45 Sports FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2014 Wizards sneak past Pacers Warriors crush Clippers 121-104, remain unbeaten

WASHINGTON: John Wall had seven of his 31 points in overtime as shooting on 3-pointers. Memphis (5-0) is off to the best start in fran- game off the bench with 13 points and eight rebounds for the Washington won its fourth straight game and gained a tiny measure chise history. Eric Bledsoe made his first eight shots for Phoenix and Hornets (2-3), who won for the first time since the season open- of revenge from last season’s playoffs by beating resilient but even- finished with a season-high 23 points. er. Chris Bosh had 23 points and 13 rebounds for Miami (3-2). It more-depleted Indiana. The Wizards blew a 12-point, second-half was Bosh’s fifth straight 20-point game to open the season. lead and survived Roy Hibbert’s 3-point attempt in the closing sec- PISTONS 98, KNICKS 95 onds to move three games above .500, a mark they didn’t reach until Greg Monroe had 23 points and 18 rebounds as Detroit held TIMBERWOLVES 98, NETS 91 March 1 last season. A strong finish eventually led to a second-round off New York for its first win of the season. The Pistons (1-3) went 1 Nikola Pekovic converted a tiebreaking three-point play postseason meeting with the Pacers, who won in six games to for 17 on 3-pointers in Sunday’s loss to Brooklyn, but Kentavious with 48 seconds left as Minnesota scored the final nine points advance to the Eastern Conference finals. But that was a different Caldwell-Pope hit their first three attempts against New York, and of the game to beat Brooklyn. Kevin Martin led the Indiana team. This one is missing Paul George, George Hill, C J they ended up with a season-high 11. Tim Hardaway Jr. scored 20 Timberwolves with 26 points and rookie Andrew Wiggins, play- Watson, David West and now Rodney Stuckey due to injury and has points for the Knicks, who lost at home to Washington on Tuesday ing in the arena where he was taken by Cleveland with the No. lost four straight. Donald Sloan led Wednesday’s effort with 31 points night. They were facing a rested Detroit team that had two days 1 pick in the draft, added 17. Joe Johnson had 22 points for the - nearly double his previous career high. off before the game. Carmelo Anthony had only 13 points on 5-of- Nets (2-2), who had won their last two games. Deron Williams 21 shooting for New York. He missed his first nine shots and didn’t added 19. WARRIORS 121, CLIPPERS 104 Stephen Curry had 28 points and seven assists, and Draymond Green scored a career-high 24 as Golden State remained unbeaten with its most impressive performance yet, routing the . Green added eight rebounds and five assists as the Warriors (4-0) showed off the swagger of a confident and complete con- tender. They built a 25-point lead in the second quarter and held off the Clippers the rest of the way, getting a small slice of revenge after losing a heated first-round playoff series to Los Angeles last season. Houston and Memphis are the only other undefeated teams left. Jamal Crawford scored 24 points, and DeAndre Jordan had 17 points and 13 rebounds for a Clippers team that is off to a shaky start. Los Angeles (3-2) opened with a string of close games before getting whipped by the Warriors. Golden State extended its best start in 20 years under new coach Steve Kerr. The last time the Warriors began 4-0 was the 1994-95 season, when they won their first five.

JAZZ 102, CAVS 100 Gordon Hayward made a step-back jump shot at the buzzer, one- upping LeBron James and boosting the Utah Jazz to a 102-100 victo- ry over the struggling Cleveland Cavaliers on Wednesday. Hayward, who had 21 points, broke free of James to catch an inbounds pass, faked a move to the basket and then stepped back on the right wing and swished a 21-foot jump shot as the horn sounded. The forward was mobbed by his Jazz teammates in a scene reminiscent of a col- lege tournament game. Derrick Favors had 21 points and 10 rebounds but the Jazz had to overcome a last-minute effort by James, who scored 31 points as Cleveland fell to 1-3.

