Sharma slams Qatar set to ton in timely host Formula win16 for India One17 race WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2015 Trouble hasn’t slowed down for NFL in 2015 Page 17 NEW ORLEANS: Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobertm (right) blocks a shot by New Orleans Pelicans guard Quincy Pondexter (20) in the second half of an NBA basketball game. — AP Spurs down Pacers, Thunder roll INDIANAPOLIS: The San Antonio points. Kenneth Faried and Ty rebounds, and DeMarre Carroll 18 points and eight rebounds in his third quarter - the first shot made Milwaukee rallied from a 17-point Spurs’ huge fourth-quarter rally Lawson each added 22 for Denver, added a career-best 26 points to lift first game since Jan. 9 because of a from beyond the arc by either team - deficit to beat Brooklyn. helped Gregg Popovich reach the which also lost its sixth straight at Atlanta over Minnesota. strained oblique for Minnesota. The to open an 11-0 run that put Jared Dudley had 19 points for 1,000-win milestone Monday night. home - its longest home skid since Paul Millsap had 19 points, nine Timberwolves lost for the first time in Washington in control. He wound up Milwaukee, which won its fifth Marco Belinelli’s baseline jumper with dropping seven in a row at the Pepsi rebounds and seven assists for the four games. with nine points, 10 assists and 10 straight home game. Giannis 2.1 seconds left capped San Antonio’s Center from Feb. 6 to March 2, 2003. Hawks (43-10), who bounced back rebounds after missing a floater with Antetokounmpo added 12 points, 95-93 victory at Indiana. Trailing by 14 at halftime, the from a loss to Memphis the previous WIZARDS 96, MAGIC 80 about 50 seconds left. nine rebounds, eight assists and Popovich became the ninth coach Nuggets scored the first nine points night. The NBA-leading Hawks still John Wall fell one point short of The Wizards have won two in a three steals. with 1,000 regular-season wins and of the third quarter to pull to 73-68. have not lost back-to-back games his first triple-double of the season, row following a five-game losing After a poor-shooting first half, the third-fastest to achieve the feat. But Westbrook countered with a 3 to since Nov. 18. They shot 51 percent and Marcin Gortat had 14 points and streak. They went 4-0 against the the Bucks turned up the defensive He also joined former Utah coach spark a 13-3 burst that put the and outscored Minnesota 58-44 in 14 rebounds as Washington beat Magic this season and have won the pressure and forced eight turnovers Jerry Sloan as the only coaches in Thunder back in front by 15. the paint. Kevin Martin scored 21 Orlando to sweep the season series. past eight matchups. Evan Fournier in the third quarter as they NBA history to win 1,000 games with points and Shabazz Muhammad had Wall hit a 3-pointer early in the scored 18 for Orlando, which is 1-2 outscored Brooklyn by 16. Jarrett one team. WARRIORS 89, 76ERS 84 under interim coach James Borrego. Jack had 26 points for the Nets. Tony Parker led the Spurs with 19 Stephen Curry scored 20 points Overall, the Magic have lost 12 of 13. points. Tim Duncan had 15. Rodney and Leandro Barbosa had 16 off the JAZZ 100, PELICANS 96 Stuckey scored 18 for Indiana, which bench as Golden State snapped NBA results/standings HEAT 109, KNICKS 95 Gordon Hayward scored 25 of had won a season-best three in a row. Philadelphia’s four-game home win- San Antonio 95, Indiana 93; Golden State 89, Philadelphia 84; Washington 96, Orlando 80; Chris Bosh scored 32 points and his 32 points in the second half as The Pacers had a 79-65 lead after ning streak. Miami 109, NY Knicks 95; Milwaukee 103, Brooklyn 97; Atlanta 117, Minnesota 105; Utah Mario Chalmers added 18 as Miami Utah overcame a 14-point, third- three quarters. But the Spurs scored Klay Thompson and former Sixer 100, New Orleans 96; LA Clippers 115, Dallas 98; Oklahoma City 124, Denver 114. pulled away from New York. Luol quarter deficit to defeat New nine straight to tie the score at 91, Andre Iguodala added 13 points Eastern Conference Western Conference Deng and Norris Cole each scored 12 Orleans. tied it again at 93, took the lead on apiece for the Warriors (41-9), who Atlantic Division Northwest Division for the Heat, who posted their Derrick Favors scored 18 and Belinelli’s shot and held on when have won four of five and two W L