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Davis leads Pelicans past Celtics 108-89

By BRETT MARTEL The play capped a 22-6, after a three-shot foul was
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — An- fourth-quarter run to blow called against one of his
thony Davis had 34 points open what had been a players.
and 11 rebounds, and the tight game for most of the On Saturday, it was Holiday
New Orleans Pelicans beat first three quarters. defending James Harden.
the banged-up Boston Davis also threw down his Against Boston, it was Ian
Celtics 108-89 on Sunday share of crowd-pleasing Clark defending Nader.
night. dunks, some of which were That gave Nader four foul
Second-year pro Cheick set up by lobs from former shots, but he missed all four
Diallo had a season-high Celtic Rajon Rondo, who with Boston trailing 82-76
17 points and Nikola Mirotic finished with 11 assists. early in the fourth quarter.
added 16 for New Orleans, Jayson Tatum scored 23 for The crowd grew more jubi-
which was desperate to Boston, which has lost three lant with each miss.
win after dropping four of of four and was playing its New Orleans then when
its previous five while in the third straight game with- right down the court and
thick of the Western Con- out either All-Star guard scored on Mirotic's hook
ference playoff race. Kyrie Irving (sore left knee) shot. A few minutes later,
Davis capped his night by or guard Marcus Smart the Pelicans led by dou-
hitting a baseline fallaway (sprained right thumb). ble digits and were pulling
as he was fouled by Abdel Marcus Morris scored 17 away.
Nader to make it 106-85 and Terry Rozier 13 for the TIP-INS
with 3:35 to go. The shot Celtics, who scored only 13 Celtics: Irving had been
brought the crowd to its points on 4-of-20 shooting listed as questionable com-
feet as Davis stumbled to- in the fourth quarter. ing in, but coach Brad Ste-
ward the sideline, where he The game appeared to vens said the club doesn’t
exchanged high-fives with New Orleans Pelicans forward Anthony Davis (23) slam-dunks change after Pelicans want to push Irving to play
several fans before walking over Boston Celtics center Greg Monroe (55) in the first half of an coach Alvin Gentry was as- through pain at this point
to the foul line to hit his foul NBA basketball game in New Orleans, Sunday, March 18, 2018. sessed a technical foul for and wants him closer to full
shot. Associated Press a second game in a row health.q

INDIAN WELLS then I play well," Del Potro corner to tie the set, 5-all.
Continued from Page 18 said. In the tiebreaker, Del Potro
Del Potro and Osaka each They were on serve in the raced to a 6-1 lead, helped
earned $1.3 million. third until Federer broke for by two of Federer's double
Del Potro became the first a 5-4 lead with a backhand faults. He closed out the
Argentine champion in the winner off del Potro's serve. win on his third match point
42-year history of the desert Federer had a chance to when Federer's forehand
tournament. He handed serve out the match, hold- failed.
Federer his first loss of the ing two match points. But "I would like to play that
year, snapping the Swiss su- del Potro staved both off to tiebreaker again because
perstar's 17-match winning force deuce. I don't know what the hell
streak that was the best of Federer's forehand went happened," Federer said.
his career. long, giving del Potro a Del Potro lost just six points
"I feel frustrated that I let an break point. Federer an- on his serve in the first set.
opportunity like this go by," swered with a backhand In the second-set tie-
Federer said. that hit del Potro at the net breaker, Del Potro and Fe-
Del Potro held a match and then gained his third derer took turns arguing
point at 8-7 in the second- match point on del Potro's Naomi Osaka, of Japan, poses with her trophy as streamers fall with chair umpire Fergus
set tiebreaker, but he lost forehand error. after defeating Daria Kasatkina, of Russia, in the women's final Murphy. Del Potro was an-
the final three points on his Del Potro recovered to at the BNP Paribas Open tennis tournament, Sunday, March 18, noyed the crowd was mak-
2018, in Indian Wells, Calif.
own errors that allowed Fe- deuce with a forehand Associated Press ing noise on his serve and
derer to force a third set. winner. Federer mis-hit a told the umpire he wasn't
"It was a lot of frustration forehand high into the giving del Potro another tine cashed in with a well- warning them enough to
after that match point, but air beyond the baseline, break point. The Argen- placed forehand in the be quiet.q