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Saturday 13 January 2018

LeBron James, Cavs routed again as Raptors romp 133-99

By The Associated Press Cleveland Cavaliers forward LeBron James (23) reacts during a break in play during the second half of the team’s NBA basketball
TORONTO (AP) — LeBron
James and the struggling game against the Toronto Raptors on Thursday, Jan. 11, 2018, in Toronto.
Cleveland Cavaliers ab-
sorbed their most-lopsided Associated Press
loss of the season when
they were routed by the ern Conference-leading ning streak of the season. Tony Parker and Danny Williams finished with 30
Toronto Raptors 133-99 on
Thursday night. Celtics extend their winning Larry Nance Jr. had 14 Green. points and six assists, one
The Cavaliers have
dropped six of eight dat- streak to seven games. points and 10 rebounds for CLIPPERS 121, KINGS 115 night after scoring a ca-
ing to a Christmas Day
loss at defending cham- JJ Redick had 22 points and the Lakers, who blew an SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) reer-high 50 against de-
pion Golden State. James
scored 26 points in this loss, hit five 3-pointers for Phila- early 19-point lead before — Tyrone Wallace inter- fending champion Golden
while Isaiah Thomas missed
his first 11 shots. delphia, but the 76ers were running away in the fourth cepted a pass at midcourt State. Blake Griffin had 18
After losing to Minnesota
127-99 on Monday night, unable to take advantage quarter. and drove in for a dunk points, 12 rebounds and
the Cavaliers fell by an
even bigger margin. To- of their fast start as the Celt- Ball contributed 10 re- with 10.9 seconds left, mo- six assists in his return to the
ronto’s 133 points were the
most by any Cleveland op- ics’ NBA-best defense tight- bounds and six assists as ments after what looked Clippers after missing two
ponent this season, and
marked the third straight ened at O2 Arena. Los Angeles snapped a like a costly turnover by Lou games with a concussion,
game that Cleveland has
allowed at least 127. Joel Embiid had 16 points, seven-game losing streak Williams, and Los Angeles and Montrezl Harrell scored
Fred VanVleet scored a ca-
reer-high 22 points, Jonas and fellow All-Star hopeful to the Spurs at Staples Cen- held off Sacramento after a season-best 25 — includ-
Valanciunas had 15 points
and a season-high 18 re- Ben Simmons added 15 for ter since April 2013, the last blowing a 14-point lead in ing 16 in the second quar-
bounds and the Raptors
overcame the absences of the 76ers. time the Lakers made the the fourth quarter. ter when Los Angeles put
two starters.
C.J. Miles scored 16 points, LAKERS 93, SPURS 81 playoffs. The Clippers, who lost De- up 43 points.
Pascal Siakam and Norm
Powell each had 14 and LOS ANGELES (AP) — Bran- LaMarcus Aldridge scored Andre Jordan to a sprained The Clippers led 106-92 ear-
DeMar DeRozan 13 for the
Raptors, who were with- don Ingram scored 26 15 of his 20 points in the first left ankle in the second ly in the fourth before the
out point guard Kyle Lowry
(bruised tailbone) and for- points, Lonzo Ball added half for the Spurs, who com- quarter, won their third Kings rallied to go ahead
ward Serge Ibaka (suspen-
sion). 18 and Los Angeles beat mitted 21 turnovers while straight over the Kings this 113-112 on Bogdan Bog-
CELTICS 114, 76ERS 103
LONDON (AP) — Kyrie Irving short-handed San Antonio playing without injured season and their 11th in a danovich’s layup with 2:10
had 20 points, seven assists
and six rebounds and Bos- for its first three-game win- starters Kawhi Leonard, row at Sacramento. remaining.q
ton overcame a 22-point
deficit to beat Philadelphia
in the eighth NBA game
played in England.
Jaylen Brown added 21
points, and Marcus Mor-
ris had 19 points and eight
rebounds to help the East-