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Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry (30) goes to the basket against Pelicans center Willy Hernangomez (9) in the fi rst half of an NBA basketball game in New Orleans. (AP) Sports Latest sports scores at — http://sports.arabtimesonline.com

NBA Results/Standings

WASHINGTON, May 4, (AP): NBA results and standings on Monday. Golden State moves 4 games Orlando 119 Detroit 112 Washington 154 Indiana 141 Golden State 123 New Orleans 108 Atlanta 123 Portland 114 Philadelphia 106 Chicago 94 New York 118 Memphis 104 Utah 110 99 LA Lakers 93 Denver 89 Eastern Conference Atlantic Division ahead of desperate Pelicans W L Pct GB x-Philadelphia 44 21 .677 - x-Brooklyn 43 22 .662 1 New York 37 28 .569 7 Boston 34 31 .523 10 Westbrook has 20-plus in rebounds, assists; Wizards beat Pacers Toronto 27 38 .415 17 Southeast Division W L Pct GB WASHINGTON, May 4, Atlanta 36 30 .545 - Miami 35 30 .538 -1/2 (AP): Russell Westbrook Charlotte 31 33 .484 4 Washington 30 35 .462 5-1/2 had the third game in NBA Orlando 21 44 .323 14-1/2 Central Division history with 20-plus re- W L Pct GB bounds and 20-plus assists Milwaukee 40 24 .625 - Indiana 30 34 .469 10 – he and Wilt Chamberlain Chicago 26 39 .400 14-1/2 Cleveland 21 43 .328 19 have the other two – and Detroit 19 46 .292 21-1/2 Western Conference the surging Washington Southwest Division Wizards moved closer to W L Pct GB 36 28 .563 - Indiana in the Eastern Memphis 32 32 .500 4 San Antonio 31 33 .484 5 Conference playoff stand- New Orleans 29 36 .446 7-1/2 16 49 .246 20-1/2 ings by outgunning the Northwest Division Pacers 154-141 on Monday W L Pct GB x-Utah 47 18 .723 - night. x-Denver 43 22 .662 4 Portland 36 29 .554 11 Westbrook had 14 points to go 21 44 .323 26 along with his career-high 21 re- Minnesota 20 45 .308 27 bounds and career-high-tying 24 Pacifi c Division W L Pct GB assists, his league-leading 32nd x-Phoenix 46 18 .719 - triple-double of the season. He x-LA Clippers 43 22 .662 3-1/2 LA Lakers 37 28 .569 9-1/2 has 178 triple-doubles, three short Golden State 33 32 .508 13-1/2 of Oscar Robertson’s record, with Sacramento 27 37 .422 19 x denotes clinched playoff spot seven games remaining for Wash- ington. BASKETBALL UEFA details rules Rui Hachimura scored 27 points for Euro ’20 teams and Bradley Beal had 26 as Washington scored a season high ’ Joel Embiid, (left), strips the ball from ’ Daniel Theis during the fi rst half of an NBA basketball game in Chicago. (AP ) GENEVA, May 4, (AP): Teams and moved within one-half game of hit by COVID-19 cases or man- Indiana for ninth place in the East. snapped a three-game losing streak four-game winning streak, which Bogdanovic scored 25 points, Rudy datory quarantine at the Euro- pean Championship can have The Wizards earned the tiebreaker with a win over Denver. had come entirely on the road. Gobert had 24 points and 15 their games postponed for up to over the Pacers by winning the first The Lakers led by 14 points mid- After getting in early Monday rebounds, and Utah beat San N.Korea pull out 48 hours to get new players in, two meetings. way through the fourth quarter from Boston, where they beat the Antonio. UEFA said Tuesday. Domantas Sabonis had 32 points before the Nuggets got within 89-87 Celtics the previous night, the Trail Jordan Clarkson added 16 points of Cup qualifying UEFA published extra rules and 20 rebounds and Caris LeVert with a late rally. Davis hit a jumper Blazers were forced from the hotel for the Jazz. Joe Ingles chipped in for the June 11-July 11 tourna- scored 33 points for the Pacers, who with 41.8 seconds remaining to give rooms for about a half-hour by a 13 points and eight assists. SEOUL, South Korea, May 4, ment, including raising squad have lost three of four. Eight Pacers the Lakers a four-point lead. Nikola tornado warning in Atlanta. DeMar DeRozan scored 22 points (AP): South Korean officials say sizes from 23 players to 26 to help scored in double figures. Jokic hit a pair of free throws to cut They ran out of steam in the and Rudy Gay added 17 points to North Korea has told soccer’s teams cope amid the coronavirus Warriors 123, Pelicans 108 it in half but Talen Horton-Tucker fourth quarter, ruining a 33-point lead the Spurs, who lost their fourth Asian governing body it will not pandemic. In New Orleans, Stephen Curry hit a reverse layup with 15.1 sec- night for Damian Lillard. straight game. participate in World Cup qualifiers Euro 2020 is scheduled to play scored 41 points, Draymond Green onds left to push the advantage up to Bogdan Bogdanovic provided the The Jazz led by as many as 25 next month because of coronavirus 51 games in 31 days with few days had 10 points, 15 assists and 13 93-89. bulk of Atlanta’s offense over the points in the second half. concerns. available as back-ups. Matches Kim Min-soo, an offi cial from the will be played on schedule if each rebounds, and Golden State beat After a Denver timeout, Davis first two quarters, scoring 23 of his 76ers 106, Bulls 94 desperate New Orleans. blocked Facundo Campazzo’s 25 points for the second highest- In Chicago, Tobias Harris scored Seoul-based Korean Football Asso- team has at least 13 players, in- ciation, on Tuesday said the Asian cluding one goalkeeper, available The Warriors, who currently 3-point attempt to end any hopes of scoring half of his career. 