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Embiid scores 45, Mathias’ OT 3 lifts 76ers over Heat

By The Associated Press ished a five-game trip with
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Joel four wins.
Embiid had 45 points and Keldon Johnson added 18
16 rebounds, Dakota Math- points for the Spurs, who
ias’ only basket of the won their 2,200th game
game was a go-ahead since joining the NBA in
3-pointer with 26.1 seconds 1976. The Spurs commit-
left and the Philadelphia ted a season-low four turn-
76ers hung on to beat the overs.
undermanned Miami Heat Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
137-134 in overtime on led Oklahoma City with 20
Tuesday night. points while Hamidou Diallo
Embiid had one of the scored 16. The Thunder are
great games of his career 0-4 this season at Chesa-
and carried the Sixers with peake Energy Arena but
a perfect third quarter and 5-1 on the road. Oklahoma
clutch buckets in OT to put City’s next three games are
them on the brink of victory. at home.
Mathias, who went undraft- PACERS 104, WARRIORS 95
ed in 2018 and signed this SAN FRANCISCO (AP) —
season with the Sixers as a Myles Turner made a go-
two-day G League player, ahead 3-pointer with 2:59
got the ball from the top of to play and scored 22
the arc and buried it for the Philadelphia 76ers’ Joel Embiid, center, battles with Miami Heat’s Precious Achiuwa, left, for a points as Indiana stymied
134-132 lead. Tyler Herro loose ball as 76ers’ Isaiah Joe, right, tries to help during overtime of an NBA basketball game Golden State.
Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2021, in Philadelphia.
helped the Heat overcome Associated Press The Pacers kept Stephen
Embiid’s dominant effort Curry in check by regularly
when his 3-pointer tied the Bruce Brown made a huge who were trying to sweep Los Angeles led by 20 or playing him with a tough
game 115-all with 2:25 left. contribution while starting a three-game road trip. more for most of the game box-and-1 defense, though
Precious Achiuwa scored for the absent Kyrie Irving, Caris LeVert added 20 on a night James Harden the two-time MVP still had
two straight baskets -- the and Brooklyn rallied from 18 points for the Nets. made just 5 of 16 shots 20 points.
first off Philly’s shot clock vi- down to beat Denver. LAKERS 117, ROCKETS 100 and the Rockets were out- Justin Holiday also hit a
olation, then off a turnover Brown scored 16 points, in- HOUSTON (AP) — LeBron rebounded 55-42. key 3 late to help Indiana
-- for a 119-115 lead. cluding the tying and go- James scored 26 points in Christian Wood had 18 bounce back from a loss at
Embiid buried the pull- ahead baskets down the just more than three quar- points and eight rebounds Sacramento a night earlier.
up jumper just inside the stretch. Durant followed ters and Los Angeles never and Harden had 16 points, Andrew Wiggins scored 22
3-point arc with 3.3 sec- with Brooklyn’s next six trailed in a rout. seven rebounds and six as- points as the Warriors con-
onds left that tied it 120-120 points, including a 3-pointer Anthony Davis added 19 sists in a game where none cluded a 4-3 homestand,
and sent the game into that essentially put it away points and 10 rebounds of Houston’s starters played their longest of the season.
overtime. at 120-113 with 27 seconds in three quarters to help in the fourth quarter. Wiggins also blocked a ca-
NETS 122, NUGGETS 116 to play. the Lakers to their second SPURS 112, THUNDER 102 reer-best five shots.
NEW YORK (AP) — Kevin Nikola Jokic had 23 points, straight blowout over the OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Turner had 11 rebounds
Durant had 34 points, 13 11 assists and eight re- Rockets after a 120-102 vic- Lonnie Walker IV scored 24 and four blocks for the
assists and nine rebounds, bounds for the Nuggets, tory Sunday night. points and San Antonio fin- Pacers.q

Not only goalies wear masks: NHL coaches must cover faces

By STEPHEN WHYNO all day wearing one is an tache, maybe that was
AP Hockey Writer adjustment, but we’ll work kind of like a mask,” Dave
Winnipeg coach Paul Mau- it out,” Joel Quenneville of Tippett of the Edmonton
rice struggled to blow a the Florida Panthers said. Oilers said. “I’m a mumbler
whistle while wearing a “Sometimes when you re- at the best of times. You’ll
mask. Barry Trotz couldn’t ally want to get your point have to be really clear with
see if one of his New York across, you might have who’s going on line chang-
Islanders players was skat- to pull your mask down to es.”
ing toward him because his make yourself clear. But One thing that’s clear is
mask had helped fog up his I’ve never changed lines most coaches won’t com-
glasses. with a face mask on.” plain about the extra safety
One of the new challenges Hockey coaches are more measure to prevent virus
for NHL coaches this season responsible than their spread. Quenneville and
is the requirement to wear counterparts in baseball, his staff have talked about
a mask behind the bench football or basketball to NFL coaches being fined
during games and on the bark out directions in real for not wearing face cov- Carolina Hurricanes coach Rod Brind’Amour conducts
ice for practices. Now that time at a fast pace, which erings correctly and how drills during NHL hockey training camp in Morrisville, N.C.,
goaltenders won’t be the makes this an even steeper they’ve adapted. Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021.
only masked men around learning curve. Get ready Commissioner Gary Bet- Associated Press
the rink, coaches will learn for loud yelling and maybe tman told coaches and them.” tawa Senators said. “Ulti-
and adjust on the fly like a few more bench minor executives that protocols “I’m going to have to do mately the league’s doing
those in other sports have penalties for too many men “are not a suggestion or a my absolute best to make it for a reason, and it’s the
had to in recent months. on the ice. recommendation” and the sure it stays on and stays safety, and I’ll abide by all
“Just being around the rink “I used to have a big mous- NHL “will vigorously enforce right,” D.J. Smith of the Ot- the rules.”q