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UConn guard Tristen Newton made history when the fifth-ranked Huskies beat Manhattan 90-60 Friday afternoon. UConn’s game against visiting New Hampshire on Monday could be one for the history books, too. Newton had 15 points, a career-high 13 assists and 10 rebounds against Manhattan. It was the third triple-double of his UConn career, the most by any player in the program’s history. Newton had two triple-doubles last season, his first with the Huskies after transferring

Utah Jazz coach Will Hardy sent a message to his players after an ugly loss to the Portland Trail Blazers on Wednesday. It was clear by the end of the Jazz’s 105-100 win Saturday against the New Orleans Pelicans that his demand for players to “play hard and pass” had been received. Utah has another chance to please its coach against the same team on Monday night when the Jazz host the Pelicans in Salt

The good news for the Washington Wizards and Detroit Pistons: One of them will snap a lengthy losing streak Monday night in Detroit. The Wizards begin a four-game road trip saddled with a nine-game losing streak. The Pistons have lost 13 straight in a classic meeting between resistible force and movable object. Washington’s last victory came on Nov. 8 at Charlotte. In their last outing, the Wizards were blown out by Atlanta 136-108 on Saturday

The Los Angeles Lakers will try to run their road-winning streak to four games when they visit the Philadelphia 76ers on Monday night. The Lakers are coming off a 121-115 road win over the Cleveland Cavaliers on Saturday night. Seven of the eight Lakers who played against Cleveland scored in double figures, led again by power forward Anthony Davis, who finished with 32 points and 13 rebounds for his fifth straight double-double and 13th in

The Brooklyn Nets struggled defensively during their just-concluded three-game losing streak. Even if one of their better defensive showings occurred against a short-handed opponent on Saturday, the Nets will look to follow it up on Sunday night when they host the struggling Chicago Bulls. The Nets are playing their second back-to-back set this season and are coming off a 112-97 win over the Miami Heat, who held out stars Bam Adebayo and Jimmy Butler due

The Toronto Raptors are feeling good about their new-found offense, and it will be put to the test when they visit the Cleveland Cavaliers Sunday night. The Raptors, who have shot 50 percent or better from the field in four consecutive games, will be going for their first three-game winning streak of the season. They are coming off a 121-108 home win over the Chicago Bulls on Friday that followed a 132-131 road victory over

The Celtics lost more than a game when they dropped a 113-96 decision to the Orlando Magic on Friday. Boston lost center Kristaps Porzingis for an unspecified period of time as well. The Celtics announced Saturday that Porzingis won’t play in Sunday night’s home game against Atlanta because of a calf strain. Porzingis left Friday’s loss midway through the third quarter with what the Celtics described as “left calf tightness” and he did not return

A pair of Central Division rivals will put their winning streaks on the line on Sunday night when the host Nashville Predators face the Winnipeg Jets. Nashville found itself mired in a four-game skid earlier in the month, but it responded emphatically, putting together a four-game winning streak in which it has outscored opponents 20-10. In their most recent victory, the Predators got two goals and an assist from both Luke Evangelista and Filip Forsberg

The Detroit Red Wings have played two of their best games this season since returning from Sweden. Detroit will seek its third straight victory when it hosts the Minnesota Wild on Sunday afternoon. The Red Wings followed up a 0-1-1 record in the Global Series Sweden by holding the New Jersey Devils to 16 shots on goal in a 4-0 shutout on Wednesday. Detroit added a 5-2 road win against the Boston Bruins two days

After stopping a five-game skid with Friday’s overtime victory, the Chicago Blackhawks will vie for consecutive victories for the first time this season when the St. Louis Blues visit on Sunday afternoon. Chicago is confident a newfound surge can carry over to the second contest of a three-game homestand. The Blackhawks tied Friday’s contest against the Toronto Maple Leafs 15 seconds into the third period when Jason Dickinson completed a natural hat trick. Rookie defenseman