21 points, Seth Curry added 20 and occupy a Western Conference play- a Nuggets’ comeback and end their Knicks 118, Grizzlies 104 Philadelphia beat Chicago. Football Confederation has asked for selection. North Korea to reconsider its deci- UEFA said teams with fewer in position, moved four games five-game winning streak. In Memphis, Tenn, Julius Randle Philadelphia built a big third- than 13 players could have their ahead of 11th-place New Orleans The Lakers – who had lost six of scored 28 points, Derrick Rose quarter lead and then held on for its sion. He said the North notifi ed the AFC last week of its intent to drop game “rescheduled within the with seven games remaining. The their last seven going into the game added 25 on 11-of-15 shooting, and fifth straight win, staying ahead of next 48 hours of the date of the out of the matches. teams meet two more times this – won without two key pieces. New York held off Memphis. the for the top spot in South Korea is scheduled to relevant match” and possibly at a season. LeBron James did not play in the Dillon Brooks scored 25 points the Eastern Conference. different venue. host North Korea, Turkmenistan, Andrew Wiggins added 26 points second game of a back-to-back after for Memphis, while rookie Desmond Ben Simmons scored 15 points, Lebanon and Sri Lanka in Group “Any additional player called for Golden State, with 10 coming in he ankle soreness during the fourth Bane added 22. Danny Green had 14 and a relatively up to meet the minimum of 13 H qualifying matches from May players requires that an equivalent a key stretch early in the fourth quarter of Sunday’s loss Toronto. The Knicks have won 12 of 13 and quiet Joel Embiid scored 13. 31 to June 15. The group matches number of quarantined players are quarter. Dennis Schröder will be out more are assured of their first winning Coby White scored 23 points for are being played in hubs because of definitively withdrawn from the Zion Williamson scored 32 points than a week after entering the record since going 54-28 in 2012-13. the Bulls, who played without both delays in continental qualifying for 26 players list,” the European soc- and Brandon Ingram added 19 NBA’s health and safety protocol. Memphis was within five points Zach LaVine and Nikola Vucevic the 2022 World Cup caused by the cer body said. points for the Pelicans. Hawks 123, Trail Blazers 114 as the game headed down the for the second straight game. pandemic. The team responsible for a Lakers 93, Nuggets 89 In Atlanta, Danilo Gallinari made stretch, but the Grizzlies sealed the Magic 119, Pistons112 North Korea’s Olympic commit- game not being played will forfeit In Los Angeles, Anthony Davis seven 3-pointers and finished with loss by receiving five technicals in a In Detroit, Mo Bamba had 22 tee also said last month it decided to it as a 3-0 loss and the national scored 25 points and had key plays 28 points, leading Atlanta past span of 18 seconds. points and 15 rebounds – both career drop out of the Tokyo Olympics to federation will face disciplinary on both ends of the floor in the final Portland. Jazz 110, Spurs 99 highs – and Orlando beat Detroit. protect its athletes from coronavirus action by UEFA. minute as short-handed Los Angeles The Hawks snapped Portland’s In Salt Lake City, Bojan Saddiq Bey led Detroit with 26 infections. West Brom on brink of relegation ‘Glazers have driven United into debt and decline’ West Ham’s top-4 bid back on track Man United violence the peak LONDON, May 4, (AP): With Mi- on the back of losses to Newcastle and Antonio then glanced in Said Ben- chail Antonio and other key players Chelsea, but looked a much more po- rahma’s whipped cross from the left out injured, West Ham’s improbable tent force with Antonio leading the line with the slightest of touches into the of toxic fan-owner relationship bid for a fi rst ever Champions League and Jesse Lingard fl oating behind. far corner in the 29th. qualifi cation was thrown off track. Chris Wood, fresh off a hat trick West Ham vaulted Tottenham into MANCHESTER, England, May 4, (AP): The storming of Old billion) during the 2008-09 season. It’s a debt that has had One by one, they are returning. And at Wolverhampton, gave Burnley the fi fth place and are four points clear Trafford crystalized 16 years of disconnect between Manches- to be serviced, and cost United, along with dividends to the a top-four fi nish in the Premier League lead from the penalty spot in the 19th of seventh-placed Liverpool, which ter United fans and its distant ownership. Glazer family, more than 1 billion pounds in 16 years. It stood - toppling some of English soccer’s minute after being fouled by Tomas have a game in hand after their match While choosing not to engage with the supporters who are at 456 million pounds in December. biggest teams along the way - could Soucek but Antonio equalized within at Manchester United on Sunday was the lifeblood