TUESDAY, JANUARY 13, 2015 SPORTS

MEMPHIS: guard Isaiah Thomas (3) loses the ball as he drives between guard Mike Conley (11) and foward Tony Allen (9) in the second half of an NBA game. — AP Grizzlies outlast Suns, T’Blazers win

MEMPHIS: Marc Gasol scored the first seven points LaMarcus Aldridge had 15 points and nine rebounds, shooting in 30 minutes. Cleveland is 1-8 in its last in the second overtime, Zach Randolph had 27 points and Chris Kaman added 12 rebounds and nine assists nine games to drop to 19-19. NBA results/standings and 17 rebounds and the Memphis Grizzlies outlast- in his fourth start of the season and second against HAWKS 120, WIZARDS 89 ed the Phoenix Suns 122-110 on Sunday night. Gasol his former team. The Blazers have won 27 of their last Kyle Korver scored 19 points and DeMarre Carroll finished with 12 points to help Memphis end a two- 32 games and are a season-best 22 over .500 at 30-8. had 16 to help Eastern Conference-leading Atlanta Atlanta 120, Washington 89; Miami 104, LA Clippers 90; Memphis 122, Phoenix 110 (OT); game losing streak. Mike Conley added 25 points and Kobe Bryant was rested by Lakers coach Byron Scott beat Washington for its eighth straight victory. Sacramento 103, Cleveland 84; Portland 106, LA Lakers 94. eight assists and Courtney Lee had 18 points. Isaiah for the sixth time in 11 games and second game in a Korver was 5 for 7 from 3-point range, improving Eastern Conference Western Conference Thomas led Phoenix with 20 points, but had a costly row. The NBA’s third-leading career scorer, playing in his NBA-leading percentage to 50.2. His smoothest Atlantic Division Northwest Division turnover trying to get the ball into the front court his 19th season at age 36, played in only six games move, however, was a behind-the-back pass to W L PCT GB with the Suns leading late in the first overtime. last season due to a torn Achilles and a fracture in his Carroll for a layup and a 64-54 lead in the third. Portland 30 8 .789 - Markieff Morris added 17 points, Alex Len had 14 left knee. Wesley Johnson returned to the Lakers’ line- Improving to 16-3 at home and 29-8 overall, the Toronto 25 11 .694 - Oklahoma City 18 19 .486 11.5 points and 13 rebounds, and P.J. Tucker, Eric Bledsoe up and scored 17 points after missing three games Hawks got 15 points from Al Horford and 11 each Brooklyn 16 21 .432 9.5 Denver 17 20 .459 12.5 and Marcus Morris had 11 points apiece. because of a strained hip flexor. from Paul Millsap, Jeff Teague and Mike Scott. Atlanta Boston 12 23 .343 12.5 Utah 13 25 .342 17 Tucker’s layup tied it 101 with 5.9 left in regula- has won 13 of 14 and 22 of 24. had 15 Philadelphia 7 29 .194 18 Minnesota 5 31 .139 24 tion. The Grizzlies begged for basket interference, KINGS 103, CAVALIERS 84 points for Washington and Nene added 14. The NY Knicks 5 35 .125 22 Pacific Division saying Bledsoe pulled the net as the ball was bounc- DeMarcus Cousins had 26 points and 13 Wizards were outscored 33-12 in the fourth quarter. Central Division Golden State 29 5 .853 - ing on the rim. Bledsoe’s 3-pointer with 33.3 seconds rebounds and Sacramento handed Cleveland its sev- They won their previous three games. Chicago 26 12 .684 - LA Clippers 25 13 .658 6 Milwaukee 20 19 .513 6.5 left in the first overtime gave the Suns a 108-106 lead. enth loss in eight games with LeBron James out with Phoenix 22 18 .550 10 The Suns stopped the Grizzlies on the next posses- a strained back and sore left knee. HEAT 104, CLIPPERS 90 Cleveland 19 19 .500 7 Sacramento 16 21 .432 14.5 sion, but Thomas gave away the ball and Lee - fouled Rudy Gay added 23 points for Sacramento. Darren Chris Bosh scored 34 points, Indiana 15 24 .385 11.5 by Dragic - made two free throws with 16.2 left. Collison had 16, and Carl Landry 11. Kevin Love led had career highs of 23 points and 16 rebounds off Detroit 13 24 .351 12.5 LA Lakers 12 26 .316 19 Bledsoe then missed at the buzzer, forcing the sec- the Cavaliers with 25 points and 10 rebounds, and the bench and Miami beat Los Angeles to end a Southeast Division Southwest Division ond extra period. The Suns trailed by 16 in the sec- Kyrie Irving scored 14 of his 21 points in the first three-game road skid. Whiteside was 10 of 13 from Atlanta 29 8 .784 - Houston 26 11 .703 - ond half and 14 early in the fourth quarter. quarter and had seven assists. Timofey Mozgov, the field and 3 of 4 from the line in 28 minutes. Washington 25 12 .676 4 Memphis 26 11 .703 - acquired from Denver last week, had 14 points and added 17 points and 10 assists. Blake Miami 16 21 .432 13 Dallas 26 12 .684 0.5 TRAIL BLAZERS 106, LAKERS 94 12 rebounds. JR Smith struggled after scoring 27 Griffin scored 26 points and had 23 points Charlotte 15 24 .385 15 San Antonio 23 15 .605 3.5 Damian Lillard scored 17 of his 34 points in the points in his second game since joining Cleveland in and nine assists for the Clippers. They had won two Orlando 13 27 .325 17.5 New Orleans 18 18 .500 7.5 fourth quarter, leading Portland past Los Angeles. a trade with New York. He had four points on 2-of-10 straight and six of their previous eight. — AP England get Matsuyama, Walker off to a winning start share Kapalua lead

