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Durant, Irving Help Nets Hold Off Adebayo, Miami ARAB TIMES, MONDAY, JANUARY 25, 2021 SPORTS 15 Chandler makes stunning debut, demolishes Hooker in first round Poirier knocks out McGregor in 2nd round at UFC 257 ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates, Jan 24, (AP): Dustin Poirier stopped Conor McGregor with a flurry of punches mid- NBA Results/Standings way through the second round Sunday, avenging his loss to the Irish superstar with a knockout victory at UFC 257. Poirier (26-7) caught McGregor WASHINGTON, Jan 24, (AP): Results Durant, Irving help Nets and standings from the NBA games on with a series of shots to the head be- Saturday. fore buckling his knees with two left Philadelphia 114 Detroit 110 hands. Poirier then sent McGregor to Minnesota 120 New Orleans 110 Brooklyn 128 Miami 124 the canvas with a short right hand and Utah 127 Golden State 108 finished it at 2:32 of the second, set- Houston 133 Dallas 108 ting off stunned excitement among the LA Lakers 101 Chicago 90 few thousand screaming fans allowed Denver 120 Phoenix 2OT 112 Eastern Conference hold off Adebayo, Miami inside the Etihad Arena on Yas Island. Atlantic Division “I think this is a title fight,” Poirier W L Pct GB said of their lightweight bout. “I’m the Philadelphia 12 5 .706 - Boston 8 6 .571 2-1/2 champion.” Brooklyn 10 8 .556 2-1/2 Davis scores season-high 37 as Lakers beat Bulls 101-90 In his first fight in a year, McGregor New York 8 9 .471 4 (22-5) had a strong first round before Toronto 6 9 .400 5 he was stopped by punches for the first Southeast Division W L Pct GB NEW YORK, Jan 24, (AP): Kevin Durant scored 31 and the Nets won for the first time with their three superstars playing time in his mixed martial arts career. Atlanta 8 7 .533 - McGregor, whose previous four losses Orlando 7 9 .438 1-1/2 points, Kyrie Irving took over late and had 28 and the together. They lost consecutive games with dismal defensive efforts in all came by submission, stayed on the Charlotte 6 9 .400 2 Cleveland and barely got enough stops to hold off a short-handed Heat Miami 6 9 .400 2 Brooklyn Nets overcame Bam Adebayo’s career-high 41 canvas for several moments afterward, Washington 3 8 .273 3 team that had been limited to 81 points a night earlier. gathering himself after his second loss Central Division points to beat the Miami Heat 128-124. But Irving helped pull them through, with 12 points in the fi nal 5:48 after the in his three MMA fights since 2016. W L Pct GB James Harden finished with 12 points, 11 assists and seven rebounds Heat had erased nearly all of an 18-point defi cit. Indiana 9 6 .600 - Milwaukee 9 6 .600 - Joe Harris added 23 points and sev- MIXED MARTIAL ARTS Cleveland 8 7 .533 1 en 3-pointers for Brooklyn. Chicago 7 9 .438 2-1/2 Goran Dragic scored 19 points, and Detroit 3 13 .188 6-1/2 Western Conference Kendrick Nunn and Duncan Robinson “You know, it’s hard to overcome Southwest Division each had 18 for the Heat. Adebayo inactivity over long periods of time,” W L Pct GB also had nine assists while blowing said McGregor, who hadn’t fought Memphis 7 6 .538 - past his previous best scoring night of since beating Donald Cerrone in 40 Dallas 8 8 .500 -1/2 San Antonio 8 8 .500 -1/2 30 points. seconds last January. “I just wasn’t Houston 6 9 .400 2 as comfortable as I needed to be, but New Orleans 5 10 .333 3 Lakers 101, Bulls 90 Dustin is some fighter. If you put in the Northwest Division In Chicago, Anthony Davis scored time, you’re going to get cozy in here. W L Pct GB a season-high 37 points against his Utah 12 4 .750 - hometown team, LeBron James added I have to dust it off and come back, Portland 8 6 .571 3 and that’s what I will do. ... I’ll take Denver 9 7 .563 3 17 points and 11 rebounds and Los An- my licks, but I’m gutted.” Oklahoma City 6 8 .429 5 geles beat Chicago. McGregor and Poirier met for the Minnesota 4 11 .267 7-1/2 The defending NBA champions im- Pacific Division proved to 9-0 on the road and a league- first time in September 2014 as feath- W L Pct GB erweights, and McGregor won by LA Lakers 13 4 .765 - best 13-4 overall. knockout in just 106 seconds during LA Clippers 12 4 .750 -1/2 Davis scored 26 points in the high- Phoenix 8 7 .533 4 est scoring half by a Laker this season his incredible early-career success. Golden State 8 8 .500 4-1/2 McGregor became the featherweight Sacramento 6 10 .375 6-1/2 as Los Angeles grabbed a 63-33 