ARAB TIMES, THURSDAY, AUGUST 19, 2021 SPORTS 14 Rockets’ Brooks closes Summer League by making 9 3-pointers King’s offense, Mitchell’s defense leads Sacramento to title LAS VEGAS, Aug. 18, (AP): Louis throw attempts. King slammed home a two-handed Utah’s Paul White injured his knee dunk with a little more than two min- in the fi rst quarter. White slipped on the utes left in the third quarter of the NBA fl oor and had to be helped off the court. Summer League championship game, Jarell Martin had 23 points, 12 re- let out a monstrous roar and promptly bounds, four assists and four steals for fl exed with authority. the Jazz. Dakota Mathias scored 22 Fittingly, it was King who domi- points. MaCio Teague added 17 points nated for Sacramento and fi nished with and 12 assists. 21 points to help the Kings cruise to a Aaron Henry and Paul Reed scored 100-67 victory over the Boston Celtics 17 apiece for the the 76ers. Frank Ma- in front of a sparse, masked crowd that son III scored 15. barely fi lled the bottom bowl, an un- Raptors 86, Nets 72 common scene for a title game that has packed the venue in recent years prior Matt Morgan scored 24 points and to the pandemic. Toronto beat Brooklyn despite com- It was Sacramento’s fi rst Summer mitting 22 turnovers. League title since 2014. The Raptors didn’t play Scottie One of those Barnes, the No. 4 overall pick in the new faces is de- draft. The Nets rested rookie fi rst- fensive stopper round draft picks Cam Thomas and Davion Mitchell, Day’Ron Sharpe. who was taken ninth overall in last month’s BASKETBALL draft and was out to prove the franchise didn’t Morgan shot 9 of 12 overall and 4 of make a mistake 6 from 3-point range. in adding him to Brandon Knight scored 15 points for the Nets, who shot just 31.7%. Knight, an already guard- Brooks heavy lineup the No. 8 pick in the 2011 draft, has that includes Tyrese Haliburton and scored over 6,000 career points but De’Aaron Fox. wasn’t part of any NBA team this past It’s not as if the Kings needed a season. boost to an offense that ranked 11th in Lakers 84, Warriors 76 the league with 113.7 points per game Trevelin Queen scored 21 points and last season. Instead, it was the guard’s Los Angeles rallied from a 17-point defensive tenacity the Kings are hop- defi cit to beat Golden State. ing will help a lethargic defense that The Lakers outscored the Warriors allowed 117.4 points per game, third- 34-13 in the fourth quarter. Sacramento Kings players hold up the trophy after defeating the Boston Celtics in the NBA summer league championship basketball game, on Aug 17, worst in the league. in Las Vegas. (AP) Justinian Jessup scored 18 points, Rockets 95, Trail Blazers 92 Kyle Guy had 16 and Moses Moody Armoni Brooks made nine 3-point- added 14 for the Warriors. Golden ers and scored 30 points to help the State selected Moody out of Arkansas Houston Rockets close out their NBA with the 14th pick in last month’s draft. Summer League schedule with a 95-92 The Warriors didn’t play rookie victory over the Portland Trail Blazers. Jonathan Kuminga, the seventh overall Jones’ double-double helps Sun pick in the draft. Brooks shot 9 of 17 from 3-point range and 10 of 19 overall. His fi nal Pelicans 87, Timberwolves 59 3-pointer broke a 90-all tie and put the Naji Marshall had 10 rebounds and Rockets ahead for good with 40.1 sec- 10 assists to go along with fi ve points as onds left. New Orleans rolled past Minnesota to snap Lynx’s 8-game win streak The 23-year-old Brooks played 20 fi nish Summer League action unbeaten. games for the Rockets this past season The Pelicans didn’t play rookie fi rst- and averaged 11.2 points. round draft pick Trey Murphy. Houston went on a late 12-0 run to The Pelicans and Timberwolves both Gray, Ogunbowale lead Dallas past Chicago 80-76 take control after trailing for most of headed into this game with identical 4-0 the game. records. The Boston Celtics and Sacra- Mavericks 83, Heat 82 mento Kings reached Tuesday night’s UNCASVILLE, Conn., Aug basket in the lane and the Wings led by lead early in the fourth quarter. Plum 25 points, seven rebounds and four Summer League championship game two possessions the rest of the way. sealed it with a 3-pointer from the wing Feron Hunt’s follow shot with 12.4 18, (AP): Jasmine Thomas blocks, Diana Taurasi scored 22 points seconds remaining gave