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Irving, Brown help Celtics

beat Warriors 92-88

By The Associated Press tempt and calmly made a Houston dominated with
BOSTON (AP) — Kyrie Irving pair of free throws. Chris Paul back in the line-
had 11 of his 16 points in Durant then came up up after missing 14 games
the fourth quarter, includ- empty on his jumper on the with a knee injury.
ing two free throws that put other end. The Rockets made 61 per-
Boston ahead in the clos- Golden State led by as cent of their first-half shots
ing seconds, and the Celt- many as 17, but had to to get the second-most
ics beat the Golden State lean heavily on its reserves points in a first half in NBA
Warriors 92-88 on Thursday as its trio of Stephen Curry, history.
night for their 14th straight Klay Thompson and Durant Houston came up 14 points
victory. struggled offensively. shy of the franchise record
Jaylen Brown had 22 points Curry, who returned to ac- for points in a game.
and seven rebounds, and tion after missing a game Ryan Anderson added 24
Al Horford added 18 points with a bruised right thigh, points for the Rockets, who
and 11 rebounds. was the most ineffective. have won seven of eight.
Kevin Durant has 24 points He was 3 of 14 from the field Troy Daniels tied a Suns
for Golden State. The de- — 2 of 9 from the 3-point franchise record with six 3s
fending champion Warriors line — and had nine points. in the second quarter and
had won seven in a row. ROCKETS 142, SUNS 116 led Phoenix with 23 points.
Playing his second game PHOENIX (AP) — James Devin Booker added 18
since suffering a facial Harden had 23 of his 48 points and 10 assists.q
fracture, Irving shed his points in the second quar- Golden State Warriors’ Andre Iguodala, second from right, does
protective mask in the sec- ter while Houston scored ___ a reverse dunk in front of Boston Celtics’ Marcus Smart, second
ond quarter. Then, with 90 points in the first half en More NBA basketball: from left, during the second quarter of an NBA basketball game
the game tied at 88, he route to a win over Phoe- https://apnews.com/tag/ in Boston, Thursday, Nov. 16, 2017.
was fouled on his layup at- nix. NBAbasketball Associated Press

Goffin beats Thiem to set up ATP Finals semi with Federer

By SAM JOHNSTON Saturday’s other semifinal.
Associated Press Dimitrov defeated Pablo
LONDON (AP) — David Carreno Busta 6-1, 6-1 in the
Goffin is into the last four late match to become the
of the ATP Finals, to go first player to win all three
any further he’ll have to round-robin matches on
do something he’s never debut since Andy Murray in
done before: beat Roger 2008.
Federer. Unlike during his 74-minute
The No.7-seeded Goffin thrashing by Dimitrov on
beat Dominic Thiem 6-4, Wednesday, Goffin was
6-1 at the O2 Arena on able to recover from a slow
Friday to set up a semifinal start.
meeting with Federer. Thiem produced some
From 0-3, 0-15 down in the blistering groundstrokes to
opening set, Goffin won 15 break in the second game
consecutive points to take of the match and held for a
control of the match, and 3-0 lead, but from there his
never looked back. game disintegrated.
“I’ve never found a key to “Well, I had a very, very
beat Roger,” said Goffin, good start obviously,”
who has lost all of his six Thiem said. “Again, some
meetings with the 19-time very bad mistakes. I let David Goffin of Belgium plays a return to Dominic Thiem of Austria during their mens singles tennis
Grand-Slam champion. him back into the game. match at the ATP World Finals at the O2 Arena in London, Friday, Nov. 17, 2017.
“Honestly, I don’t know Somehow after the 3-0, I Associated Press
what to do tomorrow. But lost it until the end.” Goffin cruised to victory. wasteful, completing just Goffin is making his full
I’m going to try something, When Thiem finally ended Goffin was far from faultless one of his six. debut at the event, having
something different, his opponent’s run of five himself, with both players’ “As soon as I came back stepped in as an alternate
something that I’ve never straight games, Goffin kept unforced error totals at 3-3 with a good service for one match last year.
done in the past.” his composure to serve doubling their winner game, I knew that he was Reaching the semifinals in
The victory took Goffin out the set. Thiem then counts. struggling a little bit with his London is the latest step in a
to 2-1 in the round-robin received treatment on his However, in the major groundstrokes,” Goffin said. groundbreaking season for
stage of the elite season- left knee, but it didn’t seem moments Goffin was “He was hitting too hard the Belgian. He broke into
ending tournament after a to help. able to keep his game maybe a little bit. He lost his the top 10 for the first time
win over Rafael Nadal and He was broken again in the under control, taking five timing in his backhands. He in February and reached a
defeat to Grigor Dimitrov, third game of the second of his seven break point started to think about how career high No. 8-ranking
who will meet Jack Sock in set and then twice more as opportunities. Thiem was to hit the ball.” earlier in November.q