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Wednesday 25 april 2018

Rockets use 50-point third

quarter to blow out T-Wolves

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — in the fourth on March 31, 16 points and 10 rebounds.
James Harden gave Hous- 1962, in a loss to the Detroit Ricky Rubio chipped in 13
ton quite the jump-start Pistons. points, eight assists and six
with 22 of the team’s 50 Clint Capela added 14 boards. Utah takes a 3-1
points in the third quar- points and 17 rebounds, series lead back to Okla-
ter, as the Rockets cruised Eric Gordon finally got go- homa City. Game 5 is on
past the Minnesota Timber- ing with 18 points off the Wednesday night.
wolves 119-100 on Monday bench and the Rockets Paul George scored 32
night to take a 3-1 lead in easily recovered from their points and Russell West-
their first-round playoff se- rough start. brook added 23 points and
ries. Karl-Anthony Towns had 14 rebounds to lead the
Chris Paul scored 15 of his 22 points and 15 rebounds Thunder. Oklahoma City
25 points in the near-re- for the Timberwolves, who lost its third straight in the
cord third for the Rockets, were dominated on both series after shooting just 39
who turned a 50-49 half- ends of the floor during the percent from the field.
time edge into a 31-point decisive third and missed The Thunder opened up a
advantage after the torrid 14 of 21 shots over several 26-19 lead late in the first
12-minute span. panicked possessions. quarter when Carmelo An-
Houston Rockets’ James Harden, center, shoots as Minnesota The only team in the history JAZZ 113, THUNDER 96 thony capped a string of
Timberwolves’ Jimmy Butler, left, and Karl-Anthony Towns, right,
during the second half of Game 4 in an NBA basketball first- of the NBA playoffs with SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Don- three straight Oklahoma
round playoff series Monday, April 23, 2018, in Minneapolis. The more points in one quarter ovan Mitchell scored 33 City baskets with an alley-
Rockets won 119-100. was the Los Angeles Lak- points to lead the Jazz to a oop layup. They held onto
Associated Press ers, who scored 51 points win over the Thunder. the lead for much of the
Joe Ingles scored 20 points second quarter until Utah fi-
while Rudy Gobert added nally woke up on offense.q

What comes after

commission’s report

on college basketball?

By The Associated Press tation. —If adopted, the
After seven months, the boards will then direct the
NCAA’s Commission on Division I Council, a group
College Basketball has mostly composed of athlet-
completed its work and ic directors, to craft legisla-
is ready to issue a report tion to implement the pro-
Wednesday on how to fix posals. —NCAA President
the sport. Here’s what hap- Mark Emmert has said the
pens next: council has already begun
—Former Secretary of State creating subcommittees
Condoleezza Rice will pres- to work on legislation in
ent the commission’s report particular areas the com-
to university presidents of mission is expected to ad-
the NCAA board of gover- dress, such as the NBA’s so-
nors and Division I board of called one-and-done rule,
directors on Wednesday at enforcement of rules and
NCAA headquarters in Indi- the relationship between
anapolis. —The boards will players and agents.
convene after the presen- —Legislation is expected
tation to consider adoption to be presented back to
of all, parts or none of the the board by August so re-
commission’s recommen- form can be implemented
dations. Adoption is a small before the next basketball
step toward implemen- season begins.q