ARAB TIMES, FRIDAY-SATURDAY, MARCH 5-6, 2021 16 St. Louis Cardinals starting pitcher Kwang Hyun Kim throws during the fi rst inning of a spring training baseball game against the New York Mets, March 3, in Jupiter, Fla. Cardinals won 14-9. (AP) Sports Latest sports scores at — http://sports.arabtimesonline.com 76ers win battle of division leaders Utah Jazz’s Rudy Gobert (left), cannot get a dunk past Philadel- phia 76ers’ Joel Embiid during the second half of an NBA basketball game, March 3, in Philadelphia. (AP) Left: Indiana Pacers’ T.J. McConnell, (left), and Cleveland Cavaliers’ Collin Sexton reach for the ball during the fi rst half of an NBA basketball game Wednesday, March 3 , in Cleveland. Right: Brooklyn Nets’ James Harden drives to basket for a layup past Houston Rockets’ Ben McLemore, (left), during the second quarter of an NBA basketball game in Houston. (AP) Nets down Rockets Hosts on course to win series PHILADELPHIA, March 4, (AP): Joel Embiid had 40 NBA Results/Standings points and 19 rebounds and England out for 205, India reach 24-1 in last Test hit a tying 3-pointer late AHMEDABAD, India, March 4, tea. Left-armer Axar Patel cleaned ers within the fi rst two overs to a simple catch to mid-off in Patel’s in regulation, and Tobias WASHINGTON, March 4, (AP): NBA re- (AP): India spinners claimed eight up with 4-68, just missing a 5-for Patel. Patel took 11 wickets in the second over. sults and standings on Wednesday. Harris scored 11 of his 22 Indiana 114 Cleveland 111 more England wickets as the visi- for a fourth straight innings. 10-wicket win in the third Test, Siraj replaced Jasprit Bumrah - points in overtime to lead Detroit 129 Toronto 105 tors were bowled out for 205 on India’s reply started with Shub- and was immediately successful unavailable for personal reasons Philadelphia 131 Utah OT 123 the fi rst day of the fourth and fi nal man Gill lost lbw off the third ball when captain Virat Kohli intro- - and brilliantly set up Root’s dis- Philadelphia past Utah in a Brooklyn 132 Houston 114 Charlotte 135 Minnesota 102 test on Thursday. to James Anderson. Cheteshwar duced spin in only the sixth over. missal with a sharp in-swinger to battle of division leaders on Atlanta 115 Orlando 112 India were 24-1 at stumps, and Pujara, on 15, and Rohit Sharma, Patel knocked back the stumps trap the skipper as England slipped Chicago 128 New Orleans 124 Wednesday night. Dallas 87 Oklahoma City 78 on course to win the series 3-1. 8, saw the home team to stumps. of Dom Sibley (2) off his second to 30-3 inside the fi rst hour. Ben Simmons added 17 points Portland 108 Golden State 106 England opted to bat fi rst on an- Earlier, England lost both open- ball, and Zak Crawley (9) chipped Bairstow and Stokes counterat- for the Eastern Conference-leading Sacramento 123 LA Lakers 120 other dry pitch at Narendra Modi tacked to reach lunch at 74-3. But 76ers. Eastern Conference Stadium, where India won the third Siraj claimed both of them. Stokes Donovan Mitchell had 33 points, Atlantic Division W L Pct GB Test inside two days. But this pitch looked comfortable against spin, eight rebounds and six assists in the Philadelphia 24 12 .667 - was batsman friendly and England welcoming Ashwin with a straight NBA-leading Jazz’s second straight Brooklyn 24 13 .649 -1/2 wasted it. There were several good loss. Mitchell was ejected with 30.8 Boston 18 17 .514 5-1/2 seconds left in overtime after picking New York 18 18 .500 6 starts but only Ben Stokes made a Toronto 17 18 .486 6-1/2 half-century while dealing with a CRICKET up his second technical. He got his Southeast Division fi rst with 57.5 seconds remaining in W L Pct GB stomach issue. the extra period after arguing a foul Charlotte 17 18 .486 - Stokes negotiated 121 balls for Miami 17 18 .486 - call. Atlanta 16 20 .444 1-1/2 55 until he was trapped by Wash- six and reached his half-century Nets 132, Rockets 114 Washington 13 20 .394 3 ington Sundar in the middle ses- with an authoritative reverse swept Orlando 13 23 .361 4-1/2 sion - the most prosperous session boundary against Patel. But he was In Houston, James Harden had Central Division undone by Sundar, who bowled a triple-double with 29 points, 10 W L Pct GB for England as they scored 70 runs rebounds and 14 assists in the fi rst Milwaukee 21 14 .600 - for the loss of two wickets. around the wicket to the left-hander. Indiana 16 18 .471 4-1/2 Patel, 4-68, and Ashwin, 3-47, meeting with his former Houston Chicago 16 18 .471 4-1/2 Medium-pacer Mohammed Siraj teammates and the Brooklyn Nets Cleveland 14 22 .389 7-1/2 trapped the dangerous Joe Root on struck at regular intervals to leave won 132-114 to hand the Rockets Detroit 10 25 .286 11 5 and Jonny Bairstow on 28 to England with a below-par total. their 13th straight loss. Western Conference reduce England to 78-4 just after A win or draw for India will Southwest Division W L Pct GB lunch, and Stokes was next out. also send them into the world test San Antonio 18 13 .581 - Ollie Pope, with 29, and Dan championship fi nal against New BASKETBALL Dallas 18 16 .529 1-1/2 Lawrence, with 46, shared a 45- England’s Ollie Pope ( left), plays a shot during the fi rst day of fourth crick- Zealand in June. A win for Eng- Memphis 16 15 .516 2 New Orleans 15 20 .429 5 run stand until Ravichandran Ash- et Test match between India and England at Narendra Modi Stadium in land would complicate matters for Houston 11 23 .324 8-1/2 win claimed three wickets after Ahmedabad, India on March 4. (AP) India and help Australia. The Nets set a franchise record Northwest Division with their seventh straight road vic- W L Pct GB tory and have won 10 of their last Utah 27 9 .750 - Mavericks 87, Thunder 78 held out. The game was originally maining as Atlanta Hawks rallied won consecutive games for the fi rst Portland 20 14 .588 6 11 overall. It’s the longest skid Denver 20 15 .571 6-1/2 In Dallas, Kristaps Porzingis had scheduled for Tuesday night, but from 19 down in the second half to time in 5 1/2 weeks. McMillan took for the Rockets, who had just eight Oklahoma City 14 21 .400 12-1/2 19 points and 13 rebounds with Euro- postponed because of the Raptors’ beat Orlando. over Monday when Lloyd Pierce was players available because of inju- Minnesota 7 29 .194 20 pean sidekick Luka Doncic sidelined COVID outbreak. Atlanta made 9 of 13 on 3-point- fi red. Nikola Vucevic had 29 points ries, since they dropped 15 in a row Pacifi c Division ers in the fourth quarter and 21 of 45 and nine rebounds for Orlando. W L Pct GB by a back issue going into his second Hawks 115, Magic 112 in 2001. They’ve had a tough time Phoenix 23 11 .676 - All-Star appearance, and Dallas beat in the game to complete their biggest Bulls 128, Pelicans 124 since Harden was traded Jan. 14 and LA Clippers 24 13 .649 -1/2 Oklahoma City. In Orlando, Fla., Trae Young comeback of the season. haven’t won since Feb. 4. LA Lakers 24 13 .649 -1/2 scored 32 points and hit the go-ahead In New Orleans, Zach LaVine Golden State 19 17 .528 5 Tim Hardaway Jr. scored 19 Atlanta improved to 2-0 under John Wall had a season-high 36 free throws with eight seconds re- interim coach Nate McMillan and capped a 36-point performance with Sacramento 14 21 .400 9-1/2 points, Josh Richardson added 16 a driving layup and four free throws points for Houston, and Victor Olad- and Dallas cruised most of the sec- ipo also set his season high with 33. during the fi nal minute, and Chicago in the Western Conference. ond half without the NBA’s sixth- held off New Orleans. Kings 123, Lakers 120 leading scorer. Pacers 114, Cavaliers 111 Coby White scored 25 points for In Sacramento, Calif., Buddy Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored the Bulls. They led by many as 19 Hield shook off a sore ankle to score In Cleveland, T.J. McConnell set 15 points for Oklahoma City. and were still up 18 in the fourth 29 points and Sacramento beat short- an NBA record with nine steals in Pistons 129, Raptors105 quarter before the Pelicans’ late handed Los Angeles. the fi rst half and had his second ca- reer triple-double with 16 points, 13 In Tampa, Fla., Wayne Ellington surge pulled them as close as 117- Hield’s status for the game was in 113 on Jaxson Hayes alley-oop dunk doubt because of a sprained right an- assists and a franchise-best 10 steals, scored 25 points and Detroit beat vi- leading Indiana past Cavaliers. rus-depleted Toronto to snap a three- as he was fouled with 1:49 left. kle but he decided to play through it Zion Williamson led the Pelicans and helped the Kings win for just the McConnell was one off the NBA game losing streak.