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LeBron stays perfect in first round as Cavs advance

By The Associated Press chise. who didn’t wrap up their
CLEVELAND (AP) — LeBron Tristan Thompson made a first-round series with Okla-
James scored 45 points rare start for the Cavs — homa City until late Fri-
and got some needed Cleveland coach Tyronn day night, looked sluggish
help in Game 7 to stay Lue used his 34th different and struggled to keep
unbeaten in the opening starting lineup this season pace with the energy of
round of the playoffs, lead- — and added 15 points the top-seeded Rockets,
ing the Cleveland Cava- and 10 rebounds. Kevin who hadn’t played since
liers to a 105-101 win over Love made four 3-pointers, eliminating Minnesota on
the Indiana Pacers, who and George Hill returned Wednesday.
pushed the game’s best after missing three games It was Houston’s fourth
player to the limit. with back spasms to score straight win by 10 or more
James improved to 13-0 11 in 19 second-half min- points this postseason.
in the first round and kept utes. Harden, who also had
Cleveland’s strange sea- Victor Oladipo scored 30 seven assists and eight re-
son alive — for the time and Darren Collison had 23 bounds, picked up where
being. It took everything for the Pacers. he left off in the regular
James and the Cavs had ROCKETS 110, JAZZ 96 season against the Jazz
to hold off the Pacers, who HOUSTON (AP) — James when he averaged 34.3
were swept by Cleveland Harden scored 41 points points, led by a 56-point
a year ago and came in and Houston raced out performance in a 137-110
confident after a 34-point to a huge lead and sailed win in November.
win in Game 6. to a 110-96 win over Utah The Jazz got 21 points
The Cavs will open the in Game 1 of the Western each from rookie Donovan
conference semifinals on Conference semifinals. Mitchell and Jae Crowder
Tuesday at top-seeded To- Houston was up by 25 at while playing without start-
ronto. halftime behind 34 points ing point guard Ricky Ru-
James played 43 min- combined from Harden bio, who sat with a strained
utes, leaving late in the and Chris Paul. The Jazz, left hamstring.q
third quarter and heading
straight to the locker room Lydia Ko wins at Lake
to be treated for cramps.
Houston Rockets guard James Harden, center, drives to the
The 33-year-old was going basket as Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert, left, and forward Merced with playoff eagle
to leave it all on the floor in
what some Cleveland fans Jae Crowder defend during the first half in Game 1 of an NBA
feared could have been basketball second-round playoff series, Sunday, April 29, 2018,
in Houston.
his last game with the fran- Associated Press

Lydia Ko, of New Zealand, follows her approach shot to the fifth
green of the Lake Merced Golf Club during the final round of the
LPGA Mediheal Championship golf tournament Sunday, April
29, 2018, in Daly City, Calif.
Associated Press
DALY CITY, Calif. (AP) — we can celebrate togeth-
Lydia Ko hit a 3-wood to er.” Five days after turn-
3 feet for eagle to finish ing 21, the New Zealander
off Minjee Lee on the first won for the third time at
hole of a playoff Sunday in Lake Merced after taking
the chilly LPGA MEDIHEAL the Swinging Skirts LPGA
Championship at the tree-lined layout in
Ko won her 15th LPGA Tour 2014 and 2015. “It’s crazy
title and first since July 2016, because I was 3 over for
a 43-event stretch marked the day at one stage and
by changes in instructors, I said, ‘Hey, you’ve just got
caddies and equipment to focus and you never
and a large weight loss. know what’s going to hap-
“My whole team and my pen,’” Ko said. “I was able
family, they’ve worked re- to kind of put my game to-
ally hard for this moment,” gether on the back nine.
Ko said. “I’m happy that a When that putt dropped, I
few of them are here and was like, ‘Oh, my God.’” q