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                Tuesday 23 January 2018
            Oladipo, Pacers end Spurs’ home winning streak at 14



            By The Associated Press                                                                                            LAKERS 127, KNICKS 107
            SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Victor                                                                                          LOS  ANGELES  (AP)  —  Jor-
            Oladipo  scored  19  points                                                                                        dan Clarkson had 29 points
            and the Indiana Pacers de-                                                                                         and 10 assists, Julius Randle
            feated  San  Antonio  94-86                                                                                        added  27  points  and  12
            on Sunday night, snapping                                                                                          rebounds,  and  Los  Ange-
            the  Spurs’  14-game  home                                                                                         les got its sixth win in eight
            winning streak. Darren Col-                                                                                        games. Kyle Kuzma added
            lison  added  15  points  for                                                                                      15 points for the Lakers (17-
            Indiana, which snapped a                                                                                           29),  who  continued  their
            three-game losing streak in                                                                                        midseason  surge  of  solid
            San Antonio.                                                                                                       play.  Rookie  point  guard
            The  Spurs  lost  at  home  for                                                                                    Alex  Caruso  set  career
            the  third  time  this  season                                                                                     highs  with  nine  points  and
            and  the  first  since  Nov.  10                                                                                   eight  assists,  making  the
            against Milwaukee.                                                                                                 most  of  extensive  playing
            Pau Gasol had 14 points to                                                                                         time  in  the  absence  of  in-
            lead San Antonio.                                                                                                  jured Lonzo Ball.
            With  Manu  Ginobili,  Rudy                                                                                        Kristaps Porzingis, Tim Hard-
            Gay  and  Kawhi  Leonard                                                                                           away  Jr.  and  Michael
            out  with  injuries,  the  Spurs                                                                                   Beasley  scored  17  points
            opted to bring Tony Parker                                                                                         apiece for the Knicks, who
            off  the  bench  for  just  the                                                                                    have lost 12 of 16. New York
            14th  time  in  1,165  career                                                                                      slipped to 2-2 on its seven-
            games.  Parker  responded                                                                                          game trip.
            with  12  points  and  five  as-                                                                                   The  Knicks  couldn’t  keep
            sists, but LaMarcus Aldridge                                                                                       up  down  the  stretch  with
            struggled  without  the  vet-                                                                                      the  Lakers,  whose  up-tem-
            eran point guard, scoring a                                                                                        po offense flowed through-
            season-low 10 points.                                                                                              out  their  highest-scoring
            MAGIC 103, CELTICS 95                                                                                              game in two weeks.
            BOSTON  (AP)  —  Elfrid  Pay-                                                                                      NETS 101, PISTONS 100
            ton  had  22  points  and  Or-                                                                                     DETROIT  (AP)  —  Spencer
            lando won for just the third                                                                                       Dinwiddie’s jumper with 0.9
            time in 20 games, overcom-                                                                                         seconds left lifted Brooklyn
            ing Kyrie Irving’s 40 points.                                                                                      over  Detroit,  the  Pistons’
            Orlando  snapped  a  14-                                                                                           fifth straight loss.
            game losing streak at Bos-                                                                                         After  a  basket  by  Andre
            ton. The Magic had lost 10                                                                                         Drummond  put  the  Pis-
            in a row on the road overall                                                                                       tons  ahead  with  4.7  sec-
            since early December.        Indiana Pacers guard Victor Oladipo (4) drives to the basket past San Antonio Spurs center Pau   onds  left,  Dinwiddie  took
            Irving sat out Boston’s previ-  Gasol (16) during the first half of an NBA basketball game, Sunday, Jan. 21, 2018, in San Antonio.  the  inbounds  pass,  drove
            ous game to rest a sore left                                                                       Associated Press  to  14  feet  and  drained  a
            shoulder. Despite his efforts,  season-worst  third  straight  added 19 and Aaron Gor-  with  11  points  and  12  re-  jumper  against  his  former
            the  Celtics  dropped  their  home game. Evan Fournier  don  had  a  double-double  bounds for the Magic.          teammates.q


            Milwaukee Bucks fire coach Jason Kidd



            By GENARO C. ARMAS           game     against   Phoenix,  approach  and  a  change
             AP Sports Writer            and  had  been  prone  to  in  leadership  are  needed
            MILWAUKEE (AP) — The Mil-    defensive lapses especially  to  continue  elevating  our
            waukee Bucks fired coach  on the perimeter.               talented  team  toward  the
            Jason  Kidd  on  Monday  Assistant coach Joe Prunty  next level, bringing us clos-
            amid  a  midseason  slide  was serving as head coach.     er  to  our  goal  of  compet-
            that  has  left  the  playoff  General   manager    Jon  ing for championships.”
            hopeful  in  eighth  place  in  Horst,  who  was  promoted  The  Bucks  are  hoping  to
            the Eastern Conference.      from director of basketball  get  Jabari  Parker  back
            It  was  a  surprising  end  to  operations  in  June,  said  from a left knee injury that
            Kidd’s  three-plus  season  it  was  time  for  a  change  has kept him out all season.
            tenure in Milwaukee, when  and  the  move  was  made  But the Bucks have largely
            the  Bucks  made  the  play-  with “unanimous support of  tread  water  in  the  wide-
            offs twice.                  ownership.”                  open East even after add-
            Giannis    Antetokounmpo  Under Kidd, the Bucks had  ing  talented  guard  Eric        This Jan. 15, 2018 photo shows Milwaukee Bucks head coach
            turned  into  an  All-Star  un-  a regular-season record of  Bledsoe in a trade with the   Jason  Kidd  looking  on  during  the  second  half  of  an  NBA
            der  his  watch,  and  the  139-152.  “We  appreciate  Suns in November.               basketball game against the Washington Wizards in Washington.
            Bucks were considered an  everything  that  Jason  has  Milwaukee  is  8-12  since                                             Associated Press
            emerging force in the East  done  for  the  Bucks  orga-  going  a  season-high  five  ry of the franchise and get-  tant  for  the  organization
            at the start of the season.  nization,  but  we  have  de-  games over .500 on Dec. 9.  ting ready for the opening  and  gives  our  players  the
            But the Bucks had lost four  cided to make a coaching  This is an important year for  of a new downtown arena.      best chance to reach their
            of five to fall to 23-22 going  change,” Horst said.      the  Bucks,  who  are  cele-  “We  believe  that  making  full  potential  this  season
            into Monday night’s home  “We  believe  that  a  fresh  brating the 50th anniversa-    this  change  now  is  impor-  and beyond,” Horst said.q
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