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CHICAGO: Jerian Grant #2 of the shoots the ball against the at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois. — AFP Dragic leads Heat past Bulls, 100-93 Carroll’s 24 points lead Nets over struggling Grizzlies CHICAGO: Goran Dragic and the Miami Heat followed be a 48-minute game and they played some inspiring with five minutes, 40 seconds to play. Wiggins scored 21 points with a season-high four 3- the lowest-scoring first quarter in team history with , not only in the fourth quarter but in that “I don’t think we look at it like Dion or Whiteside or pointers for Minnesota, which survived another strong the highest-scoring one of the season to beat the second quarter. That’s what really changed the Dragic,” James Johnson said. “We have a lot of shooting night from an opponent. Phoenix shot 50.6 Chicago Bulls. After scoring seven points in the first momentum and brought us weapons on this team. We percent from the field and was 13 of 26 from 3-point quarter, Miami had 38 in the second to take a 45-42 back into it.” have a lot of guys who could range despite playing without leading scorer Devin lead en route to a 100-93 victory Sunday. Ellington ignited the do it. We’re all trying to play Booker. Taj Gibson had 16 points and a season-high 14 Dragic scored 24 points, Wayne Ellington had 19 Heat after the 2-for-19 our roles and master that.” rebounds for the Timberwolves, who had lost three of points and five 3-pointers off the bench and the Heat’s first-quarter from the field, Justin Holliday added 15 their previous four games. Minnesota is off to its best four reserves outscored their five starters. James scoring 10 points and hit- points for the Bulls, who lost start since 2005-06 when it also started 12-8. Johnson added 15 points, seven rebounds and six ting three 3-pointers as We were looking their fifth in a row following assists, and fellow reserves Tyler Johnson and Kelly Miami shot 68.4 percent in an 0-4 West Coast trip. Nets 98, Grizzlies 88 Olynyk scored 10 points apiece as the Heat bench pro- the second quarter. The for some kind DeMarre Carroll scored 24 points and Trevor duced 54 points to extend the team’s winning streak to Heat started slow again in Timberwolves 119, Suns 108 Booker had 16 points and 11 rebounds as Brooklyn three. the third quarter, prompt- of energy Karl-Anthony Towns had beat Memphis. Marc Gasol and Tyreke Evans had 18 Jerian Grant led Chicago with a career-high 24 ing Spoelstra to leave his 32 points and 12 rebounds, points each to pace the Grizzlies. Gasol scored only points. Denzel Valentine had 14 points and career highs second- and third-leading and Jimmy Butler chipped in two points in the second half. Memphis, playing its of 13 rebounds and seven assists. “They (the bench) scorers, Dion Waiters (four with 25 points as the sixth straight game without injured starting point inspired the whole team,” Heat coach Erik Spoelstra points) and Hassan Whiteside (11 points, nine Minnesota Timberwolves held on for a 119-108 win guard Mike Conley, was outscored 32-18 in the said. “We were looking for some kind of energy, some rebounds), on the bench down the stretch as the Heat against the Phoenix Suns on Sunday. Towns recorded third quarter. The Grizzlies lost for the 11th time in kind of separation. We understand that it was going to pulled away after Chicago cut Miami’s lead to 83-81 his league-leading 16th double-double, and Andrew 13 games. — Agencies

name “Rino”, on account of his verbal raging and ram- always had a controversial edge-he once slapped the AC Milan turn to paging playing style. He won the title twice and then Ajax striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic with the back of helped Milan to Champions League glory on two occa- his hand. On another occasion that his temper spilled sions. Gattuso was such an integral part of Marcello over, he infamously grabbed Tottenham assistant coach Gattuso to bring Lippi’s line-up when clinched the 2006 World Cup Joe Jordan-greying and 26 years Gattuso’s senior — by in Germany that he was named in FIFA’s team of the the throat before head-butting him, picking up a heavy back glory days tournament. UEFA ban. Gattuso spent a season at Walter Smith’s AC Milan have not finished higher than sixth in any Rangers before joining AC Milan and won the Scottish of the last four seasons in Serie A but new Chinese double alongside English midfielder Paul Gascoigne. MILAN: Fallen Italian giants AC Milan named combat- owner Li Yonghong funded a 230-million-euro ($270 Since retiring as a player he has been working within ive former player as their new boss million) signing spree in the summer. the AC Milan structure as youth team coach after a yesterday after sacking Vincenzo Montella, the arrived from Juventus for 38 mil- stuttering coaching career elsewhere, with short stints Chinese-owned club said yesterday. The seven-time lion euros in an eye-catching move, while Portuguese at Sion in Switzerland, at Palermo and Pisa in Italy and European champions released Montella after a goalless player Andre Silva came for a similar sum from FC at Greek minnows OFI Crete. draw against Torino on Sunday left them seventh in Porto and Hakan Calhanoglu was signed from Bayer With Juventus dominating Italian football and Serie A and have turned to 39-year-old Gattuso, a Leverkusen. But even with those reinforcements, Barcelona and Real Madrid dominant in Europe, member of one of their most successful sides but has Montella failed to put the club that was once the jewel Gattuso faces a huge task to restore Milan to their little coaching pedigree. in former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi’s busi- former heights. He was a key cog in a team featuring Gattuso made a total of 468 appearances for AC ness empire in contention for a Champions League , Andrea Pirlo and which Milan between 1999 and 2012, winning a reputation as place. He leaves after 17 months at the San Siro. won the 2003 Champions League by beating Juventus a rugged defensive midfielder and earning the nick- There will be heavy pressure on Gattuso, who has on penalties.—AFP Vincenzo Montella