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SPORTS Thursday 30 November 2017
Love powers Cavaliers

past Heat 108-97

By The Associated Press Porter Jr. hit a 22-foot jump- five games. Khris Middleton
CLEVELAND (AP) — Kevin er with 25 seconds remain- scored 12 points.
Love scored 32 of his 38 ing, lifting Washington to Milwaukee led by as many
points in the first half, LeB- the victory. as 36 and won despite not
ron James was ejected for Washington trailed for near- scoring a second-chance
the first time in his career ly the entire fourth quarter. point.
and the Cleveland Cava- After Porter’s jumper, Min- It was Antetokounmpo’s
liers extended their longest nesota had two shots at eighth 30-point game this
winning streak since 2015 the other end but couldn’t season.
to nine games by downing convert. Garrett Temple scored 18
the Miami Heat 108-97 on The Wizards got the ball for the Kings, and Buddy
Tuesday night. back with 4.2 seconds re- Hield added 13 points. Wil-
Love had his way with ev- maining when the ball went lie Cauley-Stein had 10
ery defender Miami put on out of bounds off Timber- points and 10 rebounds.
him, finishing 10 of 16 from wolves forward Taj Gibson. JAZZ 106, NUGGETS 77
the field and 14 of 17 on Officials originally ruled that SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Der-
free throws. He scored 22 Minnesota maintained pos- rick Favors scored 24 points,
in the first quarter and the session, but a review over- and the Jazz put away the
Cavs opened a 27-point turned the call and gave Nuggets with a dominant
lead before halftime. the ball to Washington. second half.
James added 21 points be- Porter led Washington with Rookie Donovan Mitchell
fore he was slapped with 22 points, and Kelly Oubre added 16 points as Utah
two technical fouls by ref- Jr. had 16. matched a season high
eree Kane Fitzgerald and Karl-Anthony Towns had 20 with its third straight victory.
tossed with 1:59 left in the points and 15 rebounds for Jonas Jerebko had 15 and Cleveland Cavaliers’ LeBron James (23) drives to the basket
third quarter and the Cavs Minnesota for his league- Ricky Rubio finished with 13 against Miami Heat’s James Johnson (16) in the first half of an
leading by 23. It was the leading 18th double-dou- points. NBA basketball game, Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2017, in Cleveland.
first time James was thrown ble. The Jazz outscored the Associated Press
out in 1,082 career games. BUCKS 112, KINGS 87 Nuggets 58-28 in the sec- road win. ed on the glass 57-41 while
Dion Waiters scored 21 and SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) ond half. Booker looked just fine after snapping a three-game
Bam Adebayo had 19 for — Giannis Antetokounmpo Gary Harris scored 14 of sitting out a game because losing streak.
the Heat, who had won scored 19 of his 32 points in his 18 points for Denver in of inflammation in his right The rebuilding Bulls are a
three in a row. Goran Drag- the third quarter, helping the first half, and Kenneth big toe, nailing five 3-point- league-worst 3-16 after
ic finished with just seven Milwaukee to the runaway Faried had 11 points and ers and grabbing nine re- dropping their sixth straight.
points — 12 below his team- road win. eight rebounds. bounds. Justin Holiday made six
leading scoring average. Eric Bledsoe had 21 points, SUNS 104, BULLS 99 T.J. Warren scored 25 for 3-pointers on his way to
WIZARDS 92, TIMBER- five assists and five re- CHICAGO (AP) — Devin Phoenix, and Alex Len tied 25 points for Chicago. Kris
WOLVES 89 bounds for the Bucks, who Booker scored 33 points, a career high with 18 re- Dunn added 24 points and
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Otto won for the second time in and Phoenix held on for the bounds. The Suns dominat- eight assists.q

Bulls’ Niko Mirotic accepts Portis apology over fight

By DAN HAYES clause, declined to com- to support him, too. Obvi- need to do to make it work. past few days.
Associated press ment when asked if he had ously, I’m going to give him Yeah, I accept it. I’m com- “It’s good to have Niko
CHICAGO (AP) — Niko requested a trade from the hands like he’d give me fortable being on the team. back out on the floor with
Mirotic accepted Bobby Bulls. The two players were hands, too.” I’ve had a lot of support the guys and another im-
Portis’ apology on Wednes- seen giving each other a Portis issued a public apol- from my teammates, from portant step talking about
day, six weeks after their fist bump during Tuesday ogy shortly after he re- everybody. Right now, it’s it for the first time and then
ugly altercation at practice night’s 104-99 home loss to ceived his suspension and on me to relax and enjoy continuing trying to move
led to a hospitalization and Phoenix, but Mirotic sug- acknowledged he would playing basketball again.” past it.”
a suspension. gested the interaction be- be open to the two work- Coach Fred Hoiberg said Mirotic will remain in Chi-
Things remain awkward for tween the two players has ing together. Mirotic’s actions Wednes- cago while the team trav-
the Chicago Bulls. been limited. “I’d welcome him in with day were critical to help- els to Denver for Thursday
A day after he sat on the “Right now, we are on the open arms,” Portis said ing the team get back on night’s game.
bench for the first time same team and we are on Nov. 13, the same day track. The Bulls (3-16) have Hoiberg said the earliest
all season, Mirotic finally working to make it work,” Mirotic started working out lost six straight games. Mirotic would return to ac-
spoke publicly about the Mirotic said. “The only again with the team. “I do think that’s an impor- tion is Monday when the
Oct. 17 incident that left thing I can tell you . I was Mirotic said he had yet to tant first step,” Hoiberg said. Bulls host the Cleveland
him hospitalized with two always a good teammate inform Portis he had ac- “Obviously, the first thing Cavaliers. Though he ac-
facial fractures and a con- so I was professional with cepted his apology. was getting back on the knowledged his return
cussion. Portis served an everybody and I’ll contin- “You know, we are team- floor after the incident, to is much closer than be-
eight-game suspension ue to do that. If I’m here, mates,” Mirotic said. “On start getting himself back in fore, Mirotic also said he
and Mirotic didn’t return to it’s because I want to sup- the same team. Fighting for shape. The next thing was wouldn’t get ahead of
practice until Monday. port the team. He’s a part the same team and we’re to get back with the group, himself as he focuses on
Mirotic, who has a no-trade of the team and I’m going both going to do what we which he’s done here the conditioning.q