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Tuesday 17 december 2019
LeBron James, Lakers beat Hawks for 7th win in a row

By The Associated Press night, James flew to Co- chipped in 17 for the 76ers.
ATLANTA (AP) — Not look- lumbus, Ohio, to watch son They had won five in a row.
ing the least bit tired after Bronny play a high school NUGGETS 111, KNICKS 105
a whirlwind weekend, LeB- game Saturday night. DENVER (AP) — Nikola
ron James scored 32 points Then, James traveled on to Jokic made a late go-
and the Los Angeles Lak- Atlanta to face the Hawks. ahead 3-pointer and fin-
ers extended their winning James also had 13 re- ished with scored 25 points
streak to seven with a 101- bounds and seven assists, to help Denver hold off
96 victory over the pesky the best a no-look, be- New York.
Atlanta Hawks on Sunday tween-the-legs pass that Will Barton had 16 points,
night. caught Dwight Howard Gary Harris added 15 and
The Lakers pulled even with breaking down the lane for Jamal Murray had 14, in-
Milwaukee for the NBA’s a massive dunk. Anthony cluding a key 3-pointer in
best record at 24-3. Davis added 27 points and the late going. The Nug-
The Hawks kept it close all 13 rebounds. gets beat New York for the
the way. Rookie Cam Red- Trae Young led the Hawks 12th straight time in Den-
dish got a look at a tying with 30 points. ver.
3-pointer from the corner, MAGIC 130, PELICANS 119 Marcus Morris led New York
but the shot clanked off the NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Jon- with 22 points. The Knicks
rim. Danny Green went to athan Isaac had 21 points were coming off back-
the other end and knocked and 10 rebounds and Or- to-back road wins under
Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James, right, pushes Atlanta down a pair of free throws lando handed New Or- interim coach Mike Miller.
Hawks guard Trae Young out of the way as he prepares to grab to send the Hawks to their leans its franchise-record They played Denver 11
a jump ball during the second half of an NBA basketball game fourth straight loss. 12th straight loss. days ago in New York and
Sunday, Dec. 15, 2019, in Atlanta. After scoring 28 points in Orlando center Nikola lost by 37 points, a setback
Associated Press a win at Miami on Friday Vucevic returned from a that preceded the firing of
sprained ankle to score David Fizdale as coach.
20 points. He played 29 KINGS 100, WARRIORS 79
minutes in his first game SAN FRANCISCO (AP) —
since Nov. 20. The Magic Bogdan Bogdanovich
snapped a three-game los- scored 25 points, Buddy
ing streak. Orlando made Hield added 19 and Sac-
a season-high 17 3s, shoot- ramento routed Golden
ing 50% from long range. State.
Jrue Holiday led the Peli- The Kings won for the fourth
cans with 29 points and time in five games and
eight assists. shook off a disappointing
NETS 109, 76ERS 89 home loss Friday to the
NEW YORK (AP) — Spen- lowly New York Knicks.
cer Dinwiddie scored 24 They shot a season-best
points, Joe Harris had 16 60% from the field and
points and Brooklyn beat beat the Warriors for just
Philadelphia. the fourth time in the past
DeAndre Jordan had 13 25 games between the
points and 11 rebounds teams dating to the 2013-
and Garrett Temple fin- 14 season.
ished with 13 points for the Willie Cauley-Stein, facing
Nets. his former team, led the
With Joel Embiid out with Warriors with 14 points on
an upper respiratory ill- 7-for-9 shooting. Golden
ness, Ben Simmons scored State has lost eight of nine
20 points and Tobias Harris to fall to 5-23.q

NBA hosts prison pickup games

in social justice effort

FOLSOM, Calif. (AP) — The NBA is sending players and
coaches into prisons to host pickup games with inmates
as part of a new effort designed to lessen the stigmas
around those behind bars.
The Sacramento Kings kicked off the first in a nation-
wide series of contests this week at Folsom State Prison,
made famous in the Johnny Cash song.
Team members and coaches first held a discussion
Thursday with inmates and representatives of the Rep-
resent Justice Campaign who are themselves formerly
incarcerated.
The campaign organized the Play for Justice initiative
as an effort to bring hope to those in the criminal justice
system who are disproportionately people of color and
the poor.q