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                                                                                                       SPORTS Saturday 11 March 2017





















            Westbrook triple-double



            leads Thunder over Spurs




            The Associated Press         since December, but Kevin    start  the  second  half  and
            OKLAHOMA  CITY  (AP)  —  Love and Kyle Korver were        were  up  by  as  many  as
            Russell  Westbrook  had  his  out, and the Cavaliers lost   21  Thursday  night.  A  late
            31st  triple-double  of  the  Andrew Bogut earlier in the   Phoenix run made it a sev-
            season to help the Oklaho-   week with a broken leg.      en-point game before Los
            ma  City  Thunder  beat  the  Cleveland  led  80-73  after   Angeles  scored  the  final
            San Antonio Spurs 102-92 in  finishing  the  third  quarter   five points.
            the NBA on Thursday night.   with a 22-5 run, but the Pis-  Devin Booker scored 23 for
            Westbrook  had  23  points,  tons  started  strong  in  the   the  Suns.  Marquese  Chriss
            13 rebounds and 13 assists  fourth, and a tip-in by Reg-  added 18, and T.J. Warren
            to  match  Wilt  Chamber-    gie  Jackson  gave  Detroit   finished with 17.
            lain’s  1967-68  campaign  an 82-80 advantage.            TRAIL  BLAZERS  114,  76ERS
            for  the  second-most  triple-  Kyrie  Irving  had  27  points   108 OT
            doubles in a season.         for Cleveland.               PORTLAND,  Oregon  (AP)
            Victor  Oladipo  scored  20  CLIPPERS 114, GRIZZLIES 98   —  Jusuf  Nurkic  had  a  ca-
            points,  and  Enes  Kanter  MEMPHIS,  Tennessee  (AP)     reer-high 28 points and 20
            added  14  points  and  10  —  Austin  Rivers  scored  20   rebounds  as  the  Portland
            rebounds  for  the  Thunder.  points and Chris Paul add-  Trail Blazers beat the Phila-
            They snapped a four-game  ed  19  points  and  seven      delphia 76ers in overtime.   Oklahoma City Thunder guard Russell Westbrook (0) shoots in
            losing streak.               assists  to  lead  Los  Angeles   Nurkic  also  had  eight  as-  front of San Antonio Spurs guard Danny Green (14) during the
            Kawhi  Leonard  scored  19  past Memphis.                 sists  and  six  blocks  in  Port-  first quarter of an NBA basketball game in Oklahoma City, Thurs-
            points  for  the  Spurs,  who  The  Clippers  solidified  their   land’s  fourth  straight  win.   day, March 9, 2017.
            had  won  nine  straight.  hold on the fifth seed in the   Damian Lillard finished with                                         Associated Press
            San  Antonio  dropped  two  Western Conference, while     24 points but did not make
            games behind the Golden  Memphis         continued    a   a  3-pointer,  snapping  a   Philadelphia  rookie  Dario  ington  added  24  in  the
            State  Warriors  in  the  race  skid that has reached four   streak of 42 games with at   Saric had a season-best 28  76ers’  sixth  loss  in  seven
            for  the  best  record  in  the  straight.                least one 3.                 points,  while  Robert  Cov-  games.q
            NBA.                         J.J. Redick scored 15 points,
            Tony Parker, Manu Ginobili  Jamal Crawford and Blake      Spurs star Leonard to miss
            and Kyle Anderson sat out  Griffin had 14 apiece, and
            for  the  Spurs.  Ginobili  rest-  Griffin added 12 rebounds.
            ed,  Parker  had  back  stiff-  Marc  Gasol  led  Memphis   Warriors game with concussion
            ness  and  Anderson  had  a  with  20  points,  and  Zach
            sprained right knee.         Randolph  had  18  points
            PISTONS  106,  CAVALIERS  and 11 rebounds.                                                                          SAN ANTONIO (AP) — NBA
            101                          LAKERS 122, SUNS 110                                                                   All-Star  Kawhi  Leonard  will
            AUBURN      HILLS,   Michi-  PHOENIX (AP) — D’Angelo                                                                miss  San  Antonio’s  show-
            gan  (AP)  —  Andre  Drum-   Russell  scored  28  points,                                                           down  with  the  Golden
            mond  had  20  points  and  including    six   3-pointers,                                                          State Warriors on Saturday
            16  rebounds,  and  Detroit  as  the  Los  Angeles  Lakers                                                          after  suffering  a  concus-
            scored the first 13 points of  snapped  an  eight-game                                                              sion.  Leonard  was  injured
            the  fourth  quarter  before  losing  streak  by  beating                                                           in  the  second  half  of  the
            holding  off  injury-plagued  Phoenix.                                                                              Spurs’  102-92  loss  to  Okla-
            Cleveland.                   Jordan Clarkson added 19                                                               homa  City  on  Thursday
            LeBron  James  had  29  for the Lakers, who stopped                                                                 night,  which  snapped  the
            points, 13 rebounds and 10  an  11-game  skid  in  Phoe-                                                            team’s nine-game winning
            assists  —  and  threw  down  nix,  where  they  hadn’t                                                             streak.The  forward  was
            over  a  half-dozen  tremen-  won since Jan. 5, 2011. Los                                                           struck on the left side of his
            dous dunks — but the Cav-    Angeles  lost  137-101  in  its                                                        head by Victor Oladipo as
            aliers  have  now  lost  three  previous  game  in  Phoenix                                                         the  Thunder  guard  flailed
            straight and five of their last  on  Feb.  15,  the  most  one-  San Antonio Spurs forward Kawhi Leonard (2) shoots in front of   his arms after losing the ball
            seven. J.R. Smith played for  sided Suns win in the series’   Oklahoma City Thunder center Enes Kanter (11) during the third   on  a  drive  to  the  basket.
                                                                      quarter of an NBA basketball game in Oklahoma City, Thursday,
            Cleveland  after  a  thumb  history.                      March 9, 2017.                                            Leonard  exited  and  did
            injury  had  kept  him  out  The Lakers took the lead to                                          Associated Press  not return, finishing with 19
                                                                                                                                points in 26 minutes. q
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