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SPORTSFriday 8 April 2016
NBA Capsules
With James on bench, Pacers roll past Cavaliers 123-109
The Associated Press Indiana Pacers’ Monta Ellis (11) shoots next to Cleveland points and had a season- New Orleans played
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Paul Cavaliers’ J.R. Smith during the second half of an NBA basketball high 13 assists while starting without its five top scorers
George scored 29 points game Wednesday, April 6, 2016, in Indianapolis. Indiana won in place of the injured John due to injuries, and had
and C.J. Miles added 21, 123-109. Wall to help the Washington only eight active players.
helping the Indiana Pacers Wizards defeat the Brooklyn PISTONS 108, MAGIC 104
blow out the Cleveland Associated Press Nets. ORLANDO, Florida (AP) —
Cavaliers — with LeBron Bradley Beal scored 25 Reggie Jackson scored
James getting the night off than he had in the entire for the Knicks, who lost for points, and Marcin Gortat 24 points and Kentavious
— 123-109 on Wednesday game a night earlier — and the fifth time in six games. had 16 points and 12 Caldwell-Pope added 18
night. Jefferson helped Charlotte Carmelo Anthony returned rebounds as Washington to help lead the Detroit
Indiana ended a four-game break it open by scoring 10 from a game off to rest and remained at least Pistons over the Orlando
losing streak in the series points in the first 4 minutes scored 15 points. mathematically alive in the Magic.
and still leads eighth-place of the fourth quarter. WIZARDS 121, NETS 103 Eastern Conference playoff The win kept the Pistons
Detroit by a half-game. Derrick Williams had 17 WASHINGTON (AP) — hunt. (42-37) in contention in the
Ninth-place Chicago, still points and 10 rebounds Ramon Sessions scored 18 Wall sat out for the first Eastern Conference playoff
vying for one of the final time this season with a sore race. They remained a half-
two playoff spots in the right knee for the 10th- game behind Indianapolis,
East, is now three games place Wizards (38-40), who which beat Cleveland, for
behind the Pacers. remained 3 1/2 games the No. 7 spot.
The Cavaliers played behind Detroit for the final The Magic’s three-game
without the four-time MVP postseason berth. home winning streak
James, who rested after Thomas Robinson scored ended. They held a 96-
playing Tuesday night in 23 points and grabbed 10 92 lead late in the fourth
Milwaukee. Without James, rebounds for the Nets, who quarter, but then saw it slip
Kyrie Irving had 26 points have lost six straight games away.
and six assists. Kevin Love by an average of 19.3 Evan Fournier led five
scored 23. points. Orlando players in double
HORNETS 111, KNICKS 97 CELTICS 104, PELICANS 97 figures with 19 points.
NEW YORK (AP) — Kemba BOSTON (AP) — Isaiah MAVERICKS 88, ROCKETS 86
Walker scored 34 points, Al Thomas scored 32 points DALLAS (AP) — J.J. Barea
Jefferson had 24 and the to help the Boston Celtics scored 27 points and the
Charlotte Hornets bounced fend off the short-handed Dallas Mavericks kept a
back from consecutive New Orleans Pelicans. slim cushion over Utah
losses to the Eastern Jae Crowder added 14 and Houston in the race
Conference’s top teams points, Avery Bradley for the last two Western
by beating the New York finished with 13 points Conference playoff spots.
Knicks 111-97. and six rebounds, and the The Mavericks’ fifth straight
Charlotte, which fell in Celtics beat the Pelicans victory — one shy of a
Cleveland on Sunday and for the fourth straight time. season best — put Dallas
Toronto on Tuesday, had Toney Douglas led the (40-38) a game ahead
dropped a game behind Pelicans with 19 points, and of Utah and two up on
Boston and Miami for fourth Tim Frazier added 18 points Houston with four games
place. and six assists. Six New remaining for all three
Walker scored 13 points Orleans players finished in teams.
in the first quarter — more double-figures.
NFL from London in October In this Nov. 19, 2015, file photo, Thursday Night Football sports- cinnati averaged 15.8 mil-
averaged a worldwide au- casters Bill Cowher, left, and Phil Simms broadcast from the set lion viewers on TV and just
Continued from page 17 dience of about 2.4 million. on the field before an NFL football game between the Jackson- 154,000 on the WatchESPN
A Jets-Dolphins matchup ville Jaguars and the Tennessee Titans in Jacksonville, Fla. streaming service. Only
CBS and NBC are paying from London earlier that Associated Press ESPN subscribers who log
$45 million per game for the month, which started at in are able to access those
Thursday night package. the same time, averaged prime time, that isn’t as Night Football” finale this streams, though, while
The networks also own the more than quadruple that the Thursday night Twitter
rights to stream their games in the U.S. alone with 9.9 much of an issue. past season. The game broadcasts will be avail-
in the U.S. through their million viewers on CBS. able free to any user.
websites and apps. For The Bill-Jaguars game was Consider the “Monday between Denver and Cin- The NFL launched “Thurs-
the NBC telecasts, viewers available on TV only in the day Night Football” on
must subscribe to a cable teams’ home markets, so NFL Network in 2006 with
or satellite provider and log fans in the rest of the coun- eight games, which grew
in to “authenticate,” as is try who wanted to see it to 13 by 2012. In 2014, the
the case for “Sunday Night had to watch the stream. league partnered with CBS
Football.” CBS has yet to In contrast, the Thursday for a 16-game slate — half
announce its plans for its night broadcasts are na- simulcast on CBS and NFL
games. tionally televised. Network and half solely on
So far, the audience for That London game took NFL Network, with CBS pro-
NFL streams has been sig- place at a time of day ducing all the games with
nificantly smaller than that when American fans might its top announcing team.
for traditional television. be less likely to find them- CBS received the rights
The Yahoo broadcast of selves in front of a TV. For again for 2015.
the Bills-Jaguars game