of any club, the Glazer family couldn’t have But protests against the Glazers that previously peaked still be on. two minutes by heading in Vladimir postponed because of fan protests avoided seeing the levels of rage against them on Sunday. with a visible display of dissent during a 2010 Champions Antonio marked his comeback game Coufal’s cross. against United’s American owners. Not when it led to the unprecedented League game faded amid the team’s success. The club won after nearly a month out with two goals West Bromwich Albion were on postponement of an English Premier the Premier League fi ve times in the period from 2007-13 to as West Ham rallied to beat Burnley 2-1 the brink of relegation from the Eng- League game due to fan unrest, espe- become the record 20-time champions of England, usurping and move within three points of fourth- lish Premier League after only draw- cially one of the biggest matches of the placed Chelsea with four games left. ing with Wolverhampton 1-1 . season between United and Liverpool. West Ham’s run-in - featuring The result left next-to-last West Three months after celebrating suc- SOCCER Brom 10 points from safety with four cess in the Super Bowl with the Tampa games against Everton and lowly trio Bay Buccaneers, the Glazers’ ill-fated Liverpool. But since the retirement of Alex Ferguson in 2013 Brighton, West Bromwich Albion and games remaining . bid to lead United into a European after more than 26 years in charge, the Premier League trophy Southampton - appears more benign The central English team’s fate Super League made their relationship has proved elusive. than that of Chelsea, which must still could even be sealed before their next with fans in England more toxic than “Your family’s ownership of the club has driven us into play champions-elect Manchester City, game, which is at Arsenal on Sunday, ever before. debt and decline,” the Manchester United Supporters’ Trust Arsenal, Leicester and Aston Villa. if results don’t go their way in the in- That led to co-owner Joel Glazer in- Ferguson wrote on Monday to Joel Glazer, “and we have felt ever more tervening days. sisting he was “committed to rebuild- sidelined and ignored.” It is only two weeks since Glazer tried SOCCER A big dose of misfortune saw the ing trust with our fans,” but there was no sign of that hap- to lead United into the breakaway European competition as hosts go behind in fi rst-half stoppage pening in the 10 days between the open letter and Sunday’s vice chairman of the Super League. Fans were not consulted time at The Hawthorns, where rain protests. before the group of European clubs launched the closed com- Just as signifi cant for West Ham lashed down for much of the game. A rabble of more than 100 fans was able to stand on the petition to replace UEFA’s open access Champions League. manager David Moyes, his injury list West Brom defender Kyle Bar- fi eld setting off fl ares after breaching the biosecure perimeter The rebellion imploded inside 48 hours amid an outcry from is clearing up. tley’s attempted clearance struck the of the stadium. Outside, thousands of more supporters spent the government and fans. Antonio, the team’s star striker and standing foot of 18-year-old striker two hours crammed onto the concourse demanding the Glaz- Despite the lack of silverware, and as Manchester City joint-top scorer, and creative defender ers sell the club. emerged as England’s dominant force fueled by Abu Dhabi Fabio Silva and the ball looped over Even though offi cers eventually managed to disperse the investment, the protests at United have largely been dormant, Aaron Cresswell made their returns West Ham’s Michail Antonio cel- stranded goalkeeper Sam Johnstone crowd just before the scheduled kickoff - with a combination of simmering in the background. While the Glazers wouldn’t against Burnley, and Declan Rice - ebrates after scoring his side’s 2nd and into the net. force using batons and a charge of police horses - the Premier speak to MUST, the group toned down its public comments the England holding midfi elder - is goal of the game during the English Mbaye Diagne headed in the League abandoned any hope of playing the game. The takeover against them and seemed to focus instead on engagement with back in training after a knee injury Premier League soccer match be- equalizer from Conor Townsend’s of United in 2005 began with protests outside Old Trafford that the administration in Manchester about the matchday experi- that has kept him out since the end of tween Burnley and West Ham Unit- left-wing cross in the 62nd minute featured burning effi gies of the incoming ownership. ence to secure improvements. March. ed at Turf Moor Stadium in Burnley, but West Brom didn’t create another Fans were angered that a club without debt was loaded with The tone has shifted again with the letter to Joel Glazer re- Moyes’ side arrived at Turf Moor England. (AP) clear-cut chance in the fi nal half-hour. liabilities that reached a high of 717 million pounds (then $1.1 questing by Friday a response to a four-point list of demands to:

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