lead. champion 15 months later, while Po- The seven-time All-Star shot 14 of 21, irier rebuilt his career with just one hit two 3-pointers, and grabbed six re- his final victory last fall. Nurmagomedov bounds. loss in his next 11 fights. has beaten both McGregor and Poirier in With a second chance to derail Mc- Zach LaVine led Chicago with 21 the past 2 1/2 years. points and 10 rebounds. Gregor while boosting his own hopes UFC President Dana White so far has of regaining the lightweight title, Po- been unable to persuade Nurmagomedov Nuggets 120, Suns 112, 2 OT irier didn’t miss. to go back on his vow to his mother to In Phoenix, Nikola Jokic had 29 “We’re 1-1, so maybe we have to do quit the sport after his father’s death, not points and 22 rebounds, Jamal Murray it again,” Poirier said. even for a wildly lucrative rematch with hit a diffi cult 3-pointer to force over- Sporting a shaved head and a McGregor, who repeatedly vowed to time and Denver outlasted Phoenix in two overtimes. beard, McGregor pushed the action fight on after this loss to Poirier. early against Poirier, who landed an It was the second straight night the McGregor has not fought regularly in New Orleans Pelicans forward Zion Williamson (1) shoots in front of Minnesota Timberwolves forward Jaden Mc- early takedown before getting backed Daniels (3) and guard Jordan McLaughlin (6) in the fourth quarter during an NBA basketball game, on Jan 23, in teams played extra basketball. The against the cage for stretches of the recent years, but his popularity was undi- Minneapolis. (AP) Nuggets won 130-126 in a single first round. But Poirier bothered and minished: UFC 257 is expected to be one overtime Friday after rallying from a battered McGregor with leg kicks of the most popular pay-per-view events 14-point halftime defi cit. throughout the fight before throwing in the promotion’s history, according to Baylor rallies to beat short-handed Oklahoma State Saturday’s game was even more en- the punches that ended it. White, and distribution problems in the tertaining. Murray hit an off-balance In the co-main event at UFC 257, US early in the PPV portion of the card 3-pointer with Deandre Ayton in his three-time Bellator lightweight cham- led fans to bombard social media and face as time expired in regulation. pion Michael Chandler made a stun- ESPN with complaints. Timme helps No. 1 Gonzaga rout Pacific Phoenix’s Jae Crowder responded with ning UFC debut with a violent knock- Chandler’s long-anticipated UFC a 3-pointer with 0.7 seconds left in the arrival was worth the wait for his 27th SPOKANE, Washington, Jan 24, (AP): out of New Zealand’s Dan Hooker Drew Timme scored 22 points and fresh- fi rst overtime. midway through the first round. professional fight in a career that be- Baylor wins again Crowder and Chris Paul led the Suns gan in 2009. man Jalen Suggs came close to a triple- Chandler could be the next matchup double, helping top-ranked Gonzaga rout with 21 points each. Paul also had 13 for Poirier in a fight for the lightweight After a deliberate start, Chandler (22- Pacific 95-49 for its 19th consecutive vic- assists. title apparently vacated by long-reigning 5) jabbed to the body as he lunged for- tory dating to last season. No. 3 UConn routs 76ers 114, Pistons 110 155-pound champ Khabib Nurmagome- ward and caught Hooker with a left hand Corey Kispert had 16 points, and In Detroit, Joel Embiid had 33 dov, who announced his retirement after to the face that crumpled his opponent. Joel Ayayi added 12 for Gonzaga (15- Georgetown 72-41 points and 14 rebounds, and his two 0, 6-0 West Coast Conference), which free throws with 7.2 seconds left won its 47th consecutive home game – STORRS, Conn., Jan 24, (AP): Ol- helped Philadelphia seal a victory over the longest streak in the nation. Suggs ivia Nelson-Ododa scored 19 points Detroit. finished with nine points, 11 rebounds and grabbed nine rebounds to lead and eight assists. No. 3 UConn to a 72-41 win over Georgetown. BASKETBALL Baylor 81, Oklahoma St 6 In Stillwater, Okla., Jared Butler UNC Greensboro’s Hayden Koval The Huskies (10-0, 9-0 Big East), scored 22 points and Baylor overcame (25) and Chattanooga’s KC Hank- coming off a road win over rival Ten- Ben Simmons added 20 points, nine a halftime deficit to beat undermanned ton battle for a rebound during an nessee, cruised despite sitting two rebounds and seven assists for the Oklahoma State.
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