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SPORTSFriday 30 October 2015
Wolves storm past Lakers on emotional night
Los Angeles Lakers’ Kobe Bryant, left, puts up a shot as he is ished on a 9-1 run. Lou Wil- coaching debut. — Blake Griffin scored 33
defended by Minnesota Timberwolves’ Karl-Anthony Towns liams hit a 3-pointer with 31 Kevin Durant scored 22 points and Paul Pierce en-
during the first half of an NBA basketball game, Wednesday, seconds left to trim Minne- points in his first regular-sea- deared himself to his new
Oct. 28, 2015, in Los Angeles. sota’s lead to one point. son game since February. teammates by putting the
Martin missed a jumper be- He made just 6 of 19 field Clippers ahead for good
Associated Press fore Williams missed a lean- goals, but hit two critical with a late jumper.
ing 4-footer at the buzzer. free throws with 11.5 sec- Chris Paul had 18 points
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Ricky the second half to beat Kobe Bryant scored 24 onds remaining to put the and 11 assists, J.J. Redick
Rubio had a career-high the Los Angeles Lakers 112- points in the first game of Thunder in control. scored 15 and the Clippers
28 points, and the Minne- 111 Wednesday night in his 20th season with the Enes Kanter had 15 points blew a 15-point lead be-
sota Timberwolves rallied their first game since Flip Lakers, breaking John and 16 rebounds off the fore surviving for the sea-
from a 16-point deficit in Saunders’ death. Stockton’s NBA record for bench for the Thunder. son-opening win.
Rubio also had 14 assists the most seasons with one Kawhi Leonard scored a DeMarcus Cousins had 32
and Kevin Martin scored 23 team. career-high 32 points and points and 13 rebounds
points. The Timberwolves CAVALIERS 106, GRIZZLIES grabbed eight rebounds in the Kings’ final season
played with heavy hearts 76 for the Spurs. LaMarcus Al- opener at Sleep Train Are-
three days after they lost MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — dridge had 11 points and na before moving to their
Saunders, the longtime Kevin Love had 17 points five rebounds in his debut new downtown home next
coach and team president and 13 rebounds, Richard with San Antonio after nine season.
who battled Hodgkin’s Jefferson had 14 points and years with Portland. BULLS 115, NETS 100
lymphoma. the Cavaliers ruined the HEAT 104, HORNETS 94 NEW YORK (AP) — Jimmy
Minnesota led 111-102 with Grizzlies’ season opener. MIAMI (AP) — Chris Bosh Butler scored 24 points,
2:11 left, but the Lakers fin- Cleveland capitalized on scored 21 points in his first Nikola Mirotic had 18 and
Memphis’ shooting woes, game since getting sick last Chicago won for the sec-
building a double-digit February, Dwyane Wade ond time in two nights to
lead in the first quarter and added 20 and Miami beat open the season.
extending the margin to 32 Charlotte in the season Pau Gasol added 16 points
in the fourth. The Cavaliers opener for both teams. and Derrick Rose 15 for the
lost their season opener to Gerald Green scored 19 off Bulls, who followed their
the Bulls 97-95 on Tuesday the bench and Luol Deng season-opening victory
night. finished with 13 for Miami, over Cleveland by shoot-
LeBron James, Jared Cun- which used a 26-6 run in ing 54 percent and lead-
ningham and Matthew the second quarter to take ing by as many as 19. They
Dellavedova had 12 points control and beat the Hor- built a big early lead, blew
each, with James 4 of 13 nets for the 14th consecu- most of it with a defense-
from the field. Jefferson tive time at home. less second quarter and
was five of six, including all The Heat made 12 of 20 quickly pulled away again
three 3-point tries, part of shots from 3-point range, in the third.
Cleveland shooting 45 per- including one from Deng Brook Lopez had 26 points
cent from beyond the arc. with 38.8 seconds left to and Andrea Bargnani had
Zach Randolph and Marc help seal the win. 17 for the Nets.
Gasol led the Grizzlies with Kemba Walker led the Hor- TRAIL BLAZERS 112, PELI-
12 points apiece. nets with 19 points, Jeremy CANS 94
THUNDER 112, SPURS 106 Lin scored 17 and Marvin PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — CJ
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Williams had 10 points and McCollum scored a ca-
Russell Westbrook had 33 10 rebounds. reer-high 37 points, includ-
points and 10 assists to help CLIPPERS 111, KINGS 104 ing six 3-pointers, and Port-
Billy Donovan win his NBA SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) land opened with a victory
over depleted New Or-
leans.It was Portland’s 15th
straight home-opening vic-
tory, surpassing Boston’s re-
cord of 14 (1979-92).
Damian Lillard, Portland’s
only remaining starter from
last season, had 21 points
and 11 assists. The Blaz-
ers are the third-young-
est team in the NBA this
season.q
