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SUNDAY, DECEMBER 29, 2013 SPORTS Thunder thump Bobcats

CHARLOTTE: Kevin Durant had 34 points and 12 rebounds, and the Oklahoma City Thunder held on to defeat the Charlotte Bobcats 89-85 Friday night without injured guard Russell Westbrook. The Thunder announced before the game that Westbrook had arthroscopic surgery on his right knee and will be out until after the All-Star break. Durant scored 14 points in the fourth quarter and finished 14 of 28 from the field. Serge Ibaka had 12 points and nine rebounds for the Thunder, who have won seven straight road games and 11 of 12 overall. Reggie Jackson started in place of Westbrook, shooting 4 of 19 from the floor. : South Africa’s AB de Villiers dives and avoids being run out on the third day The Thunder escaped after Josh McRoberts of the second and final Test between South Africa and India at Kingsmead in Durban missed a wide-open 3-pointer with 3 seconds yesterday. — AFP left.

Kallis holds firm as South KINGS 108, HEAT 103, OT DeMarcus Cousins had 27 points and 17 Africa inch closer to India rebounds, Rudy Gay scored 26 and Sacramento rallied from an early 17-point DURBAN: showed typically innings after a mini-collapse in the morn- deficit to beat undermanned Miami in - stoic resistance at the crease as he com- ing session when the hosts lost three wick- time. Isaiah Thomas added 22 points, 11 piled a patient, unbeaten half-century to ets for 10 runs. The home side had started assists and seven rebounds to help the Kings guide South Africa to 267 for four at tea on the day well, (47) and Alviro snap Miami’s six-game winning streak. Gay the third day of the second and final test Petersen (62) moving the side briskly from made a tying jumper in the final minutes of against India at Kingsmead yesterday. their overnight score of 82 and adding 21 regulation, and Sacramento quickly pulled Kallis has faced 180 balls for his 61 in what runs before the former was excellently away in the extra period to bring the sellout could be his last test innings following the caught by Shikhar Dhawan running crowd of 17,317 roaring to its feet. LeBron announcement that he will retire at the towards the at cover off the James finished with 33 points, eight rebounds end of this series and has taken the Proteas of Jadeja. had a to within 67 of India’s first innings score of wretched time in the drawn first test in and eight assists, and Chris Bosh had 18 334. Johannesburg, out twice leaving deliveries points and seven rebounds for the two-time Kallis notched up his 87th half-century that crashed on to his stumps, and he defending NBA champions. Miami played in tests to go with 44 hundreds. He will failed with the bat again. without Dwyane Wade (rest), Ray Allen (right resume after the interval with JP Duminy This time he played a shot but the result knee tendinitis) and Chris Andersen (sore (13 ) but the match could be inter- was the same, the excellent Mohammed back). rupted by rain and bad light as dark clouds Shami getting the ball to move away hovered over the ground. All-rounder slightly and clip the off-stump and dismiss WARRIORS 115, SUNS 86 MINNEAPOLIS: Minnesota Timberwolves’ Nikola Pekovic (left) has a close encounter with Kallis, 38, was the junior partner in an him for three. That brought Kallis to the Stephen Curry had career highs of 16 Washington Wizards’ Marcin Gortat during the first quarter of an NBA basketball game on excellent fourth- stand of 127 with crease and India, showing great sports- assists and 13 rebounds to go with 14 points, Friday, Dec 27, 2013. —AP AB de Villiers (74) that got South Africa out manship, gave the veteran all-rounder a and Golden State beat Phoenix for its fourth assists for the Atlantic Division leaders, who and J.J. Barea scored 17 points off the bench of trouble on day three. De Villiers, who guard of honor as he walked to the middle, straight victory. Klay Thompson scored 21 host the Knicks on Saturday with a chance to to help Minnesota top Washington. Ricky bagged a century to help save the first test with Australian umpires Steve David and points for the Warriors and David Lee added extend their lead to five games over last sea- Rubio had 11 points, nine assists and eight in Johannesburg, looked fluent again as he Rod Tucker joining in. But perhaps the 17. PJ Tucker had 11 points and 12 rebounds son’s division champions. Andrea Bargnani rebounds in 26 minutes, and Nikola Pekovic scored all around the ground before he emotion of the moment led to Petersen to lead the Suns, who had won three straight had 18 points and 12 rebounds against his added 18 points and 10 boards for the edged to at first slip off the losing his concentration as he was out the and eight of nine. It was Phoenix’s worst former team. Beno Udrih finished with 15 Timberwolves. Minnesota outrebounded bowling of Ravindra Jadeja, one of three very next , gloving the ball to defeat of the season. Curry, who played 1 points and 10 assists for the Knicks, who Washington 44-35 and only turned the ball for the spinner. Murali Vijay at slip off the bowling of minute of the fourth quarter, had a rough played again without Carmelo Anthony over five times. John Wall had 26 points and De Villiers and Kallis steadied the Jadeja.