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SPORTS Tuesday 16 april 2019
Antetokounmpo,

Bucks pound Pistons

121-86 in opener

By The Associated Press rout Utah in the opener of
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Giannis a best-of-seven first-round
Antetokounmpo had 24 playoff series.
points and 17 rebounds The Rockets had a double-
in just 24 minutes, and the digit lead for most of the
top-seeded Milwaukee game, but the Jazz got
Bucks showed they were within five points midway
serious about making a through the third quarter
playoff run with a 121-86 before Houston used a big
rout of the Detroit Pistons in run to pull away and sail to
Game 1 on Sunday night. the victory.
The MVP candidate ran Houston’s starting lineup
and dunked all over the helped carry the scoring
Pistons, who only really load on Sunday night, with
caught him when center each starter scoring at least
Andre Drummond shoved 10 points. Eric Gordon had
him to the ground with both 17, Clint Capela scored 16,
hands late in the third quar- Chris Paul added 14 and
ter after Antetokounmpo P.J. Tucker had 11.
grabbed an offensive re- Rudy Gobert had 22 points
bound with Detroit trailing and 12 rebounds to lead
by 41 points. the Jazz. Donovan Mitchell
Drummond was given a fla- had 19 points, but did not
grant 2 foul and ejected. have an assist as the Jazz
He threw a kiss to the Fiserv went long stretches without
Forum crowd as he was es- scoring.
corted off the court. Game 2 is Wednesday
Seven Bucks players scored night in Houston.
in double figures. Eric Bled- TRAIL BLAZERS 104, THUN-
soe had 15 points, and DER 99
Brook Lopez and Khris PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Milwaukee Bucks’ Giannis Antetokounmpo drives to the basket against Detroit Pistons’ Reggie
Middleton each added Damian Lillard scored 30 Jackson during the second half of Game 1 of an NBA basketball first-round playoff series Sunday,
14. George Hill scored 16 points and third-seeded April 14, 2019, in Milwaukee. The Bucks won 121-86.
points off the bench. Portland opened its playoff Associated Press
Luke Kennard paced the series against No. 6 Oklaho- Paul George, who was a Jayson Tatum finished with eight points in the third
Pistons with 21 points off the ma City with a victory. game-time decision be- 15 points. Al Horford added quarter. The Celtics capi-
bench and Drummond had Enes Kanter added 20 cause of a sore shoulder, 10 points and 11 rebounds, talized and led by as many
12 points and 12 rebounds. points and a career play- added 26 points and 10 re- and Gordon Hayward had as 22 in the fourth. Indiana
Reggie Jackson also had off-high 18 rebounds for the bounds after a slow start. 10 points. It was the first scored 29 points in the sec-
12 points. Detroit played Blazers, who were making CELTICS 84, PACERS 74 playoff game since 2017 ond half, and the quarter
without forward Blake Grif- their sixth straight postsea- BOSTON (AP) — Kyrie Irving for Irving and Hayward af- and half were both its worst
fin, who sat out with a left son appearance. CJ Mc- and Marcus Morris each ter each missed last year’s of the season.
knee injury. Collum added 24 points. scored 20 points, and Bos- postseason with injuries. Cory Joseph had 14 points
ROCKETS 122, JAZZ 90 Russell Westbrook had 24 ton rallied in the second Game 2 is Wednesday for the Pacers. Bojan Bog-
HOUSTON (AP) — James points, 10 assists and 10 re- half to beat Indiana in night in Boston. danovic was the lone Pac-
Harden had 29 points and bounds for his ninth career Game 1 of their first-round The Pacers led by 11 points ers starter in double figures
10 assists to help Houston postseason triple-double. playoff series. in the first half but had just with 12 points.q

Shapovalov’s clay-court campaign begins with 1st-round loss

By JEROME PUGMIRE got the better of the big- 3-6, 6-1, 6-1 against John 17 Kyle Edmund went out. a 4-6, 7-5, 6-4 win against
AP Sports Writer hitting Canadian, seeded Millman on Monday. Medvedev did not face a unseeded Russian Andrey
MONACO (AP) — Denis 15th. The unseeded Ger- Top-ranked Novak Djokov- break point in a 6-1, 6-1 win Rublev.
Shapovalov’s clay-court man picked apart his serve, ic faces unseeded Philipp against Joao Sousa. Cec- Basilashvili lost 7-5, 3-6, 6-1
campaign got off to a converting six of 16 break Kohlschreiber in the second chinato, a French Open to Hungarian Marton Fuc-
poor start as he lost 5-7, 6-3, points. round on Tuesday. Djokov- semifinalist last year, was sovics and Edmund was
6-1 to Jan-Lennard Struff in Struff next faces Grigor ic has won eight of their 10 leading 4-0 when Damir beaten 4-6, 6-3, 6-1 by
the first round of the Monte Dimitrov of Bulgaria, who matches, but Kohlschreiber Dzumhur pulled out with an clay-court specialist Diego
Carlo Masters on Monday. lost in the semifinals to Ra- recently beat him at Indi- abdominal injury. Schwartzman of Argentina.
The 20-year-old Shapovalov fael Nadal last year. an Wells. Also on Monday, Goffin won 6-1, 6-4 against Other unseeded first-
arrived after a good run on Nadal, the defending 10th-seeded Daniil Med- qualifier Guido Andreozzi, round winners Monday:
hard courts at the Miami champion, starts his bid for vedev; No. 11 Marco Cec- but Fognini had a tougher Kohlschreiber; Radu Albot;
Open, where he lost to a record-extending 12th chinato; No. 13 Fabio Fog- match. Martin Klizan; Mikhail Ku-
Roger Federer in the semi- title on Wednesday against nini, and No. 16 David Gof- The hot-tempered Ital- kushkin; Lorenzo Sonego;
finals. fellow Spaniard Roberto fin advanced, but No. 12 ian player had the crowd Jaume Munar and Dusan
But the Monte Carlo clay Bautista Agut, who won Nikoloz Basilashvili and No. on his side as he rallied to Lajovic.q