6 May 23, 2018 Iran Remain Top Asian Futsal LeBron James Scores 44 as Cavaliers Even Team in Fresh AMF Rankings Series With Celtics TEHRAN (Press TV) - The Iran men’s national futsal team has maintained its position as Asia’s best in the latest Asociación Mundial de Futsal (AMF) rankings, and upheld its place in the world’s overall standings to stay put in the sixth slot. According to the latest classification published by the AMF, which is the governing body of futsal, the Iranian squad gained 1,654 points. Kazakhstan moved up one place in the latest AMF rankings to sit in the eighth slot with 1,532 points. May 21, 2018; , OH, USA; forward The Central Asians are followed LeBron James (23) drives to the basket against Celtics guard by Japan’s Samurai Five and the (36) during the fourth quarter in game four of the Eastern Small Table of Thailand, who have conference finals of the 2018 NBA Playoffs at Quicken Loans Arena. claimed the 15th and 18th places respectively with 1,358 and 1,285 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - LeBron the floor. points. James scored 44 points on 17-of- Hill’s basket gave the Cavaliers a The Brazil national futsal team, The Iran men’s national futsal team (file photo) 28 shooting to lead the Cleveland 96-81 lead with 9:53 remaining in the nicknamed Canarinho (Little Cavaliers to a 111-102 victory over contest before the Celtics rattled off Canary), is the top-ranked futsal points. points to sit in the second position, notched up 1,700 points. Portugal the visiting on Monday eight straight points. Love and James team in the world with 1,935 Spaniards accumulated 1,807 while third-placed Russians tallied 1,696 points to stand fourth. night at Quicken Loans Arena to even responded with back-to-back baskets the Eastern Conference finals at two to increase the Cleveland margin to games apiece. 100-89. Kyle Korver scored 14 points (all Boston again was within seven Froome Prepares Final Push in ‘Brutal’ Giro in the first half) for the fourth-seeded after Marcus Smart’s bucket with MILAN (AFP) - British pre-race with the race finishing in Rome next Cavaliers. recorded 4:29 left, but Thompson and James favorite Chris Froome has said he Sunday. 13 points and 12 rebounds, George scored consecutive baskets to again was ready to fight until the finish line The 33-year-old said defending Hill scored 13 points and push the Cavaliers’ lead to 11. Hill to make up lost time in the final week Giro champion Tom Dumoulin of the collected 11 rebounds while scoring followed with a 12-foot floater to give of the Giro d’Italia. Netherlands would be the man to beat nine points. Cleveland a 106-93 advantage with “It’s been a brutal race, but it’s also in Tuesday’s 34.2 kilometer time-trial scored 25 points and 2:36 left. been a beautiful race,” said Froome, at Rovereto in Trentino, northern had 17 for the second- James drained a 3-pointer with who suffered two falls in the race Italy. seeded Celtics, who dropped to 1-6 on 1:43 left to record his sixth 40- which started in Jerusalem before “If I gain anything on Tom the road this postseason. outing of this postseason and a stunning stage win Saturday on Dumoulin I’ll be very happy. notched 16 points and 11 assists, Al give the Cavaliers a 109-95 lead. the summit of the imposing Monte “He’s the world champion time- Horford tallied 15 points and Marcus ’s Allen Iverson (2001) Zoncolan. triallist, I don’t expect to gain Morris scored 10. is the most recent player to have six “This is bike racing at its best anything on him tomorrow, but let’s Game 5 is Wednesday in Boston, 40-point performances in a single and it’s what people want to see. see,” said Froome, speaking on and James is already gearing up for playoff year. Real edge-of-the-seat stuff and Monday’s final rest day. the contest. “I put the work in day in and day unpredictable racing too.” Froome took third place in the time- “It’s a hostile environment, we out on my body, working on my Four-time Tour de France champion trial at the 2017 world championships understand that,” James said in a game every day to try to put myself Froome slipped from fifth to seventh shortly after learning of his adverse postgame television interview on in the best condition I can be in place after trailing home in 17th on doping test at the Vuelta a Espana Chris Froome is almost five minutes down on Giro leader Simon Yates ESPN. “There is no love in there. If the postseason,” James told ESPN Sunday in the Dolomites. which he won, an affair which is still going into the final week of the race. you don’t have on green, if you don’t afterward. “My teammates, my He is trailing pink jersey wearer pending. play for that team, if you don’t bleed coaching staff allow me to go out and Simon Yates of Britain by nearly five “I’m going to give it everything to expect anything (to be easy) for the “For the moment he’s (Yates) really green, they’ve got no love for you. do the things to try to help us win and minutes going into the final week I’ve got and I’m certainly not going rest of this Giro. untouchable but we know that the “So we’ve got to come out with trust me. “(The gap) is big, especially the Giro is a race unlike others, there a bunker mentality and understand “And besides the seven turnovers way Simon has been riding, he hasn’t have been situation reversals in it’s just us. It’s going to be a great tonight, I think I earned their trust a shown one moment of weakness recent years. atmosphere.” little bit more.” MotoGP Champion Marc Marquez to so far and only seems to be getting “Until Saturday evening there is Celtics coach Brad Stevens echoed Cleveland led by 15 at halftime but stronger. always hope.” that sentiment. saw Love head to the bench with this Try Formula 1 Car in Red Bull Test “I’m not going to give up.” And he believes that Froome can “It’s a best two of three to go to fifth foul with 7:40 left in the third France’s Thibaut Pinot -- fourth never be ruled out. the NBA Finals. It doesn’t get much quarter as Boston crept within 11. overall and 2min 37sec behind Yates “When you see him gaining better than that,” Stevens said in The Celtics later trailed 80-72 after -- said he was pushing for a podium strength on Zoncolan, you say that his postgame press conference. Tatum’s basket with 3:40 remaining place after finishing fourth last year. he’ll continue the next day. We were “Ultimately, anybody that didn’t think in the quarter before the Cavaliers “The level this year is higher,” he a little surprised. this was going to be tough -- I mean, answered with a 9-2 surge to push the said. “We don’t really know what to everything is tough. In this deal, it’s lead back to 15. “Certain riders are stronger like think about it. He can be capable of a blast to have to grit your teeth, get Tatum’s dunk with 1.7 seconds to (Domenico) Pozzovivo. Yates is the best as well as the worst. There up off the mat and go after it again. play moved Boston within 89-76 much stronger than (Nairo) Quintana are two big steps left. That’s part of what makes these guys entering the final stanza. last year in the mountains. “If he makes two big days like in on both sides special.” James scored 22 points in the first “I would have preferred to do better, Zoncolan, he can return in the race to Cleveland shot 50.6 from the field on half as the Cavaliers led 68-53 at the sixth at Zoncolan and also yesterday the podium. It’s always better to have Monday and had a 47-37 rebounding break. wasn’t sufficient.” time back on him.” edge. Boston shot 41.2 percent from --Field Level Media Emery Set to Be Appointed by Arsenal - Reports

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