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SPORTS Thursday 11 May 2017

Spurs overcome Leonard injury,

Harden to beat Rockets in OT

BY RAUL DOMINGUEZ ations,” Spurs point guard ard said. “But I was happy
ASSOCIATED PRESS Patty Mills said. “Game 5, seeing my teammates out
SAN ANTONIO (AP) -- The at home, you just try to soak there putting in a good ef-
San Antonio Spurs were in it up and play hard. I guess fort and getting the win.”
a tough spot after Kawhi that’s where all the pas- Leonard said he will play
Leonard hurt his ankle in sion comes out, at those in Game 6 on Thursday in
the second half. moments. The diving on Houston. Green made a
That’s when Danny Green loose balls, coming up with go-ahead 3-pointer and
and the Spurs’ supporting whatever it may be, you’re converted a three-point
cast stepped up. throwing your body on the play to make it 109-107
Green scored seven of his line in those situations.” Spurs with 30.1 seconds left.
16 points in overtime, help- Leonard had 22 points He also made a foul shot
ing San Antonio top James and 15 rebounds in 38 min- down the stretch to help
Harden and the Houston utes before exiting with San Antonio hold on.
Rockets 110-107 on Tues- an injured right ankle. He “I think we all made a de-
day night to take a 3-2 lead stepped on Harden’s foot cision to be aggressive,”
in their second-round play- while running back in transi- Green said of Leonard’s
off series. tion with 5:37 left in the third absence, “regardless of
Harden had 33 points, 10 quarter and then played what was going to hap-
rebounds and 10 assists. He limited minutes before sit- pen. We weren’t going to
had a chance at a poten- ting out overtime. lose the game being on
tial tying 3-pointer in the fi- The Spurs already were our heels.”
nal seconds of OT, but was without Tony Parker, who Two questionable plays Houston Rockets’ Ryan Anderson (3) and LaMarcus Aldridge
blocked from behind by will miss the rest of the play- closed regulation with the (12) watch as Manu Ginobili (20) of Argentina dunks the ball
Manu Ginobili. offs after surgery to repair game tied at 101. during the first half in Game 5 of an NBA basketball second-
round playoff series, Tuesday, May 9, 2017, in San Antonio.
“I remember saying to a a ruptured left quadriceps Harden was whistled for a
couple of the guys this is tendon. charge after dribbling all to the basket on Jonathon possession, with Mills bank-
what we live for, these mo- “It was frustrating because but a few seconds off the Simmons. The Spurs failed ing in a 3-pointer after the
ments, to play in these situ- I wanted to play,” Leon- shot clock before driving to take a shot on their final buzzer sounded.q
Wife of ESPN broadcaster Chris Berman dies in car crash

WOODBURY, Conn. (AP) — ment. “Chris is beloved by and both veered off the Cheshire, and ESPN head-
The wife of longtime ESPN all his ESPN colleagues and road, according to the po- quarters in Bristol.
broadcaster Chris Berman for good reason: He has a lice account of the crash. According to a profile of
died in a traffic crash in huge heart and has given Berman’s Lexus went down the family that appeared
Connecticut, the sports so much to so many over an embankment and over- in the Hartford Courant in
network’s president con- the years. We know how turned in a small body of 1993, Chris Berman met
firmed Wednesday. much his family means to water. Chris Berman was the former Kathy Alexinski
Katherine Ann Berman, 67, him and all we can do at a listed as the car’s owner. in 1983. Chris Berman, who
a teacher, was one of two moment like this is give him Bertulis’ Ford Escape struck turned 62 Wednesday, is
victims in the two-vehicle the love and support he will a utility pole and landed on a Brown University gradu-
crash Tuesday afternoon surely need at this hour.” its roof in the street. ate who started working
in Woodbury, state police The Bermans have been Berman, who was wear- at ESPN in October 1979, a
This 2013 photo shows Kath- said. The other victim was married more than 33 years ing a seat belt, was pro- month after its founding.
erine Berman in Southington, identified by police as Ed- and have two adult chil- nounced dead at the He stepped down as host
Conn. Katherine Ann Berman, ward Bertulis, 87, of Water- dren, Meredith and Doug. scene. Bertulis, who was of Sunday NFL Countdown
wife of longtime ESPN broad- bury. Both vehicles were travel- not wearing a seat belt, after 31 seasons in Janu-
caster Chris Berman died in “This is a devastating trag- ing in the same direction was pronounced dead at ary but remains with the
the traffic accident Tuesday
May 9, 2017, in Woodbury, edy and difficult to com- on a two-lane road when a hospital. network in an updated
Conn. She was 67. prehend,” ESPN President Kathy Berman’s car struck Woodbury is not far from role after signing a new
Associated Press John Skipper said in a state- the rear of Bertulis’ SUV, the Bermans’ home in contract.q