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Boston Celtics’ Payton Pritchard (11) drives past ’ Cedi Os- man (16) in the fi rst half of an NBA game, March 17, in Cleveland. (AP) Sports Latest sports scores at — http://sports.arabtimesonline.com Bucks outlast 76ers in Warriors hand Rockets franchise-record 18th straight loss

PHILADELPHIA, March 18, (AP): Giannis Ante- NBA Results/Standings tokounmpo scored 10 of his 32 points in overtime WASHINGTON, March 18, (AP): NBA to lead the Milwaukee results and standings on Wednesday. Sacramento 121 Washington 119 Bucks to a 109-105 vic- Brooklyn 124 Indiana 115 tory over the Philadelphia Detroit 116 Toronto 112 Milwaukee 109 Philadelphia OT 105 76ers on Wednesday night San Antonio 106 Chicago 99 in a matchup of two of the Golden State 108 Houston 94 Cleveland 117 Boston 110 Eastern Conference’s best Denver 129 Charlotte 104 teams. Memphis 89 Miami 85 Dallas 105 LA Clippers 89 Antetokounmpo fi nished with Eastern Conference 15 rebounds and fi ve assists, end- Atlantic Division ing a streak of three straight triple- W L Pct GB Philadelphia 28 13 .683 - doubles. The Bucks pulled within Brooklyn 28 13 .683 - 1 1/2 games of the East-leading Boston 20 20 .500 7-1/2 76ers. New York 20 21 .488 8 With P.J. Tucker reportedly headed Toronto 17 23 .425 10-1/2 Southeast Division to Milwaukee in a trade with Houston, W L Pct GB Donte DiVincenzo scored 20 points Miami 22 19 .537 - and Jrue Holiday added 19 for the Charlotte 20 19 .513 1 Bucks. They have won fi ve in a row Atlanta 20 20 .500 1-1/2 and 10 of 11. Washington 14 25 .359 7 Orlando 13 26 .333 8 Milwaukee’s D.J. Augustin and Central Division D.J. Wilson, who according to ESPN W L Pct GB are heading to Houston in the trade, Milwaukee 26 14 .650 - did not play. Torrey Craig, reportedly Chicago 18 21 .462 7-1/2 headed Phoenix in a separate deal to Indiana 17 22 .436 8-1/2 clear salary space for Tucker, also sat Cleveland 15 25 .375 11 Detroit 11 29 .275 15 out. Western Conference Southwest Division W L Pct GB BASKETBALL San Antonio 21 16 .568 - Dallas 21 18 .538 1 Tobias Harris scored 19 points and Memphis 18 19 .486 3 New Orleans 17 23 .425 5-1/2 Danny Green added 18 for Philadel- Houston 11 28 .282 11 phia. The 76ers had won six in a row. Northwest Division All-Star Joel Embiid sat for the third W L Pct GB straight game with a bruised left knee. Utah 29 10 .744 - had 13 points and 12 as- ’ Giannis Antetokounmpo, (left), steals the ball from ’ Tobias Harris during the fi rst half of an NBA basketball game, Denver 24 16 .600 5-1/2 Portland 23 16 .590 6 sists. on March 17, in Philadelphia. (AP) Oklahoma City 17 23 .425 12-1/2 Nets 125, Pacers 115 Minnesota 9 31 .225 20-1/2 In Indianapolis, James Harden had Houston’s skid surpasses the 17 Celtics, who lost at home to the Utah Jokic has 10 triple-doubles this in Tuesday’s loss to Cleveland but led Pacifi c Division 40 points, 15 assists and 10 rebounds straight losses by the San Diego Jazz on Tuesday night. season and 51 overall. He also had the Heat with 24 points on 10-of-20 W L Pct GB for his 11th triple-double of the season, Rockets in 1968, when they went 15- Mavericks 105, Clippers 89 his 228th double-double to move one shooting. Phoenix 26 12 .684 - leading Brooklyn past Indiana. 67 in their first year as a franchise. In Dallas, Luka Doncic scored 42 past Dikembe Mutumbo for the fran- Kings 121, Wizards119 LA Lakers 27 13 .675 - It’s the first time the Rockets have points and Dallas split a two-game chise record. Jokic leads the NBA in In Washington, De’Aaron Fox LA Clippers 26 16 .619 2 The Nets were without fellow All- Golden State 21 20 .512 6-1/2 Stars Kyrie Irving (groin) and Kevin lost nine consecutive home games set against its fi rst-round playoff op- double-doubles this season with 36 in scored 28 points and hit a jumper over Sacramento 16 24 .400 11 Durant (hamstring) and newcomer since they dropped 11 straight in ponent from last season, beating Los 40 games. Bradley Beal with 0.7 seconds remain- Blake Griffi n (knee). 