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Aces rally from down 21, top Mystics 84-83 Copper, Quigley help Sky outlast Storm in overtime CHICAGO, Aug. 16, (AP): scored 19 points, Allie Quig- ley hit fi ve 3-pointers and fi nished with 17 points and the beat the Kisner wins record-tying six-man 87-85 in overtime. Diamond DeShields added 13 points and had 12 points, nine rebounds and two blocks for Chi- cago (11-10). led Seattle (16-6) with playoff at Wyndham Champ’ship a season-high 26 points, but missed a good look at a potential tying layup as time expired. had a career-best 21 points, nine rebounds O’Toole captures fi rst LPGA Tour title and three blocks. Seattle played without 2020 Finals MVP and , GREENSBORO, N.C., with both resting after helping the U.S. Aug 16, (AP): Kevin Kis- team to a gold medal at the Tokyo ner birdied the second ex- Olympics and then leading the Storm Seattle Storm guard Sue Bird holds to a 79-57 victory over the Connecticut the champions trophy after the tra hole to win a record- Sun in the Commissioner’s Cup title Commissioner’s Cup WNBA bas- tying six-man playoff at the game Thursday night in Phoenix. ketball game against the Connecti- cut Sun, on Aug. 12, in Phoenix. Wyndham Championship. Aces 84, Mystics 83 (AP) Kisner struck his approach to 3 In Las Vegas, A’ja Wilson had feet on the 18th hole at Sedgefi eld 20 points and 14 rebounds, Chelsea and made the putt for his fi rst PGA Gray hit a step-back jumper with 4.6 WI win by 1 wkt Tour victory since 2019 and fourth seconds left to cap a comeback from of his career. a 21- defi cit and help Las Vegas Kisner began four shots off the lead beat Washington. Windies beat Pak and shot a 4-under 66, making birdies Wilson set a high screen for Gray, on the 16th and 17th holes to reach 15 who drove down the left side of the in thrilling 1st Test under and the playoff. His beat Adam lane, and slid to the right elbow where Scott, Roger Sloan, Kevin Na, Si Woo she hit a jumper to make it 83-82 with KINGSTON, Jamaica, Aug 16, (AP): Kim and Branden Grace after they all 32.9 seconds to play. After Washing- Veteran fast bowler Kemar Roach had made pars on the fi rst extra hole. ton’s Myisha Hines-Allen was called and his teenage protege Jayden Seales Kisner improved to 1-5 in playoffs. for traveling on the other end, the Aces combined in a dramatic 17-run part- With Scott looking at a 4-footer for once again went to the pick-and-roll nership which carried the West Indies birdie on the fi rst extra hole, Kisner with Wilson and Gray, who hit her to a one- win over Pakistan in thought he would have to hole a pitch jumper from nearly the same spot. the fi rst Test. from short of the 18th green just to Seales earlier took 5-55, his fi rst stay in the playoff, and he nearly did it. fi ve-wicket haul in Tests, as the West Kisner grimaced as his ball settled just Indies dismissed Pakistan for 203 in its right of the cup. second innings, a lead of 167. But Scott’s short putt missed badly The home team then slumped to and all six players went back to the Tina Charles and 16-3 before a half-century by Jermaine 18th tee. This time, only Kisner stuffed scored 20 points apiece for the Mystics Blackwood helped it advance to 111-6. The match was in the balance when his approach close on the 505-yard Kevin Kisner hits out of the rough on the eighth hole during the fi nal round of the Wyndham Championship golf (8-11). closing hole. tournament at Sedgefi eld Country Club in Greensboro, N.C., on Aug 15. (Inset): James Piot kisses the trophy after Sparks 75, Fever 70 was out to the last ball Kim shot 64 in the fi nal round. Scott before the tea interval with the West defeating Austin Greaser on the 17th hole to win the US Amateur Championship golf tournament, on Aug 15, at In Los Angeles, had a 65 and Grace, Na and Sloan Oakmont Country Club in Oakmont, Pa. (AP) Indies on 114-7, still 54 runs from vic- each closed with 66. It was the third had 12 points in her return from a knee tory. six-man playoff on the PGA Tour and injury