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SPORTS Thursday 9 November 2017
Love powers Cavaliers past Antetokounmpo, Bucks 124-119

By The Associated Press The Eastern Conference
CLEVELAND (AP) — Kevin player of the week was
Love scored a season-high held below 30 for only the
32 points, LeBron James third time in 10 games this
added 30 and the Cleve- season, but he delivered
land Cavaliers withstood a when it mattered, scoring
40-point performance by seven points in the final
Giannis Antetokounmpo to 2:32.
beat the Milwaukee Bucks Doug McDermott added
124-119 on Tuesday night. a season-high 20 points off
The Cavs have been one the bench and Tim Hard-
of the NBA’s biggest sur- away Jr. had 19 for the
prises this season — for all Knicks, who have won six of
the wrong reasons. But af- seven after an 0-3 start.
ter losing five of six, they did Kemba Walker, Dwight
enough to hand the Bucks Howard and rookie Malik
their fourth straight loss and Monk each had 21 points
keep Cleveland fans from in the Hornets’ third straight
panicking. loss.
Love, who was briefly hos- PELICANS 117, PACERS 112
pitalized after scoring just INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — An-
four points in a surprising thony Davis had 37 points
loss to Atlanta on Sunday, and 14 rebounds for New
also had 16 rebounds. J.R. Orleans, and DeMarcus
Smith added a season-high Cousins added 32 points Cleveland Cavaliers’ Kevin Love (0) drives against Milwaukee Bucks’ Thon Maker (7), from
20 points for the Cavs. and 13 boards. Australia, in the second half of an NBA basketball game, Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2017, in Cleveland. The
Still a few weeks shy of his Davis was 14 for 18 from the Cavaliers won 124-119.
23rd birthday, the multi-tal- field in New Orleans’ third Associated Press
ented Antetokounmpo fin- straight win. Darius Miller in their third straight win. geles with 24 points. Blake Mavericks.
ished 16 of 21 from the floor. scored 12 points, and Ja- San Antonio also had a Griffin added 15 points on John Wall had 23 points
Malcolm Brogdon added meer Nelson had 10. season-best 12 steals, and 4-for-13 shooting. and 14 assists in his return
22 points for Milwaukee. Indiana had six players Danny Green, Rudy Gay MAVERICKS 113, WIZARDS from a sprained left shoul-
Before the game, the Bucks score in double figures in and Pau Gasol all had or 99 der, but the Wizards lost
got some scoring help by its third straight loss. Myles matched their best scor- WASHINGTON (AP) — Har- for the fifth time in seven
acquiring guard Eric Bled- Turner had 21 points and 12 ing output of the season. rison Barnes scored 31 games. Bradley Beal had
soe from the Phoenix Suns rebounds, and Victor Ola- Green scored 24 points, points, rookie Dennis Smith 23 points, and Otto Porter
in exchange for forward/ dipo scored 15 points. Gay had 22 and Gasol Jr. had 22 and the Maver- Jr. finished with 13.
center Greg Monroe and Indiana led 75-61 at half- added 19. icks snapped a six-game Dallas led by as many as 16
two draft picks. time, but the Pelicans out- The Spurs were dominant losing streak. in the second half before
KNICKS 118, HORNETS 113 scored the Pacers 35-19 in in the third quarter for the Wesley Matthews made Washington put together
NEW YORK (AP) — Kristaps the third quarter. second straight game. Af- four 3-pointers and finished a 14-0 run to close to 90-
Porzingis scored 28 points, SPURS 120, CLIPPERS 107 ter routing Phoenix by 21 with 14 points for Dallas, 88 with 8:56 remaining in
including a tiebreaking SAN ANTONIO (AP) — La- points in the third quarter which has won 14 of its last the game. The Mavericks
3-pointer with 1:48 remain- Marcus Aldridge scored 25 Sunday, San Antonio out- 15 meetings with Washing- responded with a 15-5
ing, and the Knicks earned points, and the Spurs made scored the Clippers by 19. ton. It was just the second spurt and were never chal-
their third straight victory. a season-high 15 3-pointers Austin Rivers led Los An- win on the season for the lenged again.q
Anthony’s flagrant foul stands, NBA rescinds Westbrook’s

By BRIAN MAHONEY Anthony drove to the bas- nature.” Westbrook was at-
AP Basketball Writer ket and elbowed center tempting a jump shot Tues-
NEW YORK (AP) — The NBA Jusuf Nurkic in the face on day against Sacramento
said Wednesday that Car- a shot that went in during when he and defender
melo Anthony’s flagrant 2 the Thunder’s loss in Port- Bogdan Bogdanovic collid-
foul will stand, but rescind- land on Sunday. The basket ed. Westbrook was issued a
ed the flagrant issued to was overturned after re- flagrant 1 foul, but that was
Russell Westbrook in Okla- view and Anthony was hit downgraded.
homa City’s last game. with the automatic ejec- “After review, we deter-
The league also fined tion. mined that the contact
Westbrook, Paul George Crew chief Rodney Mott was part of Russell’s down-
and coach Billy Donovan said after the game that ward shooting motion and
$15,000 apiece for their crit- referees ruled the contact the defender was moving
icisms of the officials after was excessive and not a forward into his shooting
the call against Anthony on natural basketball move space,” Frank said.
Sunday. Both were unusual and the league agreed. Sacramento Kings center Willie Cauley-Stein, left, and Oklahoma A flagrant 1 is considered
plays in that flagrant fouls “We reviewed it, the same City Thunder forward Carmelo Anthony pass each other after unnecessary contact. The
are usually called against as we review all plays of this the Kings defeated the Thunder 94-86 in an NBA basketball flagrant 2 is deemed un-
defensive players. Instead, nature, and agree with the game Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2017, in Sacramento, Calif. necessary and excessive
Anthony and Westbrook on-court officials that the Associated Press — and a foul doesn’t have
were whistled for contact foul met the criteria of hard injury,” NBA spokesman Tim extended his elbow into his to be considered inten-
they created while at- contact above the shoul- Frank said. “While attempt- opponent’s face, which is tional to be determined
tempting shots. ders with high potential for ing to draw a foul, Anthony dangerous and reckless in dangerous.q