Established 1961 13 Sports Thursday, January 25, 2018 LeBron gets 30,000 as Spurs beat slumping Cavaliers 114-102

Seventh player in NBA history to reach 30,000 career points

CLEVELAND: LaMarcus Aldridge scored Courtney Lee 20 for the Knicks, who were 30 points, and Dejounte Murray added 19 playing without star Kristaps Porzingis, out points, 10 rebounds and seven steals as the due to a sore left knee. host San Antonio Spurs rolled to a 114-102 win over the reeling Cleveland Cavaliers on LAKERS 108, CELTICS 107 Tuesday. Kyle Kuzma scored 17 of his 28 points in Tony Parker added 14 points off the bench the fourth quarter to help Los Angeles avoid for San Antonio. Davis Bertans hit for 13 and a season-series sweep against visiting Kyle Anderson scored 10 points and pulled Boston. Kuzma’s fourth-period point total down 12 rebounds for the Spurs, who ended was a season high for a Laker in any quarter. a two-game losing streak. LeBron James Jordan Clarkson finished with 22 points, scored 28 points to lead Cleveland, which Julius Randle had 14 points and 14 rebounds lost for the for Los Angles, third time in which won its four games third consecutive and for the game. Kyrie eighth time in Irving had a its past 11 Cavaliers star game-high 33 contests. By points, Marcus scoring eight surpasses Smart added 22 points in the and both Al first quarter, Bryant Horford and James Marcus Morris became the scored 13 for the seventh play- Celtics, who er in NBA dropped their SAN ANTONIO: LeBron James #23 of the Cleveland Cavaliers shoots the ball during the game against the San Antonio Spurs on Tuesday at history to fourth straight. the AT&T Center in San Antonio, Texas. — AFP reach 30,000 career points, as well as the Horford also grabbed 12 rebounds. youngest to do so at 33 years and 24 days of age (supplanting Bryant, 34 years and THUNDER 109, NETS 108 tied a career high with five 3-pointers en 104 days). Russell Westbrook scored 32 points and route to 19 points. NBA results/standings hit the go-ahead layup with 3.3 seconds WARRIORS 123, KNICKS 112 remaining as Oklahoma City rallied from a KINGS 105, MAGIC 99 Sacramento 105, Orlando 99; Oklahoma City 109, Brooklyn 108; San Antonio 114, Stephen Curry bombed in four 3-pointers 15-point deficit to edge visiting Brooklyn. Garrett Temple scored 17 of his career- Cleveland 102; Golden State 123, New York 112; LA Lakers 108, Boston 107. in the third quarter as Golden State rallied Westbrook capped his 14th game with at high 34 points in the final 6:58, rallying visit- from a halftime deficit with a 37-point explo- least 30 points by starting his drive from well ing Sacramento to a victory over Orlando. Eastern Conference Western Conference sion en route to a victory over New York in behind the 3-point arc after getting the Temple easily surpassed the 23 points he tal- Atlantic Division Northwest Division Oakland, Calif. Curry finished with eight 3- inbounds pass from Paul George. He drove lied twice previously in his NBA career, help- W L PCT GB Minnesota 31 18 0.633 - pointers and 32 points, helping the Warriors past Jarrett Allen and DeMarre Carroll and ing the Kings snap an eight-game losing Boston 34 13 .723 - Oklahoma City 26 20 0.565 3.5 win for a 10th straight time this season in the gave Oklahoma City the one-point lead. streak. Sacramento, which entered the game 31 14 0.689 2 Portland 25 22 0.532 5 next game following a loss. Kevin Durant Westbrook made 12 of 27 shots and with the worst record in the NBA, rested Philadelphia 22 21 0.512 10 Denver 24 23 0.511 6 added 14 points and 14 assists for Golden scored eight of Oklahoma City’s last 12 points Zach Randolph and George Hill. Willie New York 21 26 0.447 13 Utah 19 28 0.404 11 State before getting his league-leading down the stretch. George added 28 points for Cauley-Stein had 21 points for the Kings. Brooklyn 18 29 0.383 16 Pacific Division Evan Fournier scored 22 points to lead the Central Division fourth ejection for arguing a call late in the the Thunder, who outscored the Nets 35-23 Golden State 37 10 0.787 - Magic. — Reuters Cleveland 27 19 0.587 - contest. Michael Beasley had 21 points and in the fourth quarter. Brooklyn’s Joe Harris LA Clippers 23 23 0.5 13.5 Indiana 25 22 0.532 2.5 LA Lakers 17 29 0.37 19.5 Milwaukee 24 22 0.522 3 Phoenix 17 30 0.362 20 Detroit 22 23 0.489 4.5 Sacramento 14 33 0.298 23 Chicago 18 29 0.383 9.5 Southwest Division Zain congratulates Southeast Division Miami 27 20 0.574 - Houston 33 12 0.733 - Washington 26 21 0.553 1 San Antonio 31 18 0.633 4 Jet Ski Champion Charlotte 19 26 0.422 7 New Orleans 25 21 0.543 8.5 Atlanta 14 32 0.304 12.5 Memphis 17 29 0.37 16.5 Yousef Al-Abdulrazzaq Orlando 14 33 0.298 13 Dallas 16 31 0.34 18