and Los Angeles beat Indiana in In a thrilling fi nal session in which the Sparks’ fi rst game at Staples Cent- each run and each wicket altered the Kings earn spot in Summer League championship er since September 2019. balance of the match, Roach shared a GOLF Sidelined 2 1/2 months by a sprained partnership of 28 with Joshua Da Silva knee, Ogwumike also had seven re- before fi nally combining with Seales bounds and two blocks in 31 minutes. to see the West Indies home on 168-9. the fi rst since Robert Allenby won at Thomas scores 36 points, Nets beat Spurs Brittney Sykes led Los Angeles (7-13) Roach said his unbeaten 30 was the Riviera in 2001. with 16 points, Amanda Zahui B had most important innings of his 66-Test In Oakmont, Pa., Facing his larg- LAS VEGAS, Aug 16, (AP): Cam mained unbeaten with an overtime win bounds and Los Angeles handed Utah 13, and Erica Wheeler added 12. career “by far, by far.” est defi cit of the week and running out Thomas scored 36 points and the over Philadelphia. its fi rst loss in Las Vegas. The Sparks went 4-11 without Og- He was full of praise for the of time, James Piot won four straight Brooklyn Nets beat the San Antonio Although the Timberwolves im- Coffey and Johnson combined to wumike, dropping six in a row before and bowling efforts of the 19-year-old holes to start the back nine at Oakmont Spurs 104-100 in the NBA Summer. proved to 4-0, they won’t get a chance to make 8 of 12 3-point attempts. the break. and went on to win the U.S. Amateur Thomas, the former LSU player se- play in the NBA Summer League cham- Jason Preston added 16 points on Kelsey Mitchell led WNBA-worst over Austin Greaser. lected 27th overall in the NBA draft, pionship game on Tuesday night be- 7-of-10 shooting as the Clippers held Indiana (4-17) with 20 points as both CRICKET Piot closed out his 2-and-1 vic- was 11 of 25 from the fi eld and made cause of the point differential tiebreaker. off a late Jazz rally to win for the fi rst teams returned from the break for the Tokyo Olympics. tory by going bunker-to-bunker on the all 11 of his foul shots. Thomas was Pelicans 80, Warriors 79, OT time this summer. reachable par-4 17th hole and saving coming off a 31-point performance Wizards 93, Bucks 83 Sun 80, Wings 59 Seales, who became the youngest West Thursday night that including the win- Trey Murphy III scored 22 points, Indies bowler to take a fi ve-wicket par with a 20-foot putt. Greaser, who In Arlington, Texas, was 3 up at the turn, had an 8-foot ning 3-pointer in sudden-death double including on a tip in with 1.3 seconds Washington fi rst-round pick Corey haul in a Test innings. overtime against Washington Wizards. left in overtime to keep New Orleans Kispert scroed 18 points and made had 19 points and 15 to help “He is a star for the future,” Roach birdie putt to extend the match. It spun Connecticut beat Dallas. off the left lip. Jordan Bowden had 14 points and undefeated. However, like the Timber- four 3-pointers, and Caleb Homesley said. “His fi ve speaks wonders Alize Johnson chipped in with 13 wolves didn’t make it to the champion- added 13 points and eight rebounds for scored 16 points, De- about our cricket.” Piot, a 22-year-old senior at Michi- Wanna Bonner had 14 points and four gan State, was mobbed by friends and points and 14 rebounds. The Nets (3-1) ship game due to point differential. Washington against Milwaukee. Jaime Shaheen Afridi (4-50) and Hasan took the lead late in the third quarter Naji Marshall added 14 points and Echenique chipped in with 13 points. steals and Jasmine Thomas added 12 Ali (3-37) bowled almost 34 overs for teammates in their Spartans gear off points and four steals for Connecticut the green and before long he was hold- after a sluggish fi rst half. 12 rebounds in the win. Milwaukee got 18 points each from Pakistan on the last day and shared Jordan Nwora and Mamadi Diakite, (15-6). seven wickets. Hasan produced an out- ing the gold trophy. Kings 86, Mavericks 70 Clippers 94, Jazz 90 led the Wings Greaser is a junior at North Caro- while center Sandro Mamukelashvili standing all-round performance, scor- Sacramento (4-0) earned a spot in Amir Coffey had 20 points, Keon had 11 points and 10 rebounds. (9-13) with 20 points. ing 28 from 26 balls at No. 9 to help lina. Johnson added 17 points and six re- The victory puts Piot into the three the NBA Summer League champion- Magic 89, Rockets 76 Mercury 92, Dream 81 Pakistan go past 200 in the second in- professional majors next year - the Yante Maten had 18 points and nine In Phoenix, Skylar Diggins-Smith nings before he was the last man out. Masters, the US Open at Brookline BASKETBALL rebounds off the bench and Cole An- scored 19 points, Diana Taurasi had 18 He then dismissed Blackwood for and the British Open at St. Andrews. thony added 15 points and seven re- and Phoenix beat Atlanta. 55 to deal a major blow to the home Greaser gets into the Masters and the bounds for Orlando against Houston. Sophie Cunningham added 17 team’s hopes and bowled Holder (16). US Open as the runner-up. Jalen Suggs, Orlando’s top draft pick, points for Phoenix (10-10). Brittney But Hasan was also involved in one ship game Tuesday night against the of the pivotal moments of the match In Fife, Scotland, Ryann O’Toole Boston Celtics with a victory over did not play due a thumb injury. Griner had 14 points, 10 rebounds, fi ve won her fi rst LPGA Tour title in her assists and three blocks, and Brianna when he dropped Roach, then on 16, Dallas. First-round draft pick Josh Christo- off the bowling of Shaheen. Roach’s 228th start, closing with a bogey-free Louis King had 18 points on four pher led the Rockets with 22 points, Turner had 10 points and a season- 8-under 64 at Dumbarnie Links for a high 17 rebounds. pull shot carried directly to Hasan at 3-pointers, and Emanuel Terry added while center Alperon Sengun added 13 deep square leg, where a relatively three-shot victory in the Trust Golf 13 points and eight rebounds. Sacra- points and 10 rebounds. Jalen Green, Courtney Williams led Atlanta (6- Women’s Scottish Open, 14) with 30 points. simple catch was put down. mento fi rst-round draft pick Davion the No. 2 pick in the draft, was held out Hasan still had a part to play by dis- After tapping in for a closing par, Mitchell was held to four points and with soreness in his right hamstring. the 34-year-old O’Toole was show- Lynx 88, Liberty 78 missing Jomel Warrican to leave the had fi ve assists. Carlik Jones had 18 Grizzlies 96, Bulls 91 In Minneapolis, had West Indies on 151-9, some 17 runs ered with champagne and greeted with points and Feron Hunt added 12 points a kiss by her fi ancee, Gina Marra. All fi ve starters scored in double 20 points, 11 rebounds and three steals, from victory and with only Roach and and eight rebounds for the Mavericks, added 18 points, 10 Seales remaining. Warrican tried to O’Toole fi nished at 17-under 271. who fi nished 0-4 in Las Vegas. digits as Memphis held off Chicago. With the wind down and plentiful sun- Brooklyn Nets’ Cam Thomas Center Olivier Sarr and Shaq Bu- rebounds and fi ve blocks and Minne- pull a short delivery and the ball fl ew shine, Lydia Ko closed with a course- Timberwolves 99, 76ers 96, OT shoots over San Antonio Spurs’ chanan each had 15 points, and rookie sota beat New York. from the top edge. Wicketkeeper Mo- record 63 to tie for second with At- Jaylen Nowell fi nished with 26 Nate Renfro during the second half Ziaire Williams contributed 14 points Kayla McBride scored 16 points for hammad Rizwan turned and dashed thaya Thitikul (66). points and seven rebounds, Jaden of an NBA summer league basket- and nine rebounds. Minnesota (12-7). Natasha Howard backward, almost to the boundary The Women’s British Open is next McDaniels had a tying 3-pointer at the ball game, on Aug 15, in Las Ve- The Grizzlies controlled the glass, had a season-high 30 points for New where he took a diving catch as the ball week at Carnoustie. end of regulation and Minnesota re- gas. (AP) outrebounding the Bulls 70-53. York (10-11). came over his shoulder.