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LOS AGELES: forward Dwight Powell puts up a shot during the second half of an NBA game against the Los Angeles Lakers. — AP Mavs down Lakers, Thunder advance

LOS ANGELES: Dirk Nowitzki scored 25 HEAT 109, ROCKETS 89 HAWKS 94, HORNETS 92 play. But then Leonard nailed a jumper and Kyle Lowry had 15 points each. The victory points and the Dallas Mavericks held off a late Hassan Whiteside had 25 points and 15 Kent Bazemore scored 20 points, Al Tony Parker had a fast-break layup with 2:02 boosted Toronto’s record to 3-0, just the rally by the winless Los Angeles Lakers for a rebounds, Chris Bosh scored all 10 of his Horford added 16 points and 12 rebounds to go. third time in team history that it has been 103-93 victory on Sunday night. points in the fourth quarter and Miami erased and Atlanta held on to beat Charlotte for the perfect through the season’s opening three This is the first time in franchise history the a 21-point second-half deficit to beat second time in three days. RAPTORS 106, BUCKS 87 games, and the first time since 2008-09. Lakers have started 0-3 in consecutive sea- Houston. The Hornets had a chance to tie the game Dwane Casey got his franchise-record The Bucks dropped to 0-3 despite a sons. They lost their first five games last sea- Dwyane Wade scored 20 points and Luol at the buzzer, but Kemba Walker’s 17-footer 157th win as coach of Toronto with a victory game-high 20 points from Giannis son and ended up with their worst record Deng added 14 for Miami, which outscored from the left wing hit the back rim and over Milwaukee. The milestone came in his Antetokounmpo. It’s the first time the team ever (21-61). Houston 65-24 in the final 23 minutes. It was bounced out. Walker also missed a 3-pointer 315th game with the Raptors, besting the has started a season with three consecutive The Mavericks opened the game with a Miami’s largest comeback win since a 27- in the final seconds of Charlotte’s 97-94 loss previous record held by current Minnesota losses since 1976-77, when it dropped five 15-0 blitz that included two 3-pointers each point rally against Cleveland in March 2013. to Atlanta on Friday night. Timberwolves coach Sam Mitchell. straight. Milwaukee previously had the by Wesley Matthews and Nowitzki - the latter Marcus Thornton scored 21 points for Jeff Teague had 18 points and Paul Jonas Valanciunas had 19 points and longest streak in NBA history without start- has made more 3-point shots than any 7-foot- Houston, and James Harden had 16. The Millsap added 16 points, including a key 3- eight rebounds, and DeMar DeRozan and ing 0-3. — AP er in league history (1,580). The Lakers missed Rockets have dropped their first three games pointer to give Atlanta the lead for good their first five shots before ’s of the season - all by exactly 20 points each. with less than a minute to play. dunk with 7:13 left in the first quarter. Randle Dwight Howard sat out to rest on the first Walker finished with 17 points and NBA results/standings posted his second consecutive double-dou- night of a back-to-back. He’s expected to play Nicolas Batum added 16 points and eight Atlanta 94, Charlotte 92; San Antonio 95, Boston 87; Miami 109, Houston 89; Toronto 106, Milwaukee 87; ble with 22 points and 15 rebounds. Kobe when the Rockets host Oklahoma City late assists for winless Charlotte. Al Jefferson Chicago 92, Orlando 87; Oklahoma City 117, Denver 93; Dallas 102, LA Lakers 94. Bryant had 15 points on 3-of-15 shooting. yesterday. contributed 10 points and 10 rebounds for Eastern Conference Western Conference the Hornets. Atlantic Division THUNDER 117, NUGGETS 93 BULLS 92, MAGIC 87 Northwest Division W L PCT GB Kevin Durant scored 25 points to help Pau Gasol and Nikola Mirotic each scored SPURS 95, CELTICS 87 Oklahoma City 3 0 1.000 - Oklahoma City beat Denver. Durant made 8 16 points and Chicago withstood a late surge BOSTON (AP) - LaMarcus Aldridge had 24 Toronto 3 0 1.000 - Minnesota 2 0 1.000 0.5 of 11 field goals and all six of his free throws from Orlando. Chicago led by 14 at halftime points and 14 rebounds, Kawhi Leonard NY Knicks 2 1 .667 1 Utah 2 1 .667 1 to help new coach Billy Donovan remain and 12 after three quarters, and the Bulls added 19 points and San Antonio beat Boston 1 2 .333 2 Denver 1 2 .333 2 unbeaten in the NBA. appeared to be headed for an easy win. But Boston. Philadelphia 0 2 0 2.5 Portland 1 2 .333 2 Serge Ibaka had 18 points, seven Orlando cut the lead to two with just under 3 Manu Ginobili scored 13 points and Brooklyn 0 3 0 3 Pacific Division Central Division rebounds and five blocks and Russell minutes left before Chicago’s Jimmy Butler Boris Diaw had 10 for the Spurs Avery LA Clippers 3 0 1.000 - Detroit 3 0 1.000 - Westbrook had 15 points, nine rebounds and jumped to intercept a pass and squelch the Bradley led Boston with 18 