CANBERRA: England’s new-look top KAPALUA: Hideki Matsuyama, helped cult to do. I hope to be relaxed and order all scored half centuries as the by three consecutive birdies on each be able to play my golf tomorrow.” tourists made a strong start to their trip nine, moved one step closer to his Walker, one of four players tied for Down Under for the World Cup with a second PGA Tour victory by surging the lead overnight, burst two shots thumping 216-run win over Australian into a tie for the lead at the Hyundai clear of a tightly bunched leader- Capital Territory XI yesterday. Tournament of Champions on board with four birdies on the front Eoin Morgan won the toss in his first Sunday. nine as he reached the turn in four- match as captain since he replaced the The 22-year-old Japanese, already under 32. sacked Alastair Cook and the tourists regarded by his peers as one of the Though his advantage was briefly wasted no time in piling up 364 for six best iron players in the game, pro- trimmed to one by fellow American in their 50 overs at Manuka Oval. duced near-flawless golf as he fired a Russell Henley, he immediately The top four batsmen-Ian Bell (51), seven-under-par 66 in the third regained a two-stroke cushion by Moeen Ali (50), James Taylor (55) and round on the hilly Plantation Course sinking a 12-footer to birdie the par- Joe Root (56) — all got to the half-cen- at the Kapalua Resort. four 10th. tury mark before Ravi Bopara and Chris Matsuyama, who clinched his However, Matsuyama drew level at Woakes put together a useful unbroken maiden PGA Tour win at last year’s the top with three birdies in a row partnership of 105. Memorial Tournament, signed off from the 13th and Walker did well to Bopara’s quickfire 56 featured four with his eighth birdie of the day at salvage par at the 14th after his tee fours and five sixes, including three in the par-five 18th to post a 17-under shot sailed way right into thick grass. successive balls, and his stand with fel- total of 202 in the elite winners-only Both players birdied the final hole low all-rounder Woakes came from the event. to move two strokes clear of the last 50 balls of the innings. That put him level with American chasing pack. “I hit really good shots Spinner James Tredwell took 3-11 Jimmy Walker, a three-times champi- all the way around the back (nine), a as England made light work of the on on the U.S. circuit last season who couple of bad putts,” said Walker. “I ACT batting, Stuart Broad and Moeen briefly led by two shots on Sunday didn’t feel like I was losing any mo also getting into the act with a cou- but was unable to get the putts to (momentum). ple of wickets apiece as the hosts drop over the closing stretch on the “I was hitting it good. That’s all I were bowled out for 148 in the 33rd way to a 67. was caring about was hitting it good, over. England take on an Australian “I made a lot of putts today, so it getting looks, because eventually I Prime Minister’s XI at the same was a good round,” Matsuyama, who was going to make something.” South ground on Wednesday before the totalled only 26 putts, told reporters Korea’s Bae Sang-moon, among the start of a triangular World Cup warm- through an interpreter. “If I can play four joint leaders overnight, carded a up series also featuring Australia and tomorrow like I did yesterday and 69 to end the day tied for third at 15 India. — Reuters KAPALUA: Hideki Matsuyama, of Japan, putts on the 17th green during the third round of the today, I’ll have a chance (to win). under with American Patrick Reed Tournament of Champions golf tournament. — AP “Obviously that’s going to be diffi- (68).— Reuters