— Reuters shooting night and made just one of six 3- because of a sprained left ankle. seven assists for the Wizards, who missed a point attempts. He more than made up for it chance to win their fourth straight road game SCOREBOARD with his passing and rebounding for his third JAZZ 105, LAKERS 103 for the first time since March 2008. Nene career triple-double. Derrick Favors had 18 points and 14 added 13 points and five rebounds, but DURBAN: Scoreboard at the close of play on the third day of the second and final test between South rebounds and made a putback dunk with 2.1 Bradley Beal had to be helped off the floor in Africa and India in Durban yesterday. MAGIC 109, PISTONS 92 seconds remaining to lift Utah over depleted the fourth quarter with a left leg injury. India won the toss and elected to bat. D. Steyn not out 0 Arron Afflalo scored 23 points to lead five Los Angeles. With the game tied at 103, India first innings 334 Extras (lb-6, w-1) 7 teammates in double figures and Orlando Gordon Hayward drove to the basket on NETS 104, BUCKS 93 South Africa first innings (82-0 overnight) Total (for five wickets, 104.5 overs) 299 G. Smith c Dhawan b Jadeja 47 Fall of wickets: 1-103 2-113 3-113 4-240 5-298 snapped a three-game skid by beating Utah’s final possession but missed his off-bal- Shaun Livingston scored 20 points, Mirza A. Petersen c Vijay b Jadeja 62 Still to bat: F. Du Plessis, R. Peterson, V. Philander, Detroit. The Magic led the Pistons by as many ance attempt as the Lakers converged. Favors Teletovic added 19 off the bench and H. Amla b Shami 3 M. Morkel. as 22 and cruised in the fourth quarter. Nik grabbed the rebound and slammed the ball Brooklyn rebounded from an embarrassing J. Kallis not out 78 Bowling (to date): Z. Khan 16-2-46-0 (w1), M. Vucevic added 20 points and 11 rebounds, through the hoop to snap Utah’s four-game Christmas Day performance by ending its four AB de Villiers c Kohli b Jadeja 74 Shami 19-2-62-1, I. Sharma 23-7-76-0, R. Jadeja and rookie Victor Oladipo finished with 16 home losing streak. Hayward finished with 24 game losing streak with a victory over JP Duminy lbw Jadeja 28 37-9-87-4, R. Sharma 9.5-1-22-0. points and a career-high 11 assists. The victo- points and nine assists. Nick Young scored 21 Milwaukee. ry also halted a five-game home losing streak points in 27 minutes before fouling out with Paul Pierce added 13 points for the Nets, for the Magic, who hadn’t won at the Amway 5:45 remaining and Chris Kaman had a sea- who lost by 17 in each of their previous two Center since the day before Thanksgiving. son-high 19 points starting in place of Pau games. Bucks rookie Giannis Windies have tails Brandon Jennings had 21 points for the Gasol, who was out with a respiratory infec- Antetokounmpo had 16 points and 10 Pistons, who had won three in a row on the tion. rebounds, and Khris Middleton added 15 up for second ODI road. points and eight boards. Brooklyn led by as TIMBERWOLVES 120, WIZARDS 98 many 23 in the fourth quarter before the WELLINGTON: The West Indies feel they we’re just in better spirits and heading for- PELICANS 105, NUGGETS 89 Kevin Love had 25 points and 11 rebounds, Bucks made a late run.— AP have put the disappointment of their Test ward.” The West Indies will be forced into at Tyreke Evans had 19 points and 10 assists, series against New Zealand behind them as least one change with key batsman Darren and New Orleans handed Denver its fifth NBA results/standings they head into the second one-day interna- Bravo returning home for undisclosed per- straight loss. Jrue Holiday had 17 points and tional today full of confidence. Their two sonal reasons which will likely mean a pro- four steals, causing two turnovers that led to Oklahoma City 89, Charlotte 85; Orlando 109, Detroit 92; Brooklyn 104, Milwaukee 93; Toronto 95, NY Knicks 83; wicket win in the first ODI in Auckland on motion for Kirk Edwards into the playing XI. late fast-break points as the Pelicans