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SPORTS Tuesday 27 February 2018
Spurs end four-game skid with 110-94 victory in Cleveland

Associated Press and 14 rebounds for Den-
LaMarcus Aldridge scored ver, which had its four-
27 points, Danny Green game winning streak
added 22 and the San An- snapped. Will Barton add-
tonio Spurs ended their an- ed 25 points.
nual “rodeo” road trip by The Rockets are 21-4 since
beating the host Cleveland Dec. 29 and own the best
Cavaliers 110-94 on Sunday record (46-13) in the NBA.
to snap a four-game losing They are outscoring teams
streak. Green, who missed by an average of 12.5
Friday’s loss at Denver with points during the 12-game
food poisoning, came off winning streak. The five-
the bench for the first time point win Sunday was their
in 49 games this season. closest game during the
He made five 3-pointers to streak.
provide a perfect outside Pelicans 123, Bucks 121
complement to Aldridge’s (OT): Jrue Holiday scored
dynamic inside game. De- 28 of his 36 points after half-
jounte Murray added 13 time to lead New Orleans
points and nine rebounds over host Milwaukee in
for San Antonio, a team overtime.
not accustomed to any tur- Holiday added nine re-
moil. bounds and six assists for
But the Spurs have not New Orleans, which held
been themselves lately on for its season-high fifth
while playing without star win in a row when Jason
Kawhi Leonard. They had Terry’s 3-pointer was ruled
dropped six of seven and after the buzzer.
four in a row on a trip (their Anthony Davis, who en-
arena hosts a rodeo every tered the game as the
year) that coach Gregg league’s third-leading scor-
Popovich’s squad typically er (27.7 ppg), added 27
uses as a spring board into points and 13 rebounds.
the playoffs. The Pelicans trailed by 18
LeBron James had 33 early in the second half but
points, 13 rebounds and outscored Milwaukee 38-19
nine assists for the Cavs, in the third quarter. San Antonio Spurs' Danny Green, right, drives against Cleveland Cavaliers' Jeff Green, left, in the
who fell to 3-2 since over- Khris Middleton scored 25 first half of an NBA basketball game, Sunday, Feb. 25, 2018, in Cleveland. The Spurs won 110-94.
hauling their roster with points for the Bucks. Giannis Associated Press
three trades. Antetokounmpo, the No. 2
Rockets 119, Nuggets 114: scorer in the NBA (27.8) and his 19 points in the first half two back of Washington in for the playoffs. The Pistons
James Harden had 41 Eric Bledsoe each added to help fourth-place Wash- the congested East stand- have 28 wins, and there
points and eight rebounds, 20, but the Bucks lost for ington move a half-game ings. are eight teams in the con-
Chris Paul scored 23 points only the fourth time in the ahead of Indiana in the Hornets 114, Pistons 98: ference with at least 31
and Houston beat host last 14 games and fell to Eastern Conference stand- Dwight Howard had 17 victories. Seven Charlotte
Denver for its 12th straight 9-26 all-time against New ings. points and 12 rebounds, players scored in double
victory. Harden had 27 in Orleans. The Wizards improved to Kemba Walker added 17 digits, and the Hornets’
the first half and seven in Wizards 109, 76ers 94: Otto 9-3 in an extended stretch points and Charlotte beat bench outscored Detroit’s
the fourth quarter, when Porter scored 24 points, without All-Star point guard Detroit in Charlotte, North reserves 51-28.
the Rockets held off a late Bradley Beal added 23 and John Wall (knee surgery). Carolina, for its season-best Blake Griffin led the Pistons
Denver rally. Harden has Washington had a domi- Joel Embiid had 25 points fourth straight win. with 20 points on 10-for-
scored 40 or more points nant second quarter in a and 10 rebounds for Phila- The Hornets improved to 18 shooting, while Andre
nine times this season. He victory over visiting Phila- delphia, which dropped a 27-33 while making a push Drummond had 14 points
finished with seven assists. delphia. half-game behind Milwau- toward the No. 8 seed in and 14 rebounds. Detroit
Nikola Jokic had 21 points Kelly Oubre scored 16 of kee into seventh place and the Eastern Conference has lost five of six.q

Bills agree to terms with CB Vontae Davis

By JOHN WAWROW agreement on Monday The Bills have a need at Leonard Johnson and 97 passes defensed and 22
AP Sports Writer night. cornerback after their sec- Shareece Wright — are all interceptions.
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — The The 29-year-old Davis spent ondary excelled under set to hit free agency this Shortly before the agree-
Buffalo Bills got a head start the past five seasons with first-year coach Sean Mc- spring. ment was made official,
on a major positional need the Indianapolis Colts. A Dermott in 2017. Former Davis entered the NFL as Davis posted "#BillsMafia"
before free agency begins two-time Pro Bowler, Davis first-round pick Tre'Davious a first-round pick of the Mi- on his Twitter account.
by agreeing to terms with was released by the Colts White is entrenched as the ami Dolphins before being Buffalo had one of the top
veteran cornerback Von- in November after suffer- team's top cornerback, but traded to the Colts for a secondaries in the league
tae Davis on a one-year ing a setback with a groin Buffalo's next three corners second-round pick in 2012. in 2017, led by White and
contract. injury and electing to have on the depth chart from He has started 113 of 120 safeties Micah Hyde and
The team announced the surgery. last season — E.J. Gaines, games, making 342 tackles, Jordan Poyer.q