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SPORTS Thursday 12 april 2018

76ers win 15th straight, move

closer to No. 3 seed in East

By The Associated Press the field. couldn't score again. In-
ATLANTA (AP) — JJ Redick WIZARDS 113, CELTICS 101 gram finished 6 for 8 from
scored 28 points and the WASHINGTON (AP) — John the field and 4 for 5 on
surging Philadelphia 76ers Wall surpassed 5,000 ca- 3-pointers along with three
set a franchise record with reer assists and Washington rebounds, three blocked
their 15th consecutive vic- beat Boston despite Jay- shots and a steal.
tory, holding off the Atlan- len Brown's 21 first-quarter HORNETS 119, PACERS 93
ta Hawks 121-113 Tuesday points to remain in play for INDIANAPOLIS (AP) —
night to move a step closer the No. 6, No. 7 or No. 8 Dwight Howard finished
to locking up the No. 3 seed seed in the Eastern Confer- with 14 points and 17 re-
in the Eastern Conference. ence. bounds, and Frank Kamin-
The 76ers overcame a For now, the Wizards are sky tied his career high with
tough outing for rookie star eighth in the East, and po- 24 points to lead Charlotte
Ben Simmons, who missed tentially more worrisome is past Indiana. Charlotte
the morning shootaround this: Starting small forward ended the season with two
after coming down with the Otto Porter Jr. left at half- wins in its last seven games.
stomach flu. He still man- time with a right lower leg The Pacers, who are locked
aged to put up 14 points, strain and did not return. into the No. 5 seed in the
10 rebounds and six assists Wall finished with 29 points Eastern Conference, lost Philadelphia 76ers guard JJ Redick (17) shoots as Atlanta Hawks
before fouling out with 7 and 12 assists as Washing- for the second time in three forward John Collins (20) looks on during the second half of an
seconds remaining. ton ended its four-game los- games with three starters NBA basketball game Tuesday, April 10, 2018, in Atlanta. Phila-
His teammates helped pick ing streak. The Wizards will sitting out. q delphia won 121-113.
up the slack. Redick hit 6 of wrap up the regular season Associated Press
9 from beyond the 3-point at Orlando on Wednesday.
arc, while former Atlanta That result, along with how
players Ersan Ilyasova and Miami fares against Toronto
Marco Belinelli burned their and what Milwaukee does
old team. Ilyasova scored at Philadelphia, will deter-
26 points, Belinelli added 20 mine where the Wizards,
and the duo combined for Heat and Bucks all wind up
nine 3-pointers. in the standings ahead of
Philadelphia went 17 of 37 the playoffs.
beyond the arc. Brown wound up with 27
Taurean Prince led the points.
Hawks with 27 points. ROCKETS 105, LAKERS 99
JAZZ 119, WARRIORS 79 LOS ANGELES (AP) — Chris
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Paul scored 22 points,
Donovan Mitchell scored James Harden had 21
22 points and set an NBA points and 10 assists, and
rookie record for 3-pointers, Houston kept steamrolling
Derrick Favors added 16 toward the playoffs with its
points and nine rebounds, 31st victory in 34 games.
and Utah cruised to a vic- Gerald Green scored 16
tory over Golden State. points as Houston hung on
Jonas Jerebko scored 14 late to avoid its first back-
points, and Rudy Gobert to-back losses since Jan.
and Ricky Rubio added 13 6. But in the first half, the
points apiece for the Jazz. Rockets lost backup for-
Utah (48-33) won its sixth ward Luc Mbah a Moute to
straight game and went a dislocated right shoulder
3-1 in the season series with in a meaningless game.
Golden State. The Jazz can Andre Ingram scored 19
claim the No. 3 seed in the points with four 3-point-
Western Conference with ers for the Lakers in the
a win over Portland on 32-year-old guard's impres-
Wednesday night. sive NBA debut. Los Ange-
Even with a loss to the Blaz- les promoted the 10-year
ers, Utah is assured of fall- G League veteran from its
ing no lower than the No. 5 South Bay affiliate for the fi-
seed. nal two games of the regu-
Klay Thompson scored 23 lar season, and the devel-
points and Kevin Durant opmental league's career
added 13 for the Warriors, leader in 3-pointers hit a 3
who finished the season on his first NBA shot.
at 58-24. Golden State, Ingram's fourth 3-point-
the No. 2 seed in the West, er with 51 seconds left
never led in the game and trimmed Houston's lead
shot just 35 percent from to 102-99, but the Lakers