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SPORTSTuesday 15 March 2016
NBA Capsules
Cavs hit 18
3s to rout
Clips 114-90
The Associated Press points and 10 assists for the Milwaukee Bucks’ Miles Plumlee, top, hits a reverse dunk in front of Brooklyn Nets’ Thaddeus
LOS ANGELES (AP) — LeB- Clippers. They outscored Young, left, during the second half of the NBA basketball game at the Barclays Center, Sunday,
ron James scored 27 points the Cavs 17-7 to start the March 13, 2016 in New York. The Bucks defeated the Nets 109-100.
as the Cleveland Cava- game but James tied it
liers buried the Los Angeles on a 3-pointer and Tristan Associated Press
Clippers with 3-pointers in a Thompson’s hook gave the
114-90 victory Sunday, ty- Cavs the lead for good by bined 16-13 record in those ATLANTA (AP) — Al Hor- (AP) — Derrick Favors had
ing their season high with the end of the quarter. games against the Knicks ford and Paul Millsap each 28 points and 14 rebounds
18 from long range. KNICKS 90, LAKERS 87 and Denver Nuggets. scored 18 points and Kyle and Gordon Hayward
J.R. Smith and Kyrie Irving LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jose BUCKS 109, NETS 100 Korver added 14 as Atlanta scored 27 points in Utah’s
added 17 points each and Calderon hit a 3-pointer NEW YORK (AP) — Giannis used a blistering third quar- victory over Sacramento.
Channing Frye had 15 on with two-tenths of a sec- Antetokounmpo had 28 ter to rout Indiana. The Jazz won their second
a season-high-tying five ond left to lift New York points, 14 assists and 11 re- The Hawks went on a 20-0 straight game by setting
3-pointers for the Eastern past Los Angeles. bounds, nearly getting his run and finished the third the tone early, coming out
Conference leaders. Carmelo Anthony scored fourth triple-double in the period with seven 3s, the with energy against the le-
The Cavaliers won their 12 of his 26 points in the last 11 games by halftime last coming by reserve thargic Kings and leading
third straight and improved fourth quarter for New York. as Milwaukee beat Brook- forward Kris Humphries to by 18 points after one quar-
to 7-2 against the Clippers He shot 10 for 20 and had lyn. Antetokounmpo al- make it a 34-point lead. At- ter. The lead remained in
at Staples Center since the 12 rebounds. ready had 12 points, nine lanta has won five of its last double figures for much of
2006-07 season. Cleveland Kobe Bryant had 14 points assists and eight rebounds six. Indiana rookie Myles the game before the Kings
is 20-6 against the West, in- in his 29th and final head- by the half on his way to Turner, who scored a team- made it somewhat close in
cluding 10-4 on the road. to-head matchup in the becoming the first Bucks high 19 points, was the the fourth.
J.J. Redick scored 19 points, regular season with Antho- player with four triple-dou- only starter for either team DeMarcus Cousins had 31
and Chris Paul added 17 ny. The Lakers had a com- bles in a season. All of them to play in the fourth. All- points and 10 rebounds for
have come since Feb. 22. Star starting forward Paul Sacramento in his return
NFL exec admits to cte- Jabari Parker added 23 George finished with just from being suspended for
football head trauma link points, and Khris Middleton seven points for the Pacers, one game by the team.
had 19 points to help the almost 19 below his team- Cousins was disciplined fol-
WASHINGTON (AP) -- NFL The NFL has not previously Bucks win their third straight leading average, on 3-for- lowing a tirade directed at
executive Jeff Miller ac- linked playing football to game. Brook Lopez scored 15 shooting. coach George Karl Thurs-
knowledged a link be- CTE directly. 20 points for the Nets. JAZZ 108, KINGS 99 day night during and after
tween football-related Miller appeared at a round- HAWKS 104, PACERS 75 SACRAMENTO, California a loss to Cleveland.
head trauma and the brain table discussion of con-
disease CTE, the first admis- cussions before the House
sion by a league official Committee on Energy &
that there is such a relation- Commerce and cited the
ship. work of Boston University
Appearing before a con- neuropathologist Dr. Ann
gressional committee Mon- McKee. She has found CTE
day, Miller, the NFL’s senior in the brains of 90 former
vice president for health pro football players.
and safety, was asked CTE can only be detected
about a connection be- after death. Among the
tween hits in football and players found to have CTE
chronic traumatic enceph- in their brains was Hall of
alopathy. His answer was Famer Junior Seau.
“certainly yes.” ESPN first reported the story.
