Late free throw juice lifts No. 12 Arizona men’s basketball over No. 2 Duke

Jared Butler scored 30 points with a career-high eight 3-pointers to lead four Baylor players in double figures and the No. 16 Bears opened coach Scott Drew’s 17th season with a 105-61 victory over Central Arkansas on Tuesday. The hometown Bears scored the first 19 points in the game that began

First, it was Magic Johnson on SiriusXM NBA radio last week, saying the team went out and got a lot of playmakers this offseason to go around LeBron James so everything didn’t have to run through him. Then on Monday night at a Lakers’ All-Access event, Kobe Bryant — a player more than happy to take over games when he felt it was the best way to win, which was a lot — offered a similar criticism, although more nuanced. “At the beginning of the season, you saw a collection of individual talent trying to figure out what they can do and where they can do it on the floor,� Bryant said.