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Saturday 22 april 2017
Cavs set NBA postseason

record to beat Pacers

The Associated Press points and handed out Middleton scored 20 points
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — LeB- eight assists as Memphis and Milwaukee over-
ron James finished with 41 snapped a 10-game post- whelmed cold-shooting
points, 13 rebounds and 12 season skid against San An- Toronto to take a 2-1 lead
assists, and the Cleveland tonio. in their first-round Eastern
Cavaliers set an NBA post- The Grizzlies pulled within Conference playoff series.
Cleveland Cavaliers forward LeBron James celebrates a bas- season record by erasing 2-1 in this first-round West- Greg Monroe added 16
ket against the Indiana Pacers during the second half of Game a 25-point halftime deficit ern Conference series, giv- points and seven rebounds
3 of a first-round NBA basketball playoff series, Thursday, April to beat the Indiana Pacers ing first-year coach David for the Bucks, who held
20, 2017, in Indianapolis. The Cavaliers defeated the Pacers 119-114 on Thursday night Fizdale his first postseason DeMar DeRozan without a
119-114. and take a 3-0 lead. victory. basket and never looked
Associated Press James passed Kobe Bryant This also marked the Griz- back after leading by 20
for No. 3 on the NBA’s ca- zlies’ first win over the Spurs points after the first quarter.
reer playoff scoring list and in the playoffs since April Making this blowout even
tied another NBA record by 2011, when Memphis beat more impressive was that
winning his 20th consecu- San Antonio in six games. they barely needed All-Star
tive first-round game. Game 4 is Saturday night. Giannis Antetokounmpo.
The Cavaliers will try to Marc Gasol and Zach He finished with 19 points
sweep the series Sunday. Randolph each scored 21 and eight boards.
The incredible rally ruined points for Memphis, which Game 4 is Saturday back
Paul George’s big night. He outscored San Antonio 31- at the Bradley Center.
had 36 points, a playoff ca- 17 in the third quarter and With raucous fans wearing
reer-high 15 rebounds and led by as much as 22 in the black Bucks giveaway T-
nine assists. second half. shirts to match the players’
Cleveland trailed by 26 in Kawhi Leonard, who uniforms, Milwaukee put
the first half and was still scored 32 and 37 in the on a dominating display
down 74-49 at halftime. first two games, was held of basketball worthy of the
The largest halftime deficit to 18. LaMarcus Aldridge team’s “Fear the Deer” slo-
overcome to win a playoff added 16, and Kyle Ander- gan.
game had been 21 points son had 15 as Spurs coach The Raptors looked frazzled
by Baltimore against Phila- Gregg Popovich benched after shooting 4 of 18 in the
delphia in 1948. his starters for most of the first quarter. Kyle Lowry had
GRIZZLIES 105, SPURS 94 fourth quarter. 13 points.q
MEMPHIS, Tennessee (AP) BUCKS 104, RAPTORS 77
— Mike Conley scored 24 MILWAUKEE (AP) — Khris

Researchers to look for CTE

evidence in Hernandez’s brain

in prison early Wednesday,
days after winning an ac-
quittal in a 2012 double
homicide case. He was al-
ready serving a life term in
a 2013 killing.
After a brief public dispute
between Massachusetts
authorities and Hernan-
dez’s family, the former Pa-
triots tight end’s brain was
released to BU’s Chronic
Traumatic Encephalopa-
thy Center. In addition to
Seau and Duerson, CTE has
In this Sunday Jan. 1, 2012, file photo, New England Patriots tight been found in the brains
end Aaron Hernandez (81) tries to break free of Buffalo Bills line- of NFL Hall of Famers Ken
backer Chris Kelsay (90) during the fourth quarter of an NFL foot- Stabler, Frank Gifford, Mike
ball game in Foxborough, Mass. Webster and dozens of
Associated Press
other former players.
BOSTON (AP) — Boston Uni- disease as Hall of Famer Ju- Hernandez attorney Jose
versity researchers will study nior Seau and former Bears Baez wouldn’t say Thursday
Aaron Hernandez’s brain defensive back Dave Du- if he or the family believed
to determine if the former erson, who also took their potential brain damage
NFL star suffered from the own lives. from football led to Her-
same degenerative brain Hernandez hanged himself nandez’s suicide.q