SPURS 94, HAWKS 92 Tim Duncan had 17 points and 13 rebounds as San Antonio held on for its 17th straight win at home over Atlanta. The Spurs had a sea- son-high 25 assists for a balanced scoring effort that they needed to fend off the Hawks’ furious rally in the final quarter. Tony Parker scored 17 points and Manu Ginobili added 12, including a pair of free throws with 3.8 seconds remaining. After a closing double-team forced Jeff Teague to pass up an attempted 3-pointer, Pero Antic’s SAN ANTONIO: DeMarre Carroll No 5 of the Atlanta Hawks shoots over Danny Green No 14 of the San shot from near halfcourt was blocked by Boris Diaw as time expired. Antonio Spurs at the AT&T on November 5, 2014 in San Antonio, Texas. —AFP DeMarre Carroll, Paul Millsap and Al Horford had 17 points each for Atlanta. The Spurs have never lost at home to the Hawks since draft- score until the final minutes of the second quarter. MAGIC 91, 76ERS 89 ing Duncan and have won 16 of 17 overall. Tobias Harris made a jump shot at the buzzer to give Orlando RAPTORS 110, CELTICS 107 its first win of the season. Nik Vucevic scored 17 points and BULLS 95, BUCKS 86 Kyle Lowry scored 35 points and had a key in the clos- Channing Frye had 13 points and 11 rebounds for Orlando. Harris Derrick Rose returned from his latest injury and helped Chicago to ing minute to lead Toronto over Boston. DeMar DeRozan had had 18 points and eight rebounds to help the Magic snap a sea- another victory at Milwaukee. Taj Gibson scored 23 points, 23 points and Patrick Patterson added 14 for the Raptors. Rajon son-opening, four-game losing streak. It helped they played the added 22 and Rose had 13 points and seven assists in 32 minutes for Rondo led Boston with a triple-double of 13 points, 15 assists Sixers. The Sixers are 0-5 for the first time since the 2001-02 sea- the Bulls, who have beaten the Bucks nine straight times in and 10 rebounds. Jeff Green had 20 points for the Celtics, who son. Tony Wroten scored 27 points and Brandon Davies had 20 to Milwaukee. Giannis Antetokounmpo had 13 points and eight have lost three straight after a season-opening win over give the Sixers two 20-point scorers in a game for the first time rebounds for the Bucks. With Chicago leading by one, Gasol hit a Brooklyn. With the score tied at 105, Lowry stripped rookie this season. jumper and Butler made an acrobatic layup. That started a clinching Marcus Smart and fed DeRozan for a fast-break layup with 33 9-2 run that was capped by Kirk Hinrich’s 3-pointer with 2:16 remain- seconds left. He was fouled on the play and hit the . KINGS 131, NUGGETS 109 ing. Rose, who missed most of the past two seasons because of seri- Rondo’s two free throws sliced it to one, but Lowry nailed a fad- DeMarcus Cousins had 30 points and 11 rebounds, and Rudy ous knee injuries, sat out the Bulls’ previous two games with sprains away jumper from the left wing with 8 seconds to play. Green Gay scored 29 as Sacramento beat Denver to extend its best in both ankles. back-rimmed a long 3 and Boston’s Jared Sullinger grabbed start in more than a decade. Darren Collison added 10 points the , but time ran out. and eight assists, and Carl Landry had 18 points off the bench to GRIZZLIES 102, SUNS 91 help Sacramento to its second win over Denver in three days Mike Conley had 24 points and 11 assists as Memphis used a HORNETS 96, HEAT 89 and fourth straight overall following a season-opening loss to strong defensive effort in the third quarter to beat Phoenix and Al Jefferson scored a season-high 28 points and added 10 Golden State. The Kings improved to 4-1 for the first time since remain unbeaten. The Grizzlies, who won all four meetings last sea- rebounds as Charlotte ended a 16-game, regular-season losing 2001-02, when they won the Pacific Division and grabbed the son, forced 10 turnovers in the third and turned an 11-point deficit in streak against Miami. No. 1 seed in the Western Conference playoffs. They haven’t the second period into a five-point lead going into the fourth. Conley Charlotte was winless against the Heat in the LeBron James been back to the postseason since 2007. Ty Lawson had 13 and fellow guard Courtney Lee, both coming off injuries, combined era, including getting swept in the first round of the Eastern points and nine assists for Denver (1-3). Sacramento scored 40 to score 17 of Memphis’ 30 third-quarter points. Lee, who missed the Conference playoffs by Miami last season. Kemba Walker had 16 points in the first quarter, led by as many as 36 and had six play- past two games with a concussion, scored 22 points with 4-of-5 points and seven assists, and Cody Zeller turned in another solid ers in double figures. —AP