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Boise State hits the road for the first time this season when it challenges Clemson on Sunday afternoon in South Carolina. An NCAA Tournament team last season, the Broncos improved to 2-0 after posting a 63-58 victory over San Francisco this past Sunday at home. Their defense was on display as the Dons came in averaging 106 points per game. Offensively, Tyson Degenhart collected 17 points, five rebounds and three steals, while Max Rice added

Boston College coach Earl Grant liked what he saw from his defense in the second half of a 68-61 triumph over visiting Richmond on Wednesday. He hopes to see a similar defensive effort when the Eagles play host to Harvard on Saturday. Boston College (3-0) trailed 34-30 at halftime, but held Richmond to 37 percent shooting from the field and 27 points in the final 20 minutes. The Spiders entered that contest averaging 91.5 points

No. 19 Texas was successful on both ends of the floor while opening the season with three decisive victories, but the Longhorns take a major step up in competition as they battle Louisville on Sunday afternoon in the semifinals of the Empire Classic in New York. The winner will play the winner of Sunday’s late semifinal between No. 5 UConn and Indiana on Monday evening. The losers will play earlier on Monday. The Longhorns (3-0)

The Toronto Raptors are out for a victory over the Detroit Pistons on Sunday afternoon in order to complete their four-game homestand with a split. After winning the opener of the homestand by coming back from a 23-point deficit to defeat the Washington Wizards 111-107, the Raptors have lost two in a row. Toronto was down by 16 points at halftime Friday and came back to take the lead in the fourth quarter before losing

The last time the Nets welcomed the Philadelphia 76ers to town, Brooklyn saw its season come to an end. After being swept by Philadelphia in an Eastern Conference first-round playoff series this past spring, the Nets will be out for revenge on Sunday afternoon when the teams reconvene in New York. If Brooklyn wants to redeem itself, it will have to do so short-handed. The Nets will be without guards Ben Simmons (back) and Cam

The San Antonio Spurs hope that a spirited effort, even in defeat, will carry forward and help snap a seven-game losing streak when they host the struggling and short-handed Memphis Grizzlies on Saturday. The Grizzlies head to the Alamo City on three days’ rest after a 134-107 loss Tuesday in Los Angeles to the Lakers. Santi Aldama led Memphis with 24 points while David Roddy added 17, and Xavier Tillman and Desmond Bane scored 15

The Dallas Mavericks conclude a four-game road trip on Saturday when they visit the Milwaukee Bucks, who are playing their second game in a weekend back-to-back set. Milwaukee crushed Charlotte on Friday, 130-99, in an NBA in-season tournament matchup. Seven Bucks scored at least 11 points, led by Damian Lillard’s 27. Lillard scored just 12 points on Monday in his return from a two-game absence due to a calf injury. Lillard told the Milwaukee Journal

The Miami Heat bring a seven-game winning streak to Chicago for a Saturday matchup with the slumping Bulls. The catalyst behind Miami’s longest surge since the 2017-18 season: a complementary style. “We’re playing together basketball and we’re competing on the other end, getting stops and running in transition,” Heat center Bam Adebayo said. Chicago can relate in part despite a three-game skid that includes consecutive home losses to Miami’s in-state counterpart, the Orlando Magic. After

The New Orleans Pelicans shook off a five-game losing streak with impressive home wins against the Dallas Mavericks and the Denver Nuggets. They’ll try to continue their momentum when they play the Minnesota Timberwolves on Saturday night in the fourth game of a six-game homestand. The Pelicans had their most productive offensive game of the season in a 131-110 victory against the Mavericks on Tuesday and had three players score more than 20 points in

The Charlotte Hornets have addressed at least one potential distraction now that Miles Bridges is back in action. There is still the matter of the Hornets getting their act together in terms of winning games, something that has been troublesome so far this season. It’s not likely to get any easier for Charlotte, which has a home game Saturday night against the surging New York Knicks. Before Friday, Bridges hadn’t played an NBA game in