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SPORTSWednesday 10 January 2018
Wiggins, Butler lead Wolves to rare romp over James, Cavs
By The Associated Press
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — An-
drew Wiggins had 25 points
in three quarters, Jimmy
Butler pitched in 21 points
and tight defense on LeB-
ron James, and the Minne-
sota Timberwolves cruised
to a 127-99 victory over
Cleveland on Monday
night that stopped a 12-
game home losing streak
to the Cavaliers.
Karl-Anthony Towns (19
points, 12 rebounds) and
Taj Gibson (16 points, 13
rebounds) were tenacious
around the basket for the
Timberwolves, who out-
rebounded the Cavs 56-37
and had a 60-42 advan-
tage in points in the paint.
James had just 10 points on
4-for-8 shooting, taking his
first loss at Minnesota since
Feb. 17, 2005. Cleveland
fell behind by as much as
41 points in the third quar-
ter after a dunk by Wiggins.
Butler had plenty to do with
that, contributing nine as-
sists and eight rebounds
before resting during the
fourth quarter, too. The
Wolves led 69-42 at half-
time. Jeff Green scored
22 points off the bench to
lead the Cavs, who’ve lost
six of their last nine.
WARRIORS 124, NUGGETS
114
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) —
Stephen Curry scored 32
points and dished out nine
assists in another superb
performance during his sen-
sational recent stretch, and
Golden State avenged an
ugly home loss to Denver in
late December.
Klay Thompson scored 19
on his bobbblehead night
Kerber beats Venus Williams
at Sydney International
SYDNEY (AP) — Former
world No. 1 Angelique Ker-
ber won her sixth consecu-
tive match of the new sea-
son, beating second-seed-
ed Venus Williams 5-7, 6-3,
6-1 on Tuesday in a Sydney
International match de-
layed for two hours by a
thunderstorm.
Kerber, who dropped to
No.22 following a poor 2017
season, needed to save
Cleveland Cavaliers’ LeBron James, right, tries to block a shot by consecutive win over the
Minnesota Timberwolves’ Andrew Wiggins in the second half of Kings. San Antonio closed
an NBA basketball game Monday, Jan. 8, 2018, in Minneapolis. on a 10-3 run. Willie Cauley-
Stein had 22 points and
Associated Press nine rebounds for the Kings.
RAPTORS 114, NETS 113, OT
while Draymond Green seven straight games. NEW YORK (AP) — DeMar
added a season-high 23 SPURS 107, KINGS 100 DeRozan scored 35 points,
points and 10 assists in the SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) including a go-ahead
defending NBA champi- — LaMarcus Aldridge had three-point play with 26.1
ons’ fifth straight victory on 31 points and 12 rebounds, seconds left in overtime,
a night when Kevin Durant and San Antonio came and Toronto shook off a
sat out his third consecu- back from 13 down in the late injury to Kyle Lowry to
tive game with a strained second half to beat Sac- beat Brooklyn.
right calf. Nikola Jokic had ramento despite playing The Raptors lost a 10-point
his first triple-double of the without Kawhi Leonard and lead in the final 4 1/2 min-
season with 22 points, 12 Manu Ginobili. utes of regulation and then
rebounds and 11 assists Davis Bertans scored a ca- lost Lowry after a hard fall
as four players scored 20 reer-high 28 points on 11-of- in OT, but at least won the
points or more for the Nug- 15 shooting with six 3-point- game, just as they always
gets. Curry had his 12th ers. Patty Mills added 14 do against the Nets.
30-point game of the sea- points and five assists, and Toronto beat Brooklyn for
son. The two-time MVP has Bryn Forbes scored 12 to the 10th straight time and
scored 29 or more points in help the Spurs to their 12th won its fifth in a row overall. cago. Trevor Ariza hit six
Jonas Valanciunas had 21
points and 13 rebounds for
the Raptors. Lowry finished
with 18 points and 11 as-
sists, but had to be carried
off the court after landing
on his lower back while go-
ing for a rebound.
Spencer Dinwiddie scored
a career-high 31 points for
the Nets, but his wild shot
on a last drive went over
the backboard.
PACERS 109, BUCKS 96
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) —
Domantas Sabonis had 17
points and 10 rebounds
and three of his teammates
each scored 15 to lead In-
diana past Milwaukee.
Indiana has won two
straight since a five-game
losing streak. Victor Ola-
dipo, Thaddeus Young and
Myles Turner all scored 15
points. The Bucks were led
by Khris Middleton with 19
points and Giannis Ante-
two match points before Kerber said. Former cham- Germany’s Angelique Kerber plays a backhand to Venus
beating Lucie Safarova in pion Agnieszka Radwanska Williams of the U.S. in their women’s singles match at the Sydney
three sets on Monday. She ended Johanna Konta’s International tennis tournament in Sydney, Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2018.
won four consecutive sin- defense with a 6-3, 7-5 win.
gles matches at the Hop- The fourth-seeded Konta
man Cup last week. was playing her first match
Williams was playing her since retiring from her Bris-
first match in Sydney since bane International quar-
winning the gold medal at terfinal last week with a hip
the 2000 Olympics. injury.
“I say goodbye to 2017 The Sydney-born Konta said
and I’m really happy that she had no pain during her
the new year’s beginning,” near two-hour match.q
tokoumpo with 17. It was a
complete reversal from the
Bucks’ 21-point victory over
Indiana last week.
This time, the Pacers domi-
nated most of the final 42
minutes by creating turn-
overs and forcing Milwau-
kee into bad shots after
hitting 18 of their first 25
attempts. Indiana broke it
open by scoring 20 straight
points in the first quarter
to turn a 15-14 game into
a blowout. The Pacers fin-
ished the period on a 22-2
spurt to make it 37-16.
ROCKETS 116, BULLS 107
CHICAGO (AP) — Eric Gor-
don and Chris Paul each
had 24 points and nine as-
sists, Gerald Green scored
22 and Houston beat Chi-
3-pointers and scored 18
to go with nine rebounds.
Clint Capela added 15
points and 16 rebounds,
and the Rockets won for
the third time in 10 games
despite blowing a 21-point
lead. Bobby Portis led the
Bulls with 22 points. Denzel
Valentine and Kris Dunn
each scored 19, but Chi-
cago lost for the fifth time
in six games. With NBA scor-
ing leader James Harden
missing his fourth consecu-
tive game because of a
strained hamstring, the
Rockets regained control
after falling behind early in
the third.They scored eight
straight to stretch a two-
point edge to 10 late in the
quarter and took an 87-76
lead into the fourth after
Green and Paul nailed
back-to-back 3s. Houston
was in charge the rest of
the game.q
Associated Press