill in the final seconds prevented that.
With Cal down one, McNeill attempted and missed a 3-pointer with 13 seconds remaining, and time left on the shot clock. McNeill’s decision to shoot early backfired as Washington raced down and got a three from Michael Carter with five seconds remaining. That increased Washington’s one-point lead to four at the break, and they built on it with Matisse Thybulle’s dunk and three to open the second half.
The Bears steadied briefly, as Justice Sueing provided a pair of baskets in a 10-2 run that had Cal down 35-34 with 15:23 remaining. But Coleman, picked up a technical foul due to his too verbal protest regarding his fourth foul–which took him from three fouls to disqualified in one petulant act–and Cal was cooked. Crisp’s back-to-back threes followed in an 18-5 Huskies run and the Bears never recovered.
Sueing led Cal with 27 points on 11 of 16 shooting, but the other eight Bears to play at least three minutes combined to miss 25 of their 36 shot attempts, and nine of their 15 free throws. Throughout, the Bears’ passing lacked the authority and acumen to dent a Pac-12 defense. Lee playing just 17 minutes, and Cal’s lack of bench production (Washington’s reserves outscored Cal’s 18-2) were issues as well.
“That was our main focus to let them shoot shots–because they’re very good at rebounding off their missed shots, offensive rebounding,” said UW freshman Jay Nowell, who led the Huskies in scoring with 20 points. “So we just wanted to box out every time, make sure they only got one shot.”
The Bears visit Pullman, WA on Saturday to face the equally, turnover-challenged Cougars. Washington State committed 22 turnovers on Thursday as they lost at home to Stanford, 79-70.