PCT GB Portland 35 17 .673 - biggest comeback win of the season Enes Kanter had 14 points and 11 George Hill’s 3-pointer bounced off straight after opening their four- NToronto 35 17 .673 - Oklahoma City 27 25 .519 8 after trailing by 14 early. rebounds for Utah, which won its the rim. game road trip with a loss to the Brooklyn 21 30 .41213.5 Denver 19 33 .365 16 Carmelo Anthony scored 26 second straight while handing the Hawks on Friday. Robert Covington Boston 19 31 .380 15 Utah 19 33 .365 16 points for the Knicks, who became Pelicans their second consecutive Philadelphia 12 41 .22623.5 Minnesota 11 41 .212 24 THUNDER 124, NUGGETS 114 scored 21 points to pace the 76ers NY Knicks 10 42 .192 25 the first NBA team this season to be loss. Kevin Durant scored 40 points and (12-41), who committed 27 turnovers Pacific Division guaranteed of finishing with a losing Eric Gordon tied a career high Central Division Golden State 41 9 .820 - Russell Westbrook had 26 as and shot 7 for 24 from 3-point range. Chicago 32 20 .615 - record. Anthony left in the fourth with seven 3-pointers on eight LA Clippers 34 19 .642 8.5 Oklahoma City beat Denver to hand Luc Mbah a Moute had 13 points and Cleveland 32 21 .604 0.5 quarter to get his knee re-taped, but attempts and finished with 31 Milwaukee 29 23 .558 3 Phoenix 29 24 .54713.5 the Nuggets their sixth loss in a row. nine rebounds. Golden State, the Sacramento 18 32 .360 23 never returned. The Heat outscored points for the Pelicans. Tyreke Evans Durant matched a career best by NBA’s second-best 3-point shooting Detroit 20 32 .385 12 New York 32-18 in the fourth. Miami added 18 points and 10 assists. Indiana 20 33 .37712.5 LA Lakers 13 38 .25528.5 hitting seven 3-pointers and finished team, shot just 7 for 29 from behind Southeast Division Southwest Division again was without Dwyane Wade, New Orleans was unable to over- 13 of 19 from the floor. Mitch McGary the arc. Atlanta 43 10 .811 - Memphis 38 13 .745 - still sidelined by a strained hamstring. come the absence of leading scorer added 17 points and 10 rebounds for Washington 33 20 .623 10 Houston 35 16 .686 3 and rebounder Anthony Davis, who the Thunder. HAWKS 117, TIMBERWOLVES 105 Charlotte 22 29 .431 20 Dallas 35 19 .648 4.5 BUCKS 103, NETS 97 sprained his right shoulder on The Nuggets, who have lost 13 of Al Horford scored a season-high Miami 22 29 .431 20 San Antonio 33 19 .635 5.5 Khris Middleton scored 12 of his Saturday, and Ryan Anderson, who 14, were led by Wilson Chandler’s 23 28 points and grabbed eight Orlando 16 39 .291 28 New Orleans 27 25 .51911.5 18 points in the third quarter as has a sore right elbow. — AP Raonic marks Rotterdam debut with comeback win ROTTERDAM: Second seed Milos Raonic 6-3, 6-2. The French number two, a semi-finalist much as possible. secured a comeback win in a successful debut at the Ahoy Stadium in 2008 and 2013, was “Finally, I got through this one.” Ukrainian at the ATP Rotterdam World Tennis event, beat- joined in the second round by his compatriot Sergiy Stakhovsky reached the second round ing Russian qualifier Alexander Kuznetsov 6-7 Jeremy Chardy, who advanced as another coun- over Spaniard Marcel Granollers 6-2, 7-6 (9/7) (5/7), 6-1, 7-5 yesterday. Raonic hammered 19 tryman Julien Benneteau retired 3-3 with a leg while Canadian Vasek Pospisil spent just an hour aces - the last on match points - to reach the injury. in a winning debut with a defeat of German second round against the world number 88 Simon wore down the resistance of Philipp Kohlschreiber 6-4, 6-2. challenger. Portugal’s Sousa in just under two-and-a-half Pospisil, the reigning Wimbledon doubles The Canadian lost the opening set in a tie- hours. The Frenchman saved eight break points champion, broke Kohlschreiber three times on breaker before steadying to earn victory in just and fired eight aces in a labored victory. the way to his fourth win of 2015. The Canadian under two hours. He next plays Italy’s Simone “It was a really difficult match,” said the 19th- broke the German twice in the second set in Bolelli. “It can be tough to adapt to match con- ranked winner, who rode a roller-coaster of what he called a perfect performance. ditions, As a qualifier, Kuznetsov already had match momentum against a dangerous number “I played a flawless match, I did everything two matches on this surface. “I was behind, but 46 opponent.