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SPORTSFriday 4 December 2015
NBA Capsules GAME NOTES
Duncan with 16, leads Spurs to 95-70 win over Bucks
The Associated Press
SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Tim
Duncan had 16 points and
10 rebounds in 19 minutes,
and San Antonio remained
undefeated at home by
beating Milwaukee.
The Bucks set season lows
for points and field goal
percentage (33.8) in falling sol had 26 points and 19
to 2-8 on the road.
San Antonio (15-4) im-
proved to 10-0 at home
while extending its overall
winning streak against the
Bucks to seven games.
Patty Mills had 13 points
and Kawhi Leonard also
scored 13 on 3-of-12 shoot-
ing for the Spurs.
Khris Middleton had 16
points for the Bucks.
HAWKS 96, RAPTORS 86
ATLANTA (AP) — Kyle Low-
ry scored 22 of his season-
high 31 points in the fourth
quarter, DeMar DeRozan
added 17 and Toronto ral-
lied from 17 down in the
third to beat Atlanta.
Lowry overcame flu-like
symptoms that forced him
from the game in the sec-
ond period. He returned to
begin the third, but didn’t
build momentum until the
fourth when Toronto out-
scored the Hawks 39-20.
The Raptors, who have
won five of six, scored just Derrick Rose finished with
32 points in the first half. 12 points on 3-for-17 shoot-
Lowry’s 3-pointer made
it 80-75 and he hit a fast-
break layup to make it 82-
75 with 4:54 remaining.
Paul Millsap scored 14
points for the Hawks.
ROCKETS 108, PELICANS
101
HOUSTON (AP) — James
Harden scored 24 points
and Houston overcame a
double-digit deficit against (AP) — Reggie Jackson
New Orleans.
Anthony Davis had 29
points and 13 rebounds for
the Pelicans, who dropped
their fourth straight. They
led by 14 early, but the
Rockets whittled down the
lead by halftime and led
by two after three quarters.
New Orleans led by one
after a 3-pointer by Toney
Douglas with about 9 min-
utes left. Houston then
used a 10-0 run, with the
first five points from Hard-
en, to make it 96-87 just 4
minutes later. The Pelicans
had three turnovers and
missed eight shots to help
the Rockets pull away.
Harden’s 3-pointer made it
99-92 with 3:13 left.
BULLS 99, NUGGETS 90
CHICAGO (AP) — Pau Ga-
rebounds to lead Chicago
San Antonio Spurs guard Jonathon Simmons (17) scores over Milwaukee Bucks forward Jabari
Parker, center, during the second half of an NBA basketball game, Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2015, in
San Antonio. San Antonio won 95-70.
over struggling Denver.
Gasol shot 12 for 19 from
the field and had his fifth
consecutive double-dou-
ble for the Bulls, who won
for the third time in four
games and improved to
7-1 at home. Jimmy Butler,
playing through a lingering
right heel contusion, scored
19 points in 39 minutes.
ing.
Will Barton scored 16 points
and Kenneth Faried had 14
points and nine rebounds
as Denver lost its eighth
straight. The Nuggets, who
shot 39 percent from the
field, led 72-68 heading into 76ers, who played without
the fourth quarter.
PISTONS 127, SUNS 122, OT
AUBURN HILLS, Michigan
scored 24 of his 34 points
after halftime, and De-
troit rallied from 16 down
in the fourth quarter to
beat Phoenix. Andre Drum-
mond, the worst free throw
shooter in NBA history, hit
a pair from the line with
14.3 seconds left to tie the
game at 112, and Eric Bled-
soe missed an off-balance
jumper at the buzzer.
The Pistons started overtime
with an 8-1 run, but Phoenix
narrowed the gap to 122-
120 with 1:27 to play. The
Suns had chances to tie it in
the last 35 seconds, but P.J.
Tucker was called for an of-
fensive foul and T.J. Warren
missed a contested layup.
Brandon Knight missed a
3-pointer that would have
tied it.
Phoenix played without Ty-
son Chandler (hamstring)
and Markieff Morris (bruised
knee).
KNICKS 99, 76ERS 87
NEW YORK (AP) — Kristaps
Porzingis had 17 points and
10 rebounds to lead New
York over the Philadelphia
suspended rookie Jahlil
Okafor.
A night after winning for
the first time this season, the the ABA. Blake Griffin and
76ers suspended their lead-
ing scorer after the release
of a second video provid-
ed details of his fight in Bos- three in a row. q
Coldplay to star
in Super Bowl’s
ton he hadn’t revealed to halftime event
them. Arron Afflalo added
13 points for the Knicks, who LOS ANGELES (AP) — Cold-
snapped a four-game skid. play is headlining the Super
Carmelo Anthony, back af- Bowl halftime show. The
ter missing a game with an British rock band, which
illness, scored 12 points and is releasing a new album
shot 5 for 16. Friday, will perform dur-
Philadelphia was 9 for 30 ing halftime of the Super
on 3-pointers. Bowl, said a spokesperson
for Pepsi, which is sponsor-
ing the halftime show. The
Super Bowl is set for Feb. 7
at Levi’s Stadium in Santa
Clara, California. The NFL is
due to announce the half-
time performer Thursday
night during the prime-time
matchup between the De-
troit Lions and Green Bay
Packers. Katy Perry starred
in the most-watched Super
Bowl halftime show in his-
tory earlier this year, when
more than 118 million view-
ers tuned in to see her per-
form with Lenny Kravitz and
(AP Photo/Eric Gay) her now-famous dancing
sharks. Previous halftime
PACERS 103, CLIPPERS 91 headliners include Bruno
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Paul Mars, Prince, Beyonce, Ma-
George had 31 points donna, Bruce Springsteen
and 10 rebounds, and the and the Rolling Stones.
streaking Indiana Pacers
broke open a close game 2018 World Cup
early in the fourth quarter final game starts
to beat injury-depleted Los early: 11am EDT
Angeles for their sixth con-
secutive victory. ZURICH (AP) — The kickoff
Rodney Stuckey scored time for the 2018 World
18 points and Jordan Hill Cup final will be a lot ear-
had 13 points and eight lier in some major markets
rebounds for the Pacers, than for recent champion-
who have won 12 of 14 ship games. FIFA said Thurs-
after opening the season day the final at Moscow’s
with three straight defeats. Luzhniki Stadium on July 15,
Their only losses during that 2018, will start at 6 p.m. lo-
stretch were by four points cal time, which is 11 a.m.
at Cleveland and one at EDT and 5 p.m. in central
Chicago. The victory was Europe.
the 2,000th in Pacers his- The opener June 14 will
tory, spanning 40 seasons begin at the same hour.
in the NBA and nine in Last year’s final in Rio de
Janeiro began at 4 p.m. lo-
Lance Stephenson each cal time, which was 3 p.m.
scored 19 points to lead EDT and 9 p.m. in central
the Clippers, who had won Europe. The 2010 final in
Johannesburg started at
8:30 p.m. (2:30 p.m. EDT)
and the 2006 final in Berlin
was at 8 p.m. (2 p.m. EDT).
Semifinals at the 2018 tour-
nament in Russia will start
at 9 p.m. local time (2 p.m.
EDT).q