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LOS ANGELES: LeBron James #23 of the Los Angeles Lakers shoots the ball against the at STAPLES Center in Los Angeles, California. — AFP

LOS ANGELES: scored 23 points attempts. Both recorded seven assists, with Harden and hit the go-ahead basket, and Caris LeVert added feeding Eric Gordon (16 points) for a pair of decisive 3- SAN ANTONIO SPURS 119 - DALLAS MAVERICKS 109 ORLANDO MAGIC 120 - MEMPHIS GRIZZLIES 115 22 points as the Brooklyn Nets surprised the host Los pointers in the fourth quarter. D’Angelo Russell paced LaMarcus Aldridge poured in 24 points, nine of them Terrence Ross highlighted his 24-point perform- Angeles Lakers 104-102 on Tuesday night. Timothe the Timberwolves with 28 points and five assists while in a pivotal late-game stretch, as San Antonio rallied to ance with five 3-pointers to lift visiting Orlando over Luwawu-Cabarrot had 13 points, finished Juancho Hernangomez posted 18 points and 10 beat visiting Dallas and snap a two-game losing streak. Memphis. Michael Carter-Williams scored 20 points with 12 and Chris Chiozza added 11 for the Nets, who rebounds. Rookie Jarrett Jarrett Culver scored 12 points Marco Belinelli scored 16 points for the Spurs, with to eclipse his previous season-best total of 17, set have won four of their past five. Dinwiddie’s jumper off the bench for Minnesota, which fell for the fifth time Rudy Gay hitting for 17, Trey Lyles and Derrick White during Orlando’s win over Minnesota on Friday. with 28.8 seconds left was the difference. LeBron James in seven games. adding 14 points each. DeMar DeRozan scored 13 Nikola Vucevic recorded 19 points and 11 rebounds had 29 points, 12 rebounds and nine assists for the points and dished out 12 assists, and Patty Mills tallied for the Magic, who overcame a 17-point deficit to Lakers, who had their four-game winning streak PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS 121 - PHOENIX SUNS 105 12 in the win. Luka Doncic had another brilliant game, post their third win in a row overall and seventh in snapped. Anthony Davis scored 26 points and grabbed Damian Lillard registered 25 points and seven scoring 38 points. Tim Hardaway Jr. added 20 points, their past nine games against Memphis. Jonas eight rebounds but missed a game-winning 3-point assists to help Portland notch a victory over visiting Dorian Finney-Smith hit for 15 and Maxi Kleber had 12 Valanciunas led the Grizzlies with 27 points and 16 attempt at the buzzer. Phoenix. Trevor Ariza registered season highs of 22 points for the Mavericks. Porzingis led Dallas, which rebounds while Ja Morant and Dillon Brooks had 21 points and five 3-pointers as Portland won for just the took its second straight loss, with 12 rebounds. points apiece. — Reuters 122 - NEW YORK KNICKS 115 fourth time in the past 12 games. CJ McCollum also Bradley Beal scored 27 of his 40 points in the sec- scored 22 points, and Hassan Whiteside had 16 points by people who had invited him to attend conferences ond half as host Washington blew an early 14-point and 14 rebounds. Devin Booker recorded 29 points and sponsored by charities working with disadvantaged lead and then stormed back from an 18-point deficit to nine assists for the Suns. Dario Saric contributed 24 Paraguayan judge children. A Brazilian businessman has also been arrested record a victory over New York. After his streak of 21 points and 11 rebounds while Ricky Rubio had 21 points in connection with the fake travel documents, while two consecutive games scoring at least 25 points ended and nine assists. orders Ronaldinho Paraguayan women have been placed under house Sunday, Beal scored 20 points in the third quarter as arrest and the country’s migration director has resigned. the Wizards outscored the Knicks LOS ANGELES CLIPPERS 131 - Ronaldinho’s Brazilian lawyer Sergio Queiroz has 33-17. He scored 16 of GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS 107 to remain in prison said the brothers were carrying Brazilian documents and Washington’s final 23 points in the Kawhi Leonard scored a were given the Paraguayan passports “to facilitate the period and tied the game 87-87 Wizards game-high-tying 23 points in 25 possibility of doing business” in Paraguay. “Ronaldinho minutes, helping visiting Los ASUNCION: Brazilian football great Ronaldinho will did not commit a crime because he did not know that heading into the fourth by hitting remain in pre-trial detention in Paraguay after being outscored Angeles beat Golden State in San the passport they gave him was faked,” he said. a 3-pointer with 37.5 seconds left. refused bail or house arrest on accusations of entering Frank Ntilikina posted his second Francisco. The