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SPORTS Saturday 21 OctOber 2017

Westbrook has triple-double, new-look Thunder rout Knicks

By The Associated Press points and 12 rebounds miles ahead of their Staples
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — for the Knicks. Enes Kanter, Center co-tenants in both
Russell Westbrook had a who joined the Knicks in the teams’ season openers.
triple-double and the Okla- deal that sent Anthony to Ball had three points, four
homa City Thunder beat the Thunder, finished with assists and nine rebounds
the New York Knicks 105-84 10 points and seven re- in 29 minutes during the
on Thursday night in their bounds. No other New York first game foir the the No. 2
first regular-season game players scored in double overall pick from UCLA.
with All-Star additions Paul figures. Ball is expected to revital-
George and Carmelo An- CLIPPERS 108, LAKERS 92 ize his hometown team this
thony LOS ANGELES (AP) — Blake season, but the rookie start-
Westbrook, the NBA MVP Griffin scored 29 points, De- ed out with all the nerves
last season when he aver- Andre Jordan added 14 and mistakes that might
aged a triple-double, had points and 24 rebounds, be expected from any
with 21 points, 16 assists and and the Los Angeles Clip- 19-year-old point guard
10 rebounds. pers spoiled Lonzo Ball’s with the weight of a 16-time
Paul George, who was quiet NBA debut for the Los NBA champion franchise
acquired in an offseason Angeles Lakers. on his slender shoulders. son added 18. scored 22 points in his To-
trade with the Indiana Pac- Lou Williams added 12 Along with a handful of
ers, led the Thunder with 28 points in the Clippers’ first good-looking passes and Oklahoma City Thunder guard Russell Westbrook (0) shoots in
points. Anthony, who was game since Chris Paul a 3-pointer late in the first the first quarter of an NBA basketball game against the New
traded from the Knicks to spurned the perennial play- half, he went 1 for 6 from York Knicks in Oklahoma City, Thursday, Oct. 19, 2017.
Associated Press
the Thunder right before off team after six years and the field and committed
training camp began, had forced an offseason trade two turnovers. RAPTORS 117, BULLS 101 ronto debut and the Rap-
22 points against his former to Houston. The Clippers Brook Lopez scored 20 TORONTO (AP) — Jonas tors beat short-handed
team. will have a new look this points in his debut for the Valanciunas had 23 points Chicago in the opener for
Kristaps Porzingis had 31 season, but they were still Lakers, and Jordan Clark- and 15 rebounds, C.J. Miles both teams.q

Hayward, Lin bad landing at Indiana on “You worry about guys get-

Wednesday left him in tears ting nicked up,” Memphis
and saying, “I’m done, I’m forward Brandan Wright
Continued from Page 17 done.” said.
His personal diagnosis was “Lot of big injuries ... You
“It’s tough watching that officially confirmed Thurs- want to just take care of
happen to anybody in the day morning: Lin ruptured your guys.”
NBA,” said Golden State the patella tendon in his Hayward had surgery
guard Shaun Livingston, right knee, the Nets said. Wednesday night and is
whose horrific knee injury “We feel awful that the inju- likely to miss the remainder
from 2007 — so bad that ry will cost him the season,” of the season, after break-
doctors originally thought Nets general manager ing his leg and dislocating
he could lose his leg — Sean Marks said. his ankle in Boston’s opener
was compared to the gro- Plenty of other teams are at Cleveland.
tesque nature of Hayward’s missing key players and Livingston had no interest
injury Tuesday night. “It’s all would-be starters. in seeing the replay of Hay-
a brotherhood. Boston Celtics’ Gordon Hayward grimaces in pain in the first half Among them: Utah’s Dante ward’s injury.
of an NBA basketball game against the Cleveland Cavaliers,
You want to see guys suc- Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2017, in Cleveland. Exum may miss the whole He knows the road that
ceed.” Associated Press season with a dislocated awaits the Boston star.
Many members of the left shoulder, Miami’s Rod- “I’m not watching the
brotherhood are ailing, has him listed as doubtful Hayward, are just the hurt- ney McGruder had sur- video, but I’ve seen the
none causing bigger shock for Golden State’s game ing All-Stars from last sea- gery on a stress fracture in pictures,” Livingston said.
waves than Hayward. at New Orleans on Friday. son. his leg, Phoenix’s Brandon “Prayers go out to him.
San Antonio’s Kawhi Leon- Houston’s Chris Paul missed “There’s no doubt we’ll Knight blew his knee out in It’s going to be a long road
ard hasn’t played yet a game at Sacramento get him back to be better the summer, San Antonio’s back for him but if he puts
this season because of a on Wednesday with knee than he was before,” said Tony Parker (leg) is still sev- his mind to it, is a man of
quadriceps injury. The War- pain. Mark Bartelstein, Hayward’s eral weeks from returning, faith, keeps good people
riors sent Draymond Green Cleveland’s Isaiah Thomas agent. Indiana’s Glenn Robinson around him ... it’s going to
to get an MRI on an ach- won’t be back until Janu- Lin’s injury was nowhere III (ankle) may miss half the be a long rehab for him but
ing left knee, which side- ary, at least, while recover- near as visibly horrifying as season and Milwaukee’s he’s very capable of com-
lined him before the end ing from a hip injury. Hayward’s, but the end Jabari Parker (knee) has ing back and being the
of their season opener and And those guys, along with result was the same — a months of rehab work left. same player.”q