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SPORTSFriday 2 February 2018
LeBron gets 24, Cavs top Heat 91-89 in 1st game without Love
By The Associated Press
CLEVELAND (AP) — LeBron
James scored 24 points,
Jae Crowder made a go-
ahead 3-pointer with 1:21
left and the Cleveland
Cavaliers began a long
stretch without injured All-
Star Kevin Love by holding
off the Miami Heat 91-89 on
Wednesday night.
The Cavs rebounded from
a troubling loss at Detroit
— Cleveland gave up 125
points to the undermanned
Pistons — and prevented
the Heat from overtaking
them for third place in the
Eastern Conference stand-
ings. Cleveland played its
first game since Love broke
his left hand against the Pis-
tons. The five-time All-Star is
consulting with surgeons in
New York, and it’s possible
he’ll undergo an opera-
tion as early as Thursday.
Love, who could miss two
months, already has screws
in the hand from a previous
procedure after he broke it
in 2009 with Minnesota.
Goran Dragic scored 18
and Josh Richardson 15 to
lead the Heat, who went
just 3 of 28 on 3-pointers.
CELTICS 103, KNICKS 73
BOSTON (AP) — Terry Rozier
filled in nicely for Kyrie Ir-
ving, logging his first career
triple-double in his first NBA
start and leading Boston
over New York.
Rozier had 17 points, 11
rebounds and 10 assists to
become the second player
in NBA history with a triple-
double in his first start, join-
ing Tony Wroten for Phila-
delphia on Nov. 13, 2013,
according to Elias Sports
Bureau. Irving was sidelined
by a bruised right quadri-
Pelicans acquire Mirotic from Bulls for 3 players and pick
In this Jan. 1, 2018, file photo, Chicago Bulls forward Nikola
Mirotic, left, defends against Portland Trail Blazers forward Al-
Farouq Aminu (8) during the second half of an NBA basketball
game in Chicago. The New Orleans Pelicans
Portland Trail Blazers guard CJ McCollum shoots between Zach LaVine had a season-
best 23 points in Chicago’s
Chicago Bulls forward Bobby Portis, left, and center Robin Lopez fifth consecutive loss.
NETS 116, 76ERS 108
during the second half of an NBA basketball game in Portland, NEW YORK (AP) — Spen-
cer Dinwiddie scored 27
Ore., Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2018. points, D’Angelo Russell
added 22 in his best perfor-
Associated Press mance since returning from
knee surgery, and Brooklyn
ceps after he got hurt dur- ished with a career-high 50 snapped a four-game skid
with a victory over Philadel- Indiana beat Memphis for
ing Monday’s win in Den- through three as Portland phia. Rookie center Jarrett
Allen, making his first start gave the Pacers a 102-101
ver. Marcus Morris scored took advantage of short- at home, had 16 points and
12 rebounds for the Nets,
21 points for the Celtics, handed Chicago. who took charge of a close
game with an 11-0 run early
and Jayson Tatum had McCollum’s 28 points in the in the fourth quarter.
Dinwiddie had six points
15. Al Horford and Jaylen opening quarter were the during the spurt and a pair
of recent 76ers contrib-
Brown scored 14 apiece. most in the NBA this season. uted the other five in the
first meeting since a trade
Morris left late in the third His final tally was nine points between the teams last
month. Joel Embiid had
quarter with a bruised left shy of the team record set 29 points and 14 rebounds
for the 76ers (24-24), who
hip. Enes Kanter had 17 by Damian Lillard last sea- dropped their third straight. points, Victor Oladipo add-
Ben Simmons scored 24
points and 17 rebounds son. Lillard also sat out the and J.J. Redick had 20 in his had 10. Marc Gasol had 23
return from a seven-game
for the Knicks, and Kristaps final period after adding 13 absence with a leg injury.
MAGIC 127, LAKERS 105
Porzingis scored 16. points and seven assists for ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Mar-
reese Speights scored 21
TRAIL BLAZERS 124, BULLS the Trail Blazers, who led by points in his second start of guing he was fouled on his
the season, Evan Fournier
108 as many as 29. It was Port- added 19 and Orlando ran
away from Los Angeles in
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — land’s fourth straight win the third quarter.
Winning for only the fourth
CJ McCollum scored a overall, a season high, and time in 24 games, the Mag-
ic made a franchise-record
franchise-record 28 points the club’s eighth in a row at nine 3s in a 43-point third
period, their highest-scor-
in the first quarter and fin- home. ing quarter of the season.
They shot 18 for 32 (56 per-
cent) from behind the arc
in the game.
With 15 points and six as-
sists, Elfrid Payton was one
of seven players to score in
By BRETT MARTEL face stemming from a fight
AP Sports Writer in practice with Bobby Por-
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — tis. The altercation soured
Mirotic on playing for Chi-
acquired forward Nikola cago, and the Bulls were
Mirotic and a second- looking to accommodate
round draft pick from the his request to be traded.
Chicago Bulls for center Allen averaged 4.7 points
Omer Asik, guards Jameer before a broken leg side-
Nelson and Tony Allen, and lined him for 22 games.
a first-round pick. He returned to the active
Mirotic has averaged 16.8 roster this week but did not
points and 6.4 rebounds play in Tuesday night’s loss
since missing the first 23 to Sacramento.
games this season because Paxson said acquiring
of two broken bones in his another first-round draft
double figures for the Mag-
ic (15-35).
Julius Randle and Jordan
Clarkson scored 20 each
for the Lakers, who never
led after the first quarter.
PACERS 105, GRIZZLIES 101
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Myl-
es Turner had 15 points and
11 rebounds in his return
to the starting lineup, and
its third straight win. Turner
lead by hitting two free
throws with 34 seconds
left. With two seconds re-
maining, Wayne Selden
missed a floater in the lane
that would have given the
Grizzlies the lead. Indiana
came up with the rebound
and sealed it at the foul line
with less than a second left.
All five Pacers starters
scored in double digits. Bo-
jan Bogdanovic and Dar-
ren Collison each had 21
ed 13 and Thaddeus Young
points and nine rebounds
for Memphis. Selden led
the Grizzlies with 24 points
but was ejected with 0.7
seconds remaining after ar-
missed shot.
HORNETS 123, HAWKS 110
ATLANTA (AP) — Kemba
Walker hit a career-high
nine 3s and scored 38
points, leading Charlotte
to a dominant win over At-
lanta.
The Hornets never trailed
while building double-digit
leads in each half.
Dwight Howard had 20
points and 12 rebounds in
his return to Atlanta after
spending one season with
his hometown Hawks.q
choice fits the plan of re-
tooling the roster that was
put in motion when Chi-
cago traded Jimmy Butler
to Minnesota. “The draft as-
set that we acquired in this
deal was far and away the
best that we got. It’s just
consistent with the direc-
tion, the plan that talked
about,” Paxson said.
“As we mapped out what
Niko would be looking
for financially, especially,
that wasn’t part of our
timeline.q