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SPORTS Tuesday 20 November 2018

LeBron James scores 51

points, Lakers beat Heat

By The Associated Press The Warriors are 2-5 since Kanter had 21 points and
MIAMI (AP) — LeBron an eight-game winning 19 rebounds. The Knicks
James scored 51 points streak.The Warriors were have lost five straight.
against his former club without injured starters Ste- GRIZZLIES 100, TIMBER-
and the Los Angeles Lakers phen Curry and Draymond WOLVES 87
beat the Miami Heat 113- Green, and their absence MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Marc
97 on Sunday night. led to a cold start. Three Gasol had 26 points and
James had 19 points in the nights after being held to a 13 rebounds, Mike Conley
first quarter to help the Lak- season-low output in a 107- added 18 points and nine
ers open a big lead. 86 loss at Houston, the two- assists and Memphis pulled
The 51 points were a sea- time defending NBA cham- away to beat Minnesota,
son high for James, and the pions nearly matched that Gasol was 4 of 7 from
most he's scored against dubious mark. 3-point range and Mem-
Miami; he had 47 against TRAIL BLAZERS 119, WIZARDS phis hit 12 overall. The Griz-
the Heat twice. His last shot 109 zlies forced Minnesota into
was a 32-footer with 16 sec- WASHINGTON (AP) — Da- 20 turnovers and turned
onds left, capping the 13th mian Lillard scored 40 them into 19 points.
50-point game of his career points, C.J. McCullom add- Karl-Anthony Towns had 15
— including playoffs — and ed 25 and Portland beat points and 20 rebounds for
he threw the ball skyward Washington to snap a two- the Timberwolves. They had
at midcourt when time ex- game losing streak and im- won three straight games Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James dribbles the ball
during the first half of the team's NBA basketball game against
pired. prove to 11-5. since trading Jimmy Butler Miami Heat, Sunday, Nov. 18, 2018, in Miami.
It was James' first time win- Jusuf Nurkic had 13 points, to Philadelphia.q Associated Press
ning against Miami since 14 rebounds and matched
he left the Heat after the his career high with eight
2014 NBA Finals. He was assists.
0-4 when facing the Heat John Wall scored 24 points
since. for the Wizards.
Wayne Ellington scored 19 MAGIC 131, KNICKS 117
points for Miami. ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Aar-
SPURS 104, WARRIORS 92 on Gordon scored 20 of his
SAN ANTONIO (AP) — La- 31 points in the first quarter
Marcus Aldridge had 24 and Orlando held off New
points and 18 rebounds York for its seventh victory
and San Antonio Spurs in nine games.
fended off a late rally to Nikola Vucevic had 28
beat short-handed Golden points, 10 rebounds and
State, extending the War- nine assists. The Magic shot
riors' skid to three games. 57 percent and set a sea-
DeMar DeRozan had 20 son high for points, surpass-
points, and Rudy Gay add- ing the 130 they scored Sat-
ed 19 to help San Antonio urday night against the Los
snap a three-game slide. Angeles Lakers.
Kevin Durant scored 26 Tim Hardaway Jr. scored
points and Klay Thompson 32 points for New York, Trey
had 25 for Golden State. Burke added 31 and Enes

NBA fines Miami’s Josh
Richardson $25,000 for shoe toss

By TIM REYNOLDS to give his side of the story
AP Basketball Writer before the discipline was
MIAMI (AP) — Josh Rich- meted out.
ardson’s shoe toss was “I’m just going to learn
predictably costly. from it and go forward.”
The NBA fined the Miami Heat coach Erik Spoels-
Heat guard $25,000 on tra lauded Richardson’s
Monday, one day after competitiveness but did
he threw one of his sneak- not give him a pass for
ers several rows into the throwing something into
stands midway through the crowd — and stressed
the fourth quarter of a loss that things have to start
to the Los Angeles Lakers. changing for Miami soon.
“I can’t really do anything The Heat play host to
about it at this point,” Brooklyn on Tuesday
said Richardson, who night. “There’s some be-
spoke with NBA officials havior that’s unaccept-
by phone earlier Monday able,” Spoelstra said. q