Dallas a vic- instead because they also were unbeaten Satou Sabally missed her second with 52.9 seconds left for an eight- with seven rebounds and seven assists, and had better point differentials. scored 19 points, Jonquel straight game for Dallas with an injury. point lead. tory over Miami that assured the Mav- and the Mercury held off the Fever. ericks didn’t fi nish Summer League Jones had 17 points and 13 Quigley led Chicago (11-11) with 27 Liz Cambage added 15 points for Indiana got within two points three points in 26 minutes. Las Vegas (17-6). Chelsea Gray scored play winless. rebounds, and Connecticut times in the fi nal 1:32, but Phoenix Carlik Jones, an undrafted rookie Aces 93, Mystics 83 13 and Riquna Williams 10. had an answer each time. After Kelsey beat Minnesota 72-60 to Wilson, in her fourth season, became free agent from Louisville, scored In Las Vegas, Kelsey Plum scored Mitchell pulled the Fever within 82-80 21 points for the Mavericks. Robert snap the Lynx’s eight-game the fi fth player in WNBA history to reach with 25.9 left, Taurasi sealed it with 21 of her 24 points in the second half, 2,000 career points in under 105 games. Franks had 18 points and Devontae winning streak. A’ja Wilson had 19 points, 14 re- two free throws. Shuler added 16. Charles scored 23 points in the fi rst half Skylar Diggins-Smith, averaging Jones, who reached 2,000 ca- bounds and fi ve assists and the Aces and fi nished with 30 points and 10 re- KZ Okpala had 16 points for the beat the Mystics to spoil Tina Charles’ 19.1 points per game, sustained a right Heat. Micah Potter, an undrafted rook- reer points, also had four assists bounds for Washington (8-12). ankle sprain in the fi rst quarter and did and three steals. Thomas and Jones ninth 30-point game. ie free agent from Wisconsin, provided Las Vegas trailed 49-41 at halftime, Mercury 84, Fevers 80 not return. 15 points, 10 rebounds and fi ve blocks. each made all fi ve of their free- but went on a 9-0 run to take a 74-67 In Phoenix, Brittney Griner had Griner became the third player in Miami rallied from a 17-point defi - throw attempts to help Connecticut WNBA history to reach 700 career cit to grab an 80-79 lead on Okpala’s go 14 for 16. blocks. 3-pointer with 1:29 remaining. Hunt DeWanna Bonner added 18 points Sparks 85, Dream 80, OT sank a pair of free throws to put Dal- and Briann January had 10 for Con- las back ahead with 44 seconds left, necticut (16-6), which began a fi ve- In Los Angeles, Brittney Sykes but Miami regained the lead on Potter’s game homestand. scored 17 points to lead six Los An- putback with 26 seconds left. geles players in double fi gures, and the Sparks beat the Dream. 76ers 103, Jazz 98 BASKETBALL Sykes opened overtime with a bas- Jaden Springer, the 76ers’ fi rst- Golden State Warriors’ Cameron ket for Los Angeles’ fi rst lead since round draft pick from Tennessee, Oliver shoots over Los Angeles 24-23. Kristi Toliver, who forced over- scored 21 points to help Philadelphia Lakers’ Austin Reaves during the Kaila Charles beat the third-quarter time, gave the Sparks a six-point lead beat Utah. fi rst half of an NBA summer league buzzer with a runner in the lane to ex- with 2:13 left and they led by at least The 28th overall draft pick shot 8 of basketball game, on Aug. 17, in tend Connecticut’s lead to 62-46. three points the rest of the way. 14 from the fl oor and 5 of 6 on free- Las Vegas. (AP) Sylvia Fowles scored 14 points and Kayla McBride added 12 for Minne- sota (13-8). Sheriff blank Dinamo in 1st leg of CL playoff Wings 80, Sky 76 In Chicago, Allisha Gray had 20 TIRASPOL, Moldova, Aug 18, (AP): Sheriff aims to become the fi rst The club from Tiraspol in the points and Arike Ogunbowale scored Moldovan club Sheriff took a big step club from Moldova to advance to the breakaway region of Transnistria has 10 of her 15 points in the second half to toward a Champions League group- Champions League group stage, in its already advanced through three quali- help the Wings beat the Sky. stage debut by beating Dinamo Zagreb fying rounds, including beating former Ogunbowale beat the shot clock with 3-0 in the fi rst leg of the playoff round. European champion Red Star Bel- a long 3-pointer to give Dallas a 75-68 Two goals from Mali winger Adama SOCCER grade, to earn the playoff against Di- lead with 2:20 remaining.