KUWAIT: Zain, the leading telecommunications company in Kuwait, congratulated Kuwaiti Jet Ski champion Yousef Al- Abdulrazzaq, who recently achieved first place in the UAE Championship for the year 2018 during the first round of the Jet Ski Championship held at YAS Beach in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Zain expressed its pride in Al-Abdulrazzaq’s latest achieve- ment, which the Kuwaiti champion attained as part of the UAE to applaud them at the rink gate Marine Sports Federation Championship. Al-Abdulrazzaq com- Rapturous after the performance and hugged peted against professionals from across the globe, and achieved them as they came off the ice. the first place title in the JB1 category. Zain’s support to the welcome The pair also skated to The Kuwaiti Champion Yousef Al-Abdulrazzaq during the past 10 Beatles track when they secured years comes in line with the company’s Corporate Sustainability their Olympic place last September and Social Responsibility strategy towards Kuwaiti sports and for N Korea at the in athletes. Al-Abdulrazzaq continues to raise the Kuwaiti flag high Germany. Speaking after the per- by achieving many internationally renowned titles year after year. pair in Taiwan formance, Ryom, 18, said they were Zain’s role not only concentrates on economic and business “not satisfied”, according to the activities, but also extends to contribute significantly in various International Skating Union website. areas within the Kuwaiti society, including sports. The company TAIPEI: North Korea’s figure Kim, 25, said they must hold on to has endless confidence in the competencies of Kuwaiti athletes skaters Ryom Tae-Ok and Kim Ju- their leads better. and their capabilities in excelling in different fields, on both Sik were greeted by an enthusiastic “All competitions are important to regional and international levels. It is worth noting that Al- crowd who threw them toys and us, so we will keep working hard, Abdulrazzaq represented Kuwait throughout the past years in flowers at the Four Continents not only for the Olympics but also several local and international competitions, winning a number of championships in Taipei yesterday, for winning in upcoming competi- prominent titles, which encouraged Zain to continue supporting ahead of their much anticipated tions,” Ryom said. Ryom and Kim him. The Union International Motonautique (UIM), the world’s Olympic bid. are among North Korea’s top ath- governing body for all Powerboating activities, officially declared Fans clapped and shouted at the letes and the country’s only com- Al-Abdulrazzaq a Guinness World Record holder by attaining end of their performance of Jeff petitors to have officially qualified World Championship title four times. The Kuwaiti champion Beck’s rendition of The Beatles’ “A for a place at the February 9-25 proudly attained the four titles during 2013, 2015, 2016, and 2017. Yousef Al-Abdulrazzaq (right) receiving the cup. Day in the Life”, with one spectator Games. flying a South Korean flag. While the majority of their com- Although their routine ranked patriots are cloistered from the out- them first initially in the pairs short side world, the pair have travelled programme and gave them a per- globally to compete. South Korean tance of Dustin Johnson’s world number one test, but Woods has plenty of success to skater Kim Kyueun, who had to drop ranking. “Hopefully I keep playing good and draw on at the course hugging the Pacific sonal record score of 65.25 points, Buzz builds for they were eventually just edged out out from the pairs competition after give you guys something to talk about,” Rahm Ocean north of San Diego. He’s won the US her partner Alex Kam was injured, said. “But it’s not bad that the