OKLAHOMA CITY -- The first part of the NBA season continues to be a roller coaster for the Oklahoma City Thunder. From winning six of their first seven games to dropping seven of their last 10, the revamped team has been anything but predictable.
PITTSBURGH -- The Pittsburgh Penguins are blessed with not one but two goalies who have won the Stanley Cup in the last seven seasons. Not surprisingly, coach Mike Sullivan has declined to designate one or the other as the starter.
Just six days after No. 9 Xavier and Northern Iowa faced off against each other, the two teams will go at it again on Saturday at the Cintas Center in Cincinnati.
DETROIT -- The Detroit Red Wings (10-10-1) will be without their most important player this season when they host the Montreal Canadiens (15-4-2) Saturday night at Joe Louis Arena.
OMAHA, Neb. -- Having spent plenty of seasons as big game hunters, Creighton coach Greg McDermott doesn't mind that the Bluejays have become a team others would like to knock off.
BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) Charlie Moore had 18 points and six assists and California beat Wyoming 71-61 on Friday night after squandering much of a 22-point second-half lead.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) Damian Lillard scored 27 points, CJ McCollum added 24 and the Portland Trail Blazers snapped the New Orleans Pelicans' four-game winning streak with a 119-104 victory on Friday night.
Denmark has vowed to go on the offensive in the final round of the World Cup, believing that to be the best strategy to protect a four-shot lead earned in Saturday's third round.
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) James Harden had 23 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists in his fourth triple-double of the season, and the Houston Rockets set an NBA record with 50 3-point attempts in a 117-104 victory over the Sacramento Kings on Friday night.
CHARLOTTE -- The Charlotte Hornets won't have too much time to dwell on giving up a 13-point lead to the New York Knicks, only to lose 113-111 in overtime on Friday in New York.
TULSA, Okla. (AP) James Flanders, who rushed for 197 yards, broke into the end zone from the 4 in overtime as Tulsa charged back to beat Cincinnati 40-37 on Friday night.
DENVER (AP) Russell Westbrook had 36 points, 18 assists and 12 rebounds for his sixth triple-double, and the Oklahoma City Thunder beat the Denver Nuggets 132-129 in overtime on Friday night.
Radim Vrbata and Oliver Ekman-Larsson scored in a shootout to give the Arizona Coyotes a 3-2 comeback victory over the Pacific Division-leading Edmonton Oilers on Friday night.
