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SPORTSTuesday 2 February 2016
NBA Capsules
Warriors shake off slow start to beat Knicks
NEW YORK (AP) — Klay Golden State Warriors guard Klay Thompson (11) shoots as New York Knicks forward Kristaps Porz- ter, leading a dominant
Thompson woke the War- ingis (6) defends in the first half of an NBA basketball game at Madison Square Garden in New bench effort for the second
riors from their slowest start York, Sunday, Jan. 31, 2016. straight game, and the Los
of the season with 17 of Angeles Clippers defeated
his 34 points in the second Associated Press the Chicago Bulls for their
quarter, Draymond Green fourth consecutive victory.
tied Tom Gola’s franchise Kobe Bryant scored 23 game road trip with a de- Timberwolves this season. J.J. Redick added 21
record with his ninth triple- points in 23 minutes, but the cisive win over the Western Karl-Anthony Towns, a con- points and DeAndre Jor-
double of the season, and Lakers matched the 1994 Conference’s worst team. tender for Rookie of the dan had 17 points and 20
Golden State beat the team for the longest skid TRAIL BLAZERS 96, TIMBER- Year, was the first player rebounds for the Clippers,
New York Knicks 116-95 on in the 16-time NBA cham- WOLVES 93 on the court in double fig- who improved to 15-3
Sunday night for its seventh pion franchise’s proud his- PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — CJ ures and finished with 21 without Blake Griffin. Their
straight victory. tory. Los Angeles dropped McCollum and Damian points and 13 rebounds for four-game streak has co-
Green made all nine to 9-41, guaranteeing three Lillard scored 21 points the Timberwolves. It was his incided with Griffin being
shots as the Warriors (44-4) straight non-winning sea- apiece, and the Portland 25th double-double, the out at least a month after
wrapped up January at 40 sons for the first time since Trail Blazers handed the most of any rookie this sea- breaking his right hand
games over .500 even with 1961. Minnesota Timberwolves son. while punching the team’s
a quiet 13 points from Ste- Kemba Walker had 12 their 11th straight road loss. CLIPPERS 120, BULLS 93 assistant equipment man-
phen Curry. Green finished points, seven rebounds and Portland extended its win- LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jamal ager. Jimmy Butler scored
with 20 points, 10 rebounds six assists for the Hornets, ning streak to four and im- Crawford scored 12 of his 23 points for the Bulls, who
and 10 assists for the War- who wrapped up their four- proved to 3-0 against the 26 points in the fourth quar- have lost four of six and
riors, who were held to a dropped to 10-11 on the
season-low 18 points in the road.
first quarter. HEAT 105, HAWKS 87
They charged back with MIAMI (AP) — Chris Bosh
64 over the middle two scored 18 points and the
quarters — the Knicks had Miami Heat extended
only 65 total through three their winning streak to four
— and looked back to nor- games with a victory over
mal after a sluggish Satur- the Atlanta Hawks.
day in Philadelphia. Dwyane Wade and Luol
Carmelo Anthony had 24 Deng each had 17 points
points and 10 rebounds for and Amar’e Stoudemire
the Knicks, who lost for the finished with 13 points and
fifth time in six games. 12 rebounds for the Heat,
HORNETS 101, LAKERS 82 who led by as many as 22
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Mar- and never trailed.
vin Williams and Michael It is Miami’s first four-game
Kidd-Gilchrist had 19 points winning streak in the regu-
and 12 rebounds apiece, lar season since March 28
and the Charlotte Hornets to April 2, 2014.
sent the Los Angeles Lakers Paul Millsap and Al Hor-
to their franchise record- ford each scored 17 for At-
tying 10th consecutive de- lanta, which has lost three
feat. straight.q
Reeling Phoenix Suns
fire coach Jeff Hornacek
PHOENIX (AP) — The Phoe- The 36-year-old Watson re- and trades are a certainty
Phoenix Suns head coach Jeff Hornacek gestures as he shouts nix Suns, mired in one of tired as a player in 2014 af- by the Feb. 18 deadline.
in the direction of an official in the second half of an NBA bas- the worst stretches in their ter appearing in 878 games Phoenix ranks last in the
ketball game against the Dallas Mavericks, Sunday, Jan. 31, history, have fired coach for Portland, Seattle/Okla- NBA in opponent’s field
2016, in Dallas. The Mavericks won 91-78. Jeff Hornacek and promot- homa City, Memphis, Den- goal percentage, next-to-
ed Earl Watson to interim ver, Indiana and Utah. last in opponent’s 3-point
Associated Press coach. The Suns’ season has been percentage and last in op-
Watson was selected after swirling rapidly down the ponent steals.
interviews were conducted drain for weeks and Hor- The team has lost 10 of 11
Monday with all three Suns nacek must have known his games and 19 of its past
assistants. days as coach were num- 21. At 14-35, Phoenix’s re-
Watson was an NBA point bered. cord is tied for fourth worst
guard for 13 seasons and The Suns finally fired him in the NBA and the Suns are
was in his first season as a after the team ran its road headed for a franchise-
Suns assistant after a year losing streak to 14 games record sixth consecutive
as an assistant coach of with a loss at Dallas on Sun- season without making the
the Austin Spurs of the NBA day. Watson inherits some- playoffs, all under owner
Development League. thing of a mess of a roster Robert Sarver. q
