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SPORTS Friday 27 OctOber 2017

Nets overcome James’ triple-

double, beat Cavaliers 112-107

NEW YORK (AP) — Spen- whistled for goaltending, first loss of the season.
cer Dinwiddie made the and the Sixers had Jerryd Brandon Ingram scored 19
go-ahead 3-pointer with Bayless take a shot with points for the Lakers, who
43 seconds left while start- the game still on the line in- had dropped their first two
ing for the injured D’Angelo stead of Embiid or Ben Sim- home games. Lonzo Ball
Russell, and the Brooklyn mons. had six points, eight re-
Nets overcame LeBron While the Sixers collapsed, bounds and 10 assists in
James’ first triple-double the Rockets pounced and an anticipated matchup
of the season to beat the scored the final nine points. against Washington’s John
Cleveland Cavaliers 112- Gordon scored 29 points, Wall. Larry Nance Jr. added
107 on Wednesday night. James Harden had 27 and 18 points and 10 rebounds.
James had 29 points, 13 Clint Capela had 16 points Bradley Beal had 28 points
assists and 10 rebounds in and 20 rebounds. for the Wizards, who were
his 56th triple-double, but J.J. Redick scored 22 points, looking to match their best
he missed two free throws Embiid had 21 and Robert start since the 1978-79 sea-
— the second intentionally Covington 20 for the Sixers. son by winning four in a
— with the Cavaliers trail- WARRIORS 117, RAPTORS row. Wall was stuffed by
ing by two with 7.6 seconds 112 Julius Randle driving to the
remaining. DeMarre Carroll OAKLAND, California (AP) basket with less than 15
then hit a free throw and — Stephen Curry hit a go- seconds left. After officials
the Cavs’ long inbounds ahead 3-pointer from the initially ruled the ball hit
pass intended for James top with 31.9 seconds left Randle last, a video review
went out of bounds. on the way to 30 points, gave the Lakers possession,
Dinwiddie scored 22 points and the sloppy Warriors and they broke through
for the Nets, who blew a held off the Raptors. pressure to set up a dunk
14-point lead in the final Kevin Durant’s 3-pointer by Randle. Wall missed an
quarter but recovered to with 1:02 remaining tied off-balance 3-pointer while
improve to 3-2 — the same the game at 112, then he being defended by Ball as
record as the defending found Curry for the 3 that time expired.
Eastern Conference cham- made the difference. SPURS 117, HEAT 100
pion Cavaliers. Durant finished with 29 MIAMI (AP) — LaMarcus Cleveland Cavaliers’ LeBron James drives past Brooklyn Nets’
Rondae Hollis-Jefferson points on 11-for-20 shoot- Aldridge continued his hot Rondae Hollis-Jefferson (24) during the first half of an NBA
and Allen Crabbe added ing, Klay Thompson scored start by scoring 31 points, basketball game Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2017, in New York.
19 points apiece and Car- 22 points with four 3-point- Rudy Gay added a season- Associated Press
roll scored 18 for the Nets, ers, and Curry capitalized high 22 off the bench and points for Miami, while the Pacers. The Pacers trad-
who fell just shy of becom- with a huge second half. the Spurs stayed unbeaten James Johnson finished ed George to Oklahoma
ing the first NBA team in DeMar DeRozan scored 24 by topping the Heat. with 21 and Goran Dragic City after it became public
32 years to open a season points. He drove through The win was No. 1,154 for added 20. knowledge that he didn’t
with five straight 115-point the paint for a dunk with San Antonio coach Gregg Dragic’s 3-pointer midway plan on staying with the
games. 3:53 to play then hit a key Popovich, now one shy of through the third got Mi- team long-term. He fouled
ROCKETS 105, 76ERS 104 jumper a minute later to matching Phil Jackson for ami within 61-60. Soon af- out with 6:15 remaining af-
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Eric put Toronto in position after sixth-most in NBA history. terward, the Heat were in ter playing just 19 minutes.
Gordon hit a 3-pointer at Curry, Durant and Thomp- Danny Green scored 15, huge trouble. Westbrook finished with 28
the buzzer to lift the Rockets son each missed key 3s Manu Ginobili had 14, Pau THUNDER 114, PACERS 96 points, 16 assists and 10 re-
to a win over the 76ers. down the stretch. Gasol scored 13 and Kyle OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — bounds. Carmelo Anthony
The Sixers were sloppy LAKERS 102, WIZARDS 99, OT Anderson finished with 12 Paul George was held had 28 points and 10 re-
down the stretch and used LOS ANGELES (AP) — Ken- points and 10 rebounds for to 10 points against his bounds, and Steven Ad-
a series of bad decisions tavious Caldwell-Pope hit the Spurs, who are 4-0 even former team, but Russell ams added 17 points and
and bad plays to cough up a 3-pointer with 58 seconds without injured starters Tony Westbrook’s triple-double 11 rebounds for the Thun-
a lead that had stretched remaining and the Lakers Parker and Kawhi Leonard. picked up the slack and der, who snapped a two-
to 11. Joel Embiid was handed the Wizards their Tyler Johnson scored 23 helped the Thunder beat game skid.q