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Miami beats Boston, ending
Celtics’ winning streak at 16
By The Associated Press
MIAMI (AP) — Goran Drag-
ic scored 27 points, Dion
Waiters had 26 with a pair
of big 3-pointers in the fi-
nal minutes and the Miami
Heat held on to beat Bos-
ton 104-98 on Wednesday
night, snapping the Celtics’
16-game winning streak.
Tyler Johnson scored 16
points for Miami, which had
an 18-point lead cut to one
in the final moments. The
Heat shot 49 percent and
outrebounded the Celtics
48-37.
Kyrie Irving scored 23 points Al Horford to make the lead
for Boston. Jayson Tatum
added 18, and Jaylen
Brown and Marcus Morris
each had 14.
The Celtics got down by 18
in the first half, which has
been a very comfortable
place for Boston this sea-
son. Boston had overcome
18-point deficits against
Oklahoma City and Char-
lotte, a 17-point hole
against Golden State, a
16-pointer against Atlanta
and rallied from 13 down to
win in Dallas this week.
The Celtics almost did it
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Taylor MacDonald was
two strokes behind fellow
Australian Davis and alone
in second place, while two
other Australians, Nick Cul-
len and Alex Edge, were
level with Day at 5-under,
tied for third.
All but two of the leading
18 players had morning
tee times.
Spieth said he was rusty af-
ter a lengthy break.
“It was a bit inconsistent,”
Spieth said. “But I had five
bogeys, and to still shoot
again.
Down by 14 midway
through the fourth, the
unflappable Celtics went
on a 13-0 run in just about
three minutes — getting to
91-90 when Smart made
one of two free throws with
3:14 remaining.
Waiters decided that was
close enough. His 3-pointer
from the left wing bounced
off the rim, then the top of Carmelo Anthony had 22
the backboard, before fall-
ing to end Miami’s score-
less drought. Waiters add-
ed another 3-pointer over
seven, Hassan Whiteside
had a big tip-in with 1:10
left and Miami would hang
on from there.
THUNDER 108, WARRIORS 91
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) —
Russell Westbrook scored a
season-high 34 points and
added 10 rebounds and
nine assists to help Okla-
homa City roll past Golden
State.
Oklahoma City beat the
Warriors for the first time
since Kevin Durant left the
Thunder to join the Warriors drew blood. He punched
after the 2015-16 season.
There was a bit of good
there after a rough start.”
An indication of the state
of Spieth’s play came on
the par-5 14th hole when
his approach went wide
and under a large adver-
tising sign. Spieth and a
course worker moved the
sign, then Spieth hit his
short wedge into a bunker.
After blasting out to about
seven feet, he missed the
putt and made bogey.
Matt Jones, the 2015
champion playing in Spi-
eth’s group, picked up
Golden State won all four
meetings last season.
Westbrook said it was just
another game in the build-
up, but he didn’t play like
it. At one point in the third
quarter, Westbrook and
Durant went forehead to
forehead and were called
for double technicals.
Westbrook’s new All-Star
teammates came through.
points and Paul George 20.
The crowd booed Du-
rant nearly every time he
touched the ball. He fin-
ished with 21 points on
8-for-17 shooting. Stephen
Curry scored 24 points for
the Warriors.
CAVALIERS 119, NETS 109
CLEVELAND (AP) — LeBron
James shook off a blow to
the face and scored 23
points in the fourth quarter
— including 18 straight for
Cleveland — and the Cav-
aliers beat Brooklyn for their
sixth straight victory.
James needed stitches in
the third quarter to close
a gash above his lip that
back at the Nets in the
Australia’s Jason Day plays
from a bunker at the 15th
green during the opening
round of the Australian Open
Golf tournament in Sydney,
Thursday, Nov. 23, 2017. foot birdie putt on the 16th,
Associated Press on the 17th and put his ap-
Friday 24 November 2017
Miami Heat’s Dion Waiters (11) dunks over Boston Celtics’ Kyrie
Irving during the second half of an NBA basketball game,
Wednesday, Nov. 22, 2017, in Miami. The Heat won 104-98.
Associated Press
fourth and finished with 33 3-pointers — the last a step-
points. back with 55 seconds left
With the Cavs up 100-99, to give Cleveland a 118-
James began his one-man 107 lead.
show with a pair of free James’ solo performance
throws. He dropped in a enabled the Cavs to
couple left-handed shots avenge a 112-107 loss in
and then drained two Brooklyn last month.q
some of the American’s up and it was pretty good
bad luck. He bogeyed from there.” Spieth should
three holes in a row and be able to take advan-
then got chased by a duck tage of expected calmer
coming up the 16th fair- conditions in his morning
way before finishing with a round on Friday. “There
71. Spieth missed an eight- were tremendous scor-
ing conditions this morn-
hit into the fairway bunker ing which we’re hoping
to see in the morning to-
proach through the green, morrow, so I’ve got to go
but scrambled to make out and take advantage
par. He finished on a good and move up the board,”
note, though, making a he said. “Those guys will
20-foot birdie putt on the get what we had this af-
par-5 18th. ternoon and it’ll certainly
“I was a little anxious to get be more difficult, so be-
started, my short game ing seven back isn’t really
was a bit rusty,” Spieth seven back, given the dif-
said. “But I started to pick it ference in the waves.” q