attention’s on PGA Tour tournament at Torrey seven of the top three and ended fourth. Tiger’s Torrey US duo Ashley Cain and Timothy told AFP the pair were “very friendly Tiger. It’s good for golf, it’s good for all of us.” times, and he won the 2008 US Open in a and kind and a little bit shy”. Woods was on the Torrey Pines South playoff over Rocco Mediate despite playing Leduc placed first with 66.76 points, Australians Ekaterina Japanese skaters dominated the Pines return Course on Tuesday, playing nine holes with with a damaged ligament in his left knee ladies’ short programme yesterday. Australian Jason Day and Bryson and two stress fractures. That was Woods’ Alexandrovskaya and Harley Windsor took second with 66.45 Defending champion Satoko DeChambeau. “I’m hitting a lot of golf balls 14th and most recent major title. Not only Miyahara, ranked seventh in the LA JOLLA: All eyes are on Tiger Woods this and building up my endurance,” the 42-year- did his pursuit of Jack Nicklaus’s record of points and Tarah Kayne and Danny O’Shea, also of the US, came third world, took the lead with 71.74 week as the former world number one old superstar told ESPN. “You have to do it. 18 majors stall, Woods admitted that there points but said she could have done returns to the US PGA Tour at the Farmers You have to beat balls for a little bit of time to were times he wondered if he would resume with 65.74 points. Interest in the pair has skyrocket- better. “I am not so happy because I Insurance Open, and that’s just the way build up your endurance and muscles. I feel his career at all. His performance in the think it was not my best (perfor- defending champion Jon Rahm likes it. “The like I’ve done that and now it’s time to play a Bahamas, however, raised hopes that ed since North Korea made a sur- prise announcement earlier this mance) and I want to do my best at more attention on Tiger, the better for me, tournament.” Woods hasn’t played a US PGA Woods-whose 79 career PGA Tour wins and concentrate on my quite frankly,” Rahm said Tuesday. “We all Tour event since missing the cut at Torrey are three shy of Sam Snead’s all-time month that it was sending a team to the Winter Olympics in performance,” she told AFP. know the power of media and social media. Pines last year, when he was returning from record-could contend again. She was followed closely by com- You can put all the attention on what Tiger’s an 18-month absence. That comeback was A raft of young stars who were inspired Pyeongchang, South Korea, even though the two sides are still techni- patriots Kaori Sakamoto on 71.34 doing and forget about what I’m doing, it will cut short by recurring back pain that led to by Woods are now hoping to get a crack at points and Mai Mihara on 69.84 be actually great.” spinal fusion surgery and another 10 months their one-time idol in crunch-time of a cally at war. The announcement eased months points. In the competition, Expectations surrounding Rahm have away from competition. He made an encour- tournament. That includes Rahm. “I think a US duo and Jean- ratcheted up thanks to his playoff triumph on aging return at the unofficial Hero World lot of us dreamt about having the opportu- of international tension over the North’s banned missile and nuclear Luc Baker led after the Sunday at the CareerBuilder Challenge in La Challenge in the Bahamas in December, nity to maybe walk the with 69.08 points, followed by Quinta, California. The 23-year-old Spaniard where he finished ninth in a field of 18 and back nine with Tiger in contention and programmes. Dressed in silver and black outfits, Ryom caught a Japan’s Kana Muramoto and Chris jumped from third to second in the world said he was finally playing without pain. have a battle hand to hand,” he said. “I Reed on 65.27 points, with rankings, supplanting US star Jordan Spieth. hope it happens for somebody. I hope I’m Pikachu toy thrown from the crowd after the performance, with Kim Canadians and A winner of two European Tour events in TOUGH TORREY TEST the one, and quite truly I hope I come out on 65.11 points. — AFP 2017 as well, Rahm is even within striking dis- Torrey Pines will offer a much tougher on top if it happens.” — AFP catching a flower. Their coach stood