points and Golden State 3 0 1.000 - Chicago 3 1 .750 0.5 eight assists for the Thunder, who have won comeback bid. had 17. Isaiah Thomas scored Phoenix 2 1 .667 1 Cleveland 2 1 .667 1 their first three games for the first time since Then, under the Bulls’ basket after a Magic 15, but shot only 4 of 18 from the floor. Jared Sacramento 1 2 .333 2 the 2011-12 season. The Thunder shot 52 per- , Butler came up with another take- Sullinger had 10 points and eight rebounds. Indiana 0 3 0 3 LA Lakers 0 3 0 3 cent from the field, and all five Oklahoma City away to again foil Orlando. It was the third win San Antonio opened a double-digit lead Milwaukee 0 3 0 3 starters rested for the entire fourth quarter. in four games for Chicago. The Magic dropped early in the game and held off Boston’s Southeast Division Southwest Division Danilo Gallinari and Will Barton each to 0-3. Derrick Rose is still playing with a face charges the rest of the way. The Celtics Atlanta 3 1 .750 - Dallas 2 1 .667 - scored 15 points and added mask as he recovers from a broken orbital closed a 14-point, fourth-quarter deficit to Washington 2 1 .667 0.5 San Antonio 2 1 .667 - 13 points and seven assists for the Nuggets, bone suffered before the start of the season. four points three times in the final 4 min- Miami 2 1 .667 0.5 Memphis 2 1 .667 - who shot just 38 percent. He was held scoreless in the second and third utes, the last on Smart’s 3-pointer from the Orlando 0 3 0 2.5 Houston 0 3 0 2 quarters and finished with just six points. right corner that made it 86-82 with 2:45 to Charlotte 0 3 0 2.5 New Orleans 0 3 0 2 Marquez-Rossi feud fuels title showdown Ban, fine for Mourinho LONDON: Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho has been hit MADRID: What started as a minor jibe from Valentino Sport not succeed. For two football mad nations, the clash between two with a one-match stadium ban and a £40,000 ($61,680, Rossi towards defending MotoGP world champion Marc Whilst he is coming to blows with Marquez, it isn’t champions and idols in their respective countries has 56,000 euros) fine after admitting to a charge of miscon- Marquez has descended into battle on and off the track even the two-time world champion Rossi is fighting seen motorcycling dominate the sporting landscape for duct, the Football Association announced yesterday. and reared the ugly head of a simmering sporting rival- with for the title. Instead it is his Yamaha teammate the past week. The charge related to Mourinho’s conduct towards ry between Italy and Spain. Jorge Lorenzo who lies just seven points back ahead of Predictably, the response has been split down parti- referee Jon Moss during Chelsea’s recent 2-1 loss at West Rossi is the sport’s most recognisable and, until the title decider. san lines with even the Prime Ministers of both coun- Ham United, which saw him sent to the stands, and recent events, most respected figure. A seven-time Rossi’s gripe with Marquez is that he believes the lat- tries getting involved. means he will miss Saturday’s game at Stoke City. world champion in the top category, should he seal ter has been deliberately trying to sabotage his title bid “In sport as in politics, not everything is premissable,” “Following an Independent Regulatory Commission another championship in the final race of the season in to help his compatriot. “He would prefer Lorenzo to win. Spanish leader Mariano Rajoy posted on Twitter. hearing today, Jose Mourinho has been given a one- Valencia next weekend he will join compatriot Giacomo He is angry at me for a personal matter,” Rossi said after Meanwhile, his Italian counterpart Matteo Renzi took match stadium suspension with immediate effect and Agostini as the most successful rider of all-time. Yet, in the Australian Grand Prix last month. time out of a diplomatic visit to South America to fined £40,000,” the FA said in a statement. the face of history, his credibility has suffered after he “At this point, the lesser evil is for him is for Lorenzo phone Rossi to offer his support. Lorenzo was caught in “The Chelsea manager admitted an FA charge of sensationally kicked Marquez off his bike at the to win.” A week later in Malaysia it exploded into an the crossfire when he had to deny a report from Italian misconduct regarding his language and/or behavior Malaysian Grand Prix last weekend sparking a sanction even more personal battle. “I have lost respect for him,” newspaper La Reppublica that he and Marquez had towards the match officials in or around the dressing that will see him start from the back of the grid in Marquez replied. “After an action like that he doesn’t agreed a pact to work together against Rossi in Andorra room area during half-time of the game against West Valencia should an appeal to the Court of Arbitration for deserve to be champion.” in September. — AFP Ham United on 24 October 2015.” — AFP