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            Tobias Harris leads shorthanded 76ers past Knicks




            By The Associated Press      record  to  28-2.  Julius  Ran-  der.  They  have  won  five
            PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Tobi-    dle  had  30  points  and  10   straight and 14 of 17.
            as Harris scored 34 points to  rebounds  for  the  Knicks,   Harrison  Barnes  scored  21
            lead the short-handed Phil-  They lost their sixth straight   points for the Kings.
            adelphia 76ers to a 115-106  game  while  clinching  a    PACERS 106, TRAIL BLAZERS
            victory  over  the  New  York  sixth straight losing season.  100
            Knicks on Thursday night.    THUNDER 112, KINGS 108       INDIANAPOLIS     (AP)    —
            The  76ers  played  without  OKLAHOMA  CITY  (AP)  —      Domantas  Sabonis  had  20
            injured  All-Stars  Joel  Em-  Danilo  Gallinari  scored  24   points  and  11  rebounds  in
            biid (sprained left shoulder)  points and Oklahoma over-  Indiana’s victory over Port-
            and Ben Simmons (back).      came a 19-point deficit to   land.  Malcolm  Brogdon
            Shake  Milton  added  19  beat Sacramento.                had  17  points,  eight  assists
            points  and  Al  Horford  had  Shai   Gilgeous-Alexander   and  six  rebounds,  and  T.J.
            15  to  help  the  76ers  im-  scored 20 points and Chris   Warren and Victor Oladipo
            prove their NBA-best home  Paul added 17 for the Thun-    scored 15 points each. The
                                                                      Pacers  have  four  of  their   Philadelphia 76ers' Tobias Harris, right, goes up for a shot against
                                                                      last five. CJ McCollum had   New  York  Knicks'  Julius  Randle  during  the  second  half  of  an
                                                                      28  points  and  eight  assists   NBA basketball game, Thursday, Feb. 27, 2020, in Philadelphia.
                                                                      for  the  Trail  Blazers.  They   Philadelphia won 115-106.
                                                                      have lost five of six.                                                Associated Press
                                                                      LAKERS 116, WARRIORS 86      Rajon  Rondo  started  in  ers, whose 12 first-half turn-
                                                                      SAN  FRANCISCO  (AP)  —  place  of  James  and  con-      overs  allowed  the  Warriors
                                                                      Anthony  Davis  had  23  tributed 12 points and six as-   to  keep  it  close.  Kyle  Kuz-
                                                                      points  and  six  rebounds  sists as Los Angeles turned it  ma added 18 points off the
                                                                      in  three  quarters  and  the  into a rout with a 40-17 third  bench.
                                                                      Lakers  won  their  seventh  quarter. James sat out be-   Rookie Eric Paschall scored
                                                                      straight  game  and  NBA-    cause of recurring soreness  23 points off the bench for
                                                                      record 18th in a row on the  in his troublesome left groin.  his 11th 20-point game and
                                                                      road  against  the  Western  Davis  shot  6  for  13,  made  Jordan Poole had 16 in the
                                                                      Conference,  beating  inju-  10  of  12  free  throws  and  Warriors’ eighth straight loss
                                                                      ry-plagued  Golden  State  also had a pair of blocked  both  overall  and  at  home
                                                                      without LeBron James.        shots and steals for the Lak-  in new Chase Center.q

                                                                      Ruggs runs fast but can’t top

                                                                      Ross’s record he had targeted




                                                                      ARNIE STAPLETON
                                                                      AP Pro Football Writer
                                                                      INDIANAPOLIS  (AP)  —  The
                                                                      stars  came  out  at  night
                                                                      inside  Lucas  Oil  Stadium,
                                                                      especially  Henry  Ruggs  III
                                                                      who  came  up  short  in  his
                                                                      quest  to  set  a  record  but
                                                                      still  clocked  the  fastest  40-
                                                                      yard dash at the NFL scout-
                                                                      ing combine.
                                                                      A  4.27-second  time  in  the
                                                                      40  is  nothing  to  scoff  at,
                                                                      but  Ruggs    had  hoped  to
                                                                      run  faster.    The  5-foot-11,
                                                                      188-pound  speedster  from
                                                                      Alabama  fell  short  of  the   Alabama wide receiver Henry Ruggs III runs the 40-yard dash
                                                                      record  4.22-second  time    at the NFL football scouting combine in Indianapolis, Thursday,
                                                                                                   Feb. 27, 2020.
                                                                      that Bengals wide receiver                                            Associated Press
                                                                      set  during  a  blazing  2017
                                                                      run.                         bine.  Ruggs,  who  is  often  around  whom  buzz  has
                                                                      Ruggs  said  he  had  previ-  compared  to  Tyreek  Hill,  been  building  this  week,
                                                                      ously run the 40 in 4.25 sec-  also  had  a  42-inch  verti-  shined  during  the  second
                                                                      onds and felt he could top  cal  jump,  which  was  tied  QB  session  after  Oklaho-
                                                                      that in Indianapolis.        for  second-best  among  ma's  Jalen  Hurts  stood  out
                                                                      He  was  initially  clocked  at  the receivers who later ran  in the first group. Oregon's
                                                                      4.28 on his first of two runs  routes  and  and  caught  Justin  Herbert  also  im-
                                                                      but the official time was re-  passes along with the tight  pressed.
                                                                      corded at 4.27 seconds. His  ends from the quarterback  Other receivers who stood
                                                                      second time was 4.31.        prospects -- excluding pro-  out  from  an    unusually
                                                                      Ruggs did back up his other  jected top overall pick Joe  deep group were LSU's Jus-
                                                                      boast  this  week,  when  he  Burrow  and  a  rehabbing  tin  Jefferson,  Alabama's
                                                                      said he was the fastest guy  Tua Tagovailoa.              Jerry Jeudy and Oklahom's
                                                                      at  the  NFL  scouting  com-  Utah  State's    Jordan  Love,  CeeDee Lamb.q
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