slammed Minnesota 120, Washington 98; New Orleans 105, Denver 89; Utah 105, LA Lakers 103; Sacramento 108, Miami 103 Boxing Day was the tonic the side needed If New Zealand make a change it could be the door on Denver’s comeback bid. Anthony (OT); Golden State 115, Phoenix 86. coming off a 2-0 defeat in the three-Test the introduction of speedster Adam Milne Davis added 17 points and four blocked shots Eastern Conference Western Conference series. at the expense of Jimmy Neesham to give despite playing sparingly in the first half Atlantic Division Northwest Division Although it was another unconvincing the side a genuine quick option. because of three early fouls. Wilson Chandler W L PCT GB Portland 24 5 .828 - Toronto 12 15 .444 - display with the bat in Auckland, the run- “That’s something we’ve got to enter- scored 22 points and JJ Hickson added 16 Oklahoma City 24 5 .828 - Boston 12 17 .414 1 Denver 14 14 .500 9.5 friendly McLean Park wicket in Napier tain the thought of,” Brendon points and 10 rebounds for the Nuggets, who Brooklyn 10 19 .345 3 offers the West Indies top order the chance McCullum said as he weighed up wicket- Minnesota 14 15 .483 10 trailed by 18 in the second quarter but were NY Knicks 9 20 .310 4 Utah 9 23 .281 16.5 to spend long spells in the middle today. taking options on a batsman’s wicket. “I as close as 93-87 on Quincy Miller’s 3-pointer Philadelphia 8 20 .286 4.5 Pacific Division Central Division Their front-line seamers , guess you’ve got to try and balance it LA Clippers 20 11 .645 - with 2:55 to go. Indiana 23 5 .821 - and Dwayne Bravo, who were between that extra batter versus someone Phoenix 17 11 .607 1.5 Detroit 14 17 .452 10.5 not part of the Test squad, had the measure who can try and run through a team. It’s Golden State 18 13 .581 2 RAPTORS 95, KNICKS 83 Chicago 11 16 .407 11.5 of New Zealand in the first ODI as they dis- something we’ve got to look at.” The toss LA Lakers 13 17 .433 6.5 Jonas Valanciunas had 16 points and a Cleveland 10 18 .357 13 missed their hosts for a modest 156 in the will also be crucial with the relatively small Milwaukee 6 23 .207 17.5 Sacramento 9 19 .321 9.5 43rd over. McLean Park, where scores are hard to career-high 18 rebounds, DeMar DeRozan Southeast Division Southwest Division “It was exactly what we wanted, the defend, tending to favor the side scored 25 and Toronto rallied to beat New Miami 22 7 .759 - San Antonio 23 7 .767 - momentum going into the next few last. An added bonus for the side batting York. The Raptors trailed by 12 in the third Atlanta 16 13 .552 6 Houston 20 11 .645 3.5 Charlotte 14 16 .467 8.5 Dallas 16 13 .552 6.5 games,” Holder said. “It wasn’t the best Test second is the prospect of showers which quarter, but outscored the Knicks 29-12 in the fourth to take the opener of the home-and- Washington 12 14 .462 8.5 New Orleans 13 14 .481 8.5 series we wanted, but the captaincy has would bring Duckworth-Lewis into the Orlando 9 20 .310 13 Memphis 12 16 .429 10 changed and the mood has changed and reckoning if the game is shortened. — AFP home series. Kyle Lowry had 15 points and 11

SCOREBOARD Australia eye victory as crumble

MELBOURNE: Scoreboard on the third day of the fourth Ashes Test MELBOURNE: Australia moved within 201 116 without loss shortly after lunch. England out for another by offering up a catch to England’s bowlers with 4-67, with Broad tak- between Australia and England at the runs of victory in the fourth Ashes test with all captain had moved serenely to Australia captain Michael Clarke at slip. Lyon ing 3-45, and Cook will lean heavily on his yesterday: 10 wickets in hand after routing England’s his third half-century and became the capped a banner day by dismissing Pietersen two seamers to back up and win the match England 1st innings 255 (K. Pietersen 71; M. Johnson 5-63) second innings for 179 to wrest back the youngest cricketer at 29 to reach 8,000 test for 49 for his fifth wicket when the South for England. Australia 1st innings (164 for 9 overnight): momentum on a roller-coaster fourth day at runs, but his wicket for 51 was duly followed Africa-born batsman slogged to Ryan Harris “I’m not really sure that I can explain what Chris Rogers c Pietersen b Bresnan 61 c Bairstow b Anderson 9 the Melbourne Cricket Ground yesterday. by the loss of three more for one run in the at long-off. happened (with the batting) if I’m honest c Bairstow b Stokes 10 Australia offspinner celebrated session. While Lyon enjoyed most of the plaudits, but obviously it was disappointing,” Michael Clarke b Anderson 10 his 100th test wicket in a 5-50 haul as the Rejuvenated seamer