1983. Angeles. Will Barton scored 23 points to help ing to give lift Sacramento over Wash- Harden hit a runner in the lane to Reserve Jordan Poole scored 23 Josh Richardson scored 14 points the Nuggets win for the seventh time in ington. season. But they dominated Chicago tie it at 96 early in the fourth. That points and made a career-high six and was a defensive spark as the eight games and snap Charlotte’s four- Harrison Barnes and Richaun Hol- 39-19 in the fourth to come away with started a 13-4 run that included Hard- 3-pointers for the Warriors. Kevin Por- Mavericks answered a 109-99 loss game winning streak. mes each added 18 points for Sacra- their second straight win after losing en’s 3-pointer and another layup that ter Jr. led the Rockets with 25 points. two nights earlier and won the season Terry Rozier had 21 points to lead mento. three of four. pushed it to 109-100. Cavaliers 117, Celtics 110 series, 2-1. The other Dallas victory the Hornets. LaMelo Ball had 14 Russell Westbrook had 26 points, Zach LaVine led Chicago with 29 Joe Harris added 19 points for the In Cleveland, Collin Sexton scored was by 51 points in LA three games points. 14 rebounds and 10 assists - his 11th points. Nets, and Jeff Green and Tyler John- 29 points, Darius Garland added 25 into the season in December. The Grizzlies 89, Heat 85 triple-double of the season - for the Pistons 116, Raptors son each had 15. and Cleveland’s young guards made Clippers beat the Mavs in six games In Memphis, Tenn, Ja Morant drib- Wizards, and Beal scored 29 points on In Detroit, Saddiq Bey had 28 points led Indiana with big plays down the stretch to beat Bos- last summer in the NBA’s playoff bled the length of the court for a tie- 12-of-20 shooting. and 12 rebounds and Detroit overcame 24 points, and Domantas Sabonis had ton. bubble. breaking layup with 1.2 seconds left to Spurs 106, Bulls 99 Norman Powell’s 43 points to beat To- a triple-double with 18 points, 11 re- The Cavs ended a four-game losing had 28 points for the lift Memphis past Miami. In Chicago :Jakob Poeltl tied a ca- ronto. bounds, and 11 assists. streak and a nine-game skid against Clippers. Memphis’ Kyle Anderson inter- reer high with 20 points and set one Bey was 6 of 10 from 3-point range. Warriors 108, Rockets 94 Boston. Nuggets 129, Hornets 104 cepted the inbound pass after Morant’s with 16 rebounds and San Antonio Delon Wright added 18 points, 10 re- In Houston, Draymond Green had Cleveland played with a lead all In Denver, Nikola Jokic had 12 basket, was fouled and made two free used a huge fourth quarter to beat Chi- bounds and eight assists, and Jerami 16 points, 12 rebounds and 10 assists night, but the Cavs had to hold off a points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists for throws to end Miami’s winning streak cago. Grant had 23 points. for his third triple-double of the season second-half rally by Boston led by Jay- another triple-double, Michael Porter at fi ve. The Spurs trailed by 23 in the sec- Chris Boucher added 21 points and Golden State handed Houston its son Tatum and . Tatum Jr. added 28 points and Denver beat Jimmy Butler was questionable to ond quarter and were down 58-40 after for the Raptors. They have lost six franchise-record 18th straight loss. scored 29 points and Brown 28 for the Charlotte. play after twisting his left ankle late their lowest-scoring fi rst half of the straight.