win was the However, the body overseeing the creation of com- the country with a fake passport. A court rejected a panies in Paraguay told AFP there was no regulation career double-double with a the Knicks Clippers’ seventh in their past request for conditional release for the 39-year-old career-high 20 points and 10 eight games, the only loss in the preventing Brazilians for applying for a business permit. World Cup winner and his brother, who were spending The administrator of the charity that invited Ronaldinho, assists as the Knicks lost for the run a 112-103 setback against the a fifth day in a police cell in Asuncion, said prosecutor ninth time in 12 games. Bobby rival Los Angeles Lakers on Dalia Lopez, has admitted requesting the passports but Osmar Legal. Judge Gustavo Amarilla cited the serious- said she didn’t know they were forged. A warrant has Portis also scored 20 points, with 16 of those coming in Sunday. Reggie Jackson scored 16 points while Paul ness of the case and the discovery of new evidence, as been issued for her arrest. the first half when the Knicks built a 70-54 lead. George and Patrick Beverley had 14 apiece. Dragan well as the involvement of public officials and entrepre- Bender matched Leonard’s total with 23 points for the neurs who helped Ronaldinho get into Paraguay. MONEY LAUNDERING BOSTON CELTICS 114 - INDIANA PACERS 111 Warriors, who snapped a 10-game home losing streak Amarilla acknowledged the harshness of the measures Amarilla said the investigation is looking into possi- Jayson Tatum scored 30 points, Gordon Hayward in their previous game, a 118-114 win over Philadelphia taken against the brothers but said it was his responsi- ble criminal association and money laundering. He said recorded 27 points and 10 rebounds, and Boston on Saturday. Stephen Curry (flu) sat out his second bility to ensure they did not flee the country. the brothers’ phones needed to be examined, in order to recovered after giving up a late lead to beat Indiana in game in a row. “There are many procedures that need to be done “know the true intention for their presence” in Paraguay. Indianapolis. The Pacers’ Victor Oladipo finished with with the presence of both of them,” the judge said. Ronaldinho, considered one of the greatest foot- 27 points and seven rebounds, and T.J. Warren added CHICAGO BULLS 108 - CLEVELAND CAVALIERS 103 Legal said he opposed house arrest because the prop- ballers of all time, was a star of Brazil’s 2002 World Cup 22 points. Daniel Theis scored 20 points for the Celtics Rookie Coby White scored a team-high 20 points in erty offered as a guarantee was only valued at win and played for European giants Barcelona, Paris and Kemba Walker added 11, giving all five Boston his first career start, and Chicago held on for a win over $750,000 to $800,000. “It’s a tiny amount given the Saint-Germain and AC Milan, among others. starters double figures in scoring. visiting Cleveland. Wendell Carter Jr. added 17 points economic solvency of one of the (accused),” he said. There had been rumors he needed to use the on 7-of-9 shooting for the Bulls, who snapped a three- The brothers arrived in Asuncion from Brazil on Paraguayan document because his real passport had 117 - game losing streak. Lauri Markkanen, Otto Porter Jr. Wednesday and showed their passports to immigration been seized by Brazilian authorities in late 2018 after he MINNESOTA TIMBERWOLVES 111 and Denzel Valentine finished with 15 points apiece. police, who did not immediately notice any problem. failed to pay a $2.5 million fine for building a pier in a Hours later, when the passports were determined to be scored a game-high 37 points and Collin Sexton scored a game-high 26 points on 12-of- protected lake. But it was returned to him a year later fake, investigators raided the football star’s hotel room and Russell Westbrook added 27 while keying a decisive 16 shooting for the Cavaliers, whose two-game winning following an agreement with the public prosecutor in seized the brothers’ identity cards and travel documents. Rio Grande do Sul state. As both countries are part of stretch late in the third quarter as Houston beat visiting streak ended. Andre Drummond had 21 points and the MERCOSUR trade bloc, travelers between Brazil Minnesota. The Rockets snapped a four-game losing Larry Nance Jr. scored 16, but it was not enough as the ‘NO CRIME’ and Paraguay need only carry an identity document skid. Harden and Westbrook combined to shoot 22 of Cavaliers fell short several hours after head coach J.B. Ronaldinho said the passports had been given to him rather than a passport. —AFP 36, with Harden connecting on half of his 10 3-point Bickerstaff signed a multiyear extension.