Haddin continued to be the thorn in Bairstow, who replaced the dropped Matt c Bell b Broad 19 tourists lost their last five wickets for six runs, firmed his bid for man-of-the-series by trap- England’s side, with his first innings 65 mak- Prior behind the stumps, said. “The mood is George Bailey c Bairstow b Anderson 0 squandering a hard-fought advantage their ping Cook in front with a searing inswinger ing him the first batsman at seventh or lower (we’re) looking forward to tomorrow. I guess c Bairstow b Anderson 65 bowlers had secured in the morning. Chris and finished with 3-25 after having wicket- in the order to post four first innings half-cen- it’s an exciting challenge knowing we’ve got Mitchell Johnson c Anderson b Bresnan 2 Rogers was on 18 with fellow opener David keeper caught behind for 21 turies in a series. He also surpassed to go out and take 10 wickets. “Very confi- Ryan Harris c Root b Broad 6 Warner on 12 as Australia, chasing 231 for vic- and lbw for a duck to wrap up Englishman ’s 378 runs on home dent (of victory). We’ve got people in our c Bresnan b Broad 0 tory, reached 30 for no loss at the close of a the innings. The 32-year-old left-armer also soil in 1993 to become the highest-scoring side that have shown over a number of Nathan Lyon not out 18 Extras (lb4) 4 blustery day’s play in front of a crowd of more dismissed for 15 with brilliant field- wicketkeeper in an Ashes series, and his last years the skills that are needed tomorrow to Total (all out; 82.2 overs) 204 than 63,000. “To have that result in the sec- ing, throwing down the stumps from mid-off wicket stand with Lyon added a valuable 40 win us this game of cricket ... We’re still 200 Fall of wickets: 1-19 (Warner), 2-36 (Watson), 3-62 (Clarke), 4-110 ond innings for Australia is fantastic to turn with the England number three well short of runs. James Anderson was the pick of runs in front.”— Reuters (Smith), 5-112 (Rogers), 6-122 (Bailey), 7-151 (Johnson), 8-162 the game around,” Lyon told reporters. his bid for a reckless single. Two balls later (Harris), 9-164 (Siddle), 10-204 (Haddin) Bowling: Anderson 20.2- “We didn’t expect that, but we knew if we Johnson, disbelievingly, took the simplest of 4-67-4, Broad 20-6-45-3, Stokes 15-4-46-1, Bresnan bowled in partnerships and keep on improv- catches at mid-off as lofted a horrid 18-6-24-2, Panesar 9-2-18-0 ing as a bowling unit then we knew that we drive off the bowling of Lyon to be out for a England 2nd innings: could possibly crack open the game. “Come golden duck. That completed a collapse of 3- Alastair Cook lbw b Johnson 51 tomorrow Australia has to be really patient 1, kicked off when paceman Peter Siddle Michael Carberry lbw b Siddle 12 Joe Root run out (Johnson) 15 with our batting and it’s going to be a mas- trapped Michael Carberry in front after a dour c Harris b Lyon 49 sive challenge.” Though victory and a 4-0 lead knock that yielded only 12 runs from 81 balls. Ian Bell c Johnson b Lyon 0 in the five-test series would seem Australia’s c Smith b Lyon 19 for the taking, no team has ever chased down ENGLAND IMPLODES Jonny Bairstow c Haddin b Johnson 21 more than South Africa’s 183 in 2008 since England still held a lead of 182 after tea b Lyon 0 the first use of drop-in wickets at the MCG in with six wickets in hand, but promptly c Clarke b Lyon 0 1996. imploded as Lyon combined with Johnson to James Anderson not out 1 Both sides have struggled to score over mow through the tail. Lyon struck to remove Monty Panesar lbw b Johnson 0 200 on a two-paced wicket amid Melbourne’s Ben Stokes for 19 to end a 44-run Extras (b5, lb6) 11 Total (all out; 61 overs) 179 notoriously fickle weather, which brought with Kevin Pietersen, the spinner coaxing the Fall of wickets: 1-65 (Cook), 2-86 (Carberry), 3-86 (Root), 4-87 (Bell), 5- baking heat before a cool change ushered in all-rounder into a clumsy slog straight to chilly gusts and blew rubbish across the field Steven Smith at mid-on. The 26-year-old 131 (Stokes), 6-173 (Bairstow), 7-174 (Bresnan), 8-174 (Broad), 9-179 MELBOURNE: England’s Kevin Pietersen lies down as he avoids a drive from Jonny (Pietersen), 10-179 (Panesar) Bowling: Harris 10-1-34-0, Johnson 15- late in the day. England, however, were in struck again the second ball after drinks to 5-25-3, Lyon 17-3-50-5, Siddle 15-6-46-1, Watson 4-2-13-0. large part the architects of their downfall in bowl Tim Bresnan for a duck, and three balls Bairstow on the third day of the fourth Ashes cricket Test match against Australia the second innings having pushed the lead to later had his 100th when Stuart Broad was yesterday. — AFP