Sasaki resigns over comments Blues complete 3-0 aggregate win over Atletico ‘Postponed’ Tokyo Oly Chelsea back in CL quarters after 7 yrs

LONDON, March 18, (AP): Chel- paign and was taken off before the hour than that. We need to improve.” awarded a penalty when Chelsea de- hit by another scandal sea eased into the quarterfi nals of the mark in London. This was just the latest setback for fender Cesar Azpilicueta put an arm Champions League for the fi rst time It was the lack of dynamism that Die- Atletico, whose Spanish league lead around Yannick Carrasco in his area in TOKYO, March 18, (AP): In yet event during a pandemic. in seven years with a 2-0 victory over go Simeone was left to rue as his decade has dwindled from 10 to four points in the 25th. another setback for the postponed “The IOC and Japanese politics Atletico Madrid, completing a 3-0 win as Atletico coach won’t be marked by “I was a bit frightened,” Tuchel said. Tokyo Olympics - and another in- are male-dominated territories,” on aggregate. lifting the European Cup for the fi rst With Bayern Munich beating Lazio volving comments about women Dr. Barbara Holthus, deputy di- Chelsea took the lead with a goal cre- time. SOCCER 2-1 to seal a 6-2 aggregate win in the - games’ creative director Hiroshi rector of the German Institute for ated by a trio of summer signings who “We tried to play with four up top night’s other game, the quarterfi nal Sasaki resigned on Thursday af- Japanese Studies in Tokyo, told cost more than $200 million. in the fi rst period and press them when recent weeks. lineup is now complete. England is the ter making demeaning comments The Associated Press. “Japanese launched a counterattack they were playing out at the back,” he “Of course the fans are going to be best represented country with Liver- about a well-known female celeb- politicians have a long history of after Kieran Trippier’s cross was inter- said. “We couldn’t rob the ball high up hurt, disappointed and annoyed,” Sime- pool and Manchester City also through. rity in Japan. furthering gender inequalities - be- cepted before releasing to like we wanted to. We looked to change one said. “We need to show humility, Borussia Dortmund is with Bayern in The Tokyo Olympics are sched- sides many other inequalities.” run down the left. Werner sent the ball our system, tried to press them, but they work hard and move forward.” Friday’s draw, along with Paris Saint- uled to open in just over four In February, the president of in for , who placed the were able to get through it, they were However, Chelsea may have been Germain, Porto and record 13-time months, dogged by the coronavi- the organizing committee Yoshiro shot under goalkeeper Jan Oblak in the just better than us. You can’t say more a bit fortunate that Atletico was not champion Real Madrid. rus pandemic, record costs, and Mori was forced to resign after 34th minute. numerous scandals. And all of this making sexist comments, saying “There were some diffi cult moments converges as women talk too much in meetings. in the game but for most of the time we the Olympic Two years ago, the head of the had it under control,” Ziyech said after torch relay Japanese Olympic Committee his fi rst goal since October. “It was an starts next Tsunekazu Takeda was also forced important goal and I had to wait a long week from time for it.” northeastern OLYMPICS The goal meant the Spanish leaders Japan, a risky needed to score twice but their slim venture with chances ended when Stefan Savic was 10,000 run- to step dow n in a bribery scandal sent off in the 81st minute for elbowing ners set to connected to vote-buying involv- Chelsea defender Antonio Rüdiger. crisscross Ja- ing IOC members. Two of Chelsea’s substitutes then pan for four Sasaki was in charge of the combined for the second goal in the months. Sasaki opening and closing ceremo- fourth minute of stoppage time. When the International Olym- nies for the Olympics, which are Emerson Palmieri had only been on pic Committee awarded Japan scheduled to begin on July 23. He the pitch a minute when he was set up the games 7 1/2 years ago, To- also designed the Tokyo handover by on the break and kyo billed itself as “a safe pair of ceremony at the 2016 Olympics he struck only his second goal in three hands.” It has evolved into any- in Rio de Janeiro, and arranged a years at Chelsea. thing but that. one-year-to-go event in July at To- The win further builds on the mo- Japanese organizers did well kyo’s new National Stadium. mentum the London club have built up with initial planning and organiza- Last year he suggested to plan- in the two months since Frank Lampard ning staff members in online was fi red, with new coach Thomas tion. But they have been buffeted Tuchel unbeaten in 13 matches with 11 by the pandemic and seem snake- “brainstorming exchanges” that clean sheets. bitten with the Olympics causing well-known entertainer Naomi “The guys protect themselves,” new problems and more expenses Watanabe could perform in the Tuchel said. “Defensive work is about almost daily. Support has plum- ceremony as an “Olympig.” courage and reliability that they can feel meted with various polls suggest- Watanabe is a heavy-set young safe around each other.” ing about 80% of Japanese want woman, a fashion icon, and very Luis Suarez symbolized the visi- the Olympics canceled or post- famous in Japan. Sasaki’s “Olym- tors’ struggles as the striker remained poned again. They cite the costs pig” reference was an obvious without an away goal in 25 Champions Chelsea’s Timo Werner (right), jumps for the ball with Atletico Madrid’s Renan Lodi during the Champions League, and the risks of holding the mega- play on the word “Olympic.” League appearances. He hasn’t netted round of 16, second leg soccer match between Chelsea and Atletico Madrid at the Stamford Bridge Stadium, Lon- in any European games in this cam- don, March 17. (